Hinge Selection

DOOR SITUATION AND ESTIMATED NUMBER OF OPERATIONS
 
Daily
Annually
High frequency heavy duty situations:
Large departmental store entrances
Large office building entrance
Cinema or theatre entrance
School entrance
Entrance door to school toilets
City centre shop entrance
Large city bank entrance
School corridor fire door
Town bank entrance
City centre restaurant entrance
Large office corridor fire door
Town centre shop entrance
Large office or factory toilet entrance
Hospital ward door

5,000
4,000
1,300
1,250
1,250
1,000
1,000
600
500
500
450
400
400
350

1,500,00
920,000
455,000
225,00
225,00
300,000
250,000
108,000
125,000
150,000
104,000
120,000
92,000
128,000
Medium frequency medium duty situations:
School classroom door
Office door
Store toilet door
Dwelling rear or side entrance
Dwelling front entrance

80
75
60
15
12

15,000
18,000
18,000
5,400
4,400
Low frequency light duty situations:
Dwelling living room communications doors
Dwelling bathroom/toilet door
Dwelling cupboard door
Dwelling bedroom door
Dwelling wardrobe/closet door
Dwelling cabinet furniture doo r


30
20
12
9
6
5


10,800
7,200
4,300
3,200
2,200
1,800