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A 16mm cabinet bottom hinged door has come off due to weight of mirror on surface and bad sea conditions.

I need to change the leaf hinges to longer 3 screw ones but cannot find a hinge (on the internet searches) narrow enough for 16mm thick wood.

Any recommended suppliers?
 
Do you mean butt hinge or piano hinge?
If you want a piano hinge you may be looking at the wrong dimension. For a 16mm door you need a 32 or 35 mm piano hinge
with 35mm the pivot projects slightly which helps the door clear the frame when open but does project the door forward when opening so you need to bevel the closing edge a bit
The dimension is taken with the hinge open & you measure right across the flats when open
there are loads on the internet, I also suggest that with a piano hinge you look for countersunk screw holes

Google Cooke Brothers

If you want butt hinges then you need narrow style butts. B & Q or an ironmongers will have them
 
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But I gave up looking for 16mm ones after three pages :)
 
Try going and looking in a decent chandlery like Force 4, Aladdins Cave, Port Solent, the small but excellent place in Gosport near Hardway whose name I sadly cannot recall, or maybe Emsworth Marina Chandlery; you'll know it when you see it, which we can't on here by the vague description.
 
Door originally fitted with two leaf/butt hinges. Holes ripped/enlarged so looking to replace with two 3 hole hinges.

I guess total width open would be 40mm, length say 75mm.

I have looked in about 10 French chandlery's on holiday and about 2 so far in UK looked on Internet but can only find piano hinges or ones too big so far. As in heads needs to be stainless.

Will keep looking.

How do you stop US websites on google search? Put UK at end?
 
Seajet said:
Try going and looking in a decent chandlery like Force 4, Aladdins Cave, Port Solent, the small but excellent place in Gosport near Hardway whose name I sadly cannot recall, or maybe Emsworth Marina Chandlery; you'll know it when you see it, which we can't on here by the vague description.
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That sounds like Seapost in Quay Lane. Very helpful and sensible about pricing.

Another place I'd look in Gosport is Arthur's on Mumby Road.
 
Do you have to put hinges in same place. Can you move them along the frame & door to virgin wood, or even reposition & fit 3 hinges in lieu of 2
Another option is to fit the hinge to the door first & securely bed in epoxy so screws are glued into the wood o(r frame if it is the frame that is split)
Re the stainless in the heads- stop peeing on the hinge
 
I went through all this 3 months ago. You can't get small stainless butt hinges, brass Yes, stainless No!

I ended up making my own 24mm wide 50mm long, out of stainless piano hinge by removing the pin and filing 6mm teeth into 24mm sections, then replacing the pin. It took ages.
 
There are loads on the first page of a google search. For example, JSPB04 from juststainless.co.uk are exactly the right width for a 16mm door. 3 holes each side, 60mm long

JSPB04_cad_lrg.jpg
 
Sailfree said:
Door originally fitted with two leaf/butt hinges. Holes ripped/enlarged so looking to replace with two 3 hole hinges.I guess total width open would be 40mm, length say 75mm.I have looked in about 10 French chandlery's on holiday and about 2 so far in UK looked on Internet but can only find piano hinges or ones too big so far. As in heads needs to be stainless.Will keep looking.How do you stop US websites on google search? Put UK at end?
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76 x 41 ? http://www.hr-parts.com/contents/en-us/p342.html
 
Thanks Guys

Got 2 today from Piplers in Poole. £16.80!!

Tried Force 4 and ordered another 2 as backup as Piplers ones seemed a bit large.! Force 4 said lots of brass hinges bur selection of SS ones is limited

Got on boat and fitted them.

To another poster they have to be in the same position as door is chased back to depth of hinge. I fitted a longer 3 screw hinge and chased out door edge a bit further.

Thanks for help would have pursued a few leads but really wanted it done asap as have 8 on boat this weekend for Cherbourg Scuttlebutt trip.
 
PlankWalker said:
I went through all this 3 months ago. You can't get small stainless butt hinges, brass Yes, stainless No!

I ended up making my own 24mm wide 50mm long, out of stainless piano hinge by removing the pin and filing 6mm teeth into 24mm sections, then replacing the pin. It took ages.
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jfm said:
There are loads on the first page of a google search. For example, JSPB04 from juststainless.co.uk are exactly the right width for a 16mm door. 3 holes each side, 60mm long

JSPB04_cad_lrg.jpg
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;):encouragement:
 
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