New hinge for old front door?

[Richard Faulkner]

Hi,

My house is around 100 years old, or more, and one of the hinges on the front door has split. I am presuming that the door and hinge are either original, or very old. It's a very heavy door, and a substantial hinge.

The hinge is 3.5 inches high, and 2 inches wide, (when open), and I cant seem to find any sources of this size of hinge - any ideas.

[Ian Stirling]

Is there any pressing reason to replace the hinge with an exact match? I'd start by looking in

for a suitable hinge. Possibly 4 hinges, and cut more recesses.

[Steve Firth]

Errm Screwfix has hinges up to 100mm high, which sounds suspiciously close to 3.5in, in fact up to 4" high "Heavy Duty Double Pressed Steel Butt Hinge" £11.94

100 years old doesn't sound as if it will be anything other than a standard butt hinge, but if you need "Holy Lord" or other unusual types, try which has a wide range of reproduction 18th and 19thC hinges.

Other (US) sources:

in $, so cheap if you can get them to ship to the UK.

[Richard Faulkner]

I suppose I was hoping I could buy one and screw it in. I was never any good at woodwork, and cutting recesses fills me with trepidation - I'm sure I would make a mess of it.

However, your suggestion is probably the right way to go. 4 strong hinges should mean it will never happen again. I might get a joiner to cut the recesses, (and possibly fit the hinges)

Many Thanks.

[Richard Faulkner]

I was hoping to get away without any woodwork, but it seems like the sensible way is to do it properly with 3 or 4 new hinges and recesses.

Thanks for the help.