SPIRA Solid Brass Flush Hinge

The SPIRA Flush Hinge has the same turned spire at each end of the pin as the SPIRA butt hinge, on leaves that need no recess. The smaller leaf is shaped to fit a window in the larger one, so when the door closes the two nest into a single plate 3.5mm thick and the hinge sits in the ordinary gap between door and frame. It is the hinge for anyone who wants the period look of a spire-tipped hinge without chiselling a mortice into every door and frame.

It is solid brass, 160mm from tip to tip on a 100mm leaf, with a 14mm barrel and a weight of 250g. Closed, only the column and its two spires show, exactly as with the butt hinge, so the two can share one house: butt hinges on the heavier doors, flush hinges on the lighter ones, and the same detail on every edge.

Three finishes

Polished Brass (PVD) is a bright mirror gold under a hard PVD coating, so it keeps its shine without polishing. Antique Brass is darker and browner, the finish for period doors, painted panelling and heritage joinery. Polished Chrome is a cool mirror silver that looks crisp against black, grey and white painted doors.

How many you need

Flush hinges suit standard and lighter internal doors. Most doors take three, set at the top, middle and bottom, and a light door will sit on two. For a heavy solid door, choose the SPIRA Butt Hinge, which is morticed into the door and frame. Buy a single hinge, a pair, or a pack of three; the price per hinge falls as the pack gets larger, and every hinge comes with its own eight matching screws.

Where it works best

• New doors and frames, where there is no recess to cut
• Painted panelled doors in period and period-style homes
• Full-height cupboard and wardrobe doors
• Black, grey and deep green painted doors, where the spires stand out
• Houses already fitted with SPIRA butt hinges, for a matching look on the lighter doors

Fitting

Each hinge comes with eight screws, and both leaves screw straight onto the door edge and the frame, with no recess to cut. Sold singly, as a pair or as a pack of three, made to order, and covered by our 10-year warranty against manufacturing defects.