How to fit rising butt hinges to your internal doors.
Rising fire door hinges.
Current building regulations do not allow for a rising butt hinge to be fitted on a fire door or escape route door.
75mm zinc internal door rising butt hinge fits on left hand side of door.
We also have a range of fire rated butt hinges which should be used when installing a fire door to.
Mark out the position of the new hinges the rising butt hinge should be laid flat against the rear edge of the door.
If your flooring is thick deep piled carpet or thick tiles for example rising butt hinges can be used to lift the door to clearance so it can open over the thicker floor without needing to trim the door or have a gap when the door is shut.
A rising butt hinge may indeed help lift the door a few mm over the carpet however we do not sell fire rated rising butt hinges.
Remove your door if applicable remove the old hinges.
This type of door will have no gap at the bottom when closed but will lift over thick floor coverings on the opening side.
Rising butt hinges are only suitable for use with wooden doors and are best used in certain applications.