Cooke Brothers Heavy-Duty Continuous Piano Hinges are visually pleasing and are a robust solution to the hinging of any lid or door. Compared to adding several shorter butt hinges, the heavy-duty hinges are surface fitted to both door and frame, so no rebating is required. Continuous hinges can be cut down to match the length of the door providing full alignment, and they successfully achieve equal distribution of the load avoiding strain on the material. The heavy-duty continuous hinge is an ideal solution for architectural applications.

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Cooke Brothers Heavy-Duty Continuous Piano Hinges are visually pleasing and are a robust solution to the hinging of any lid or door. Compared to adding several shorter butt hinges, the heavy-duty...
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Cooke Brothers Heavy-Duty Continuous Piano Hinges are visually pleasing and are a robust solution to the hinging of any lid or door. Compared to adding several shorter butt hinges, the heavy-duty hinges are surface fitted to both door and frame, so no rebating is required. Continuous hinges can be cut down to match the length of the door providing full alignment, and they successfully achieve equal distribution of the load avoiding strain on the material. The heavy-duty continuous hinge is an ideal solution for architectural applications. Need help choosing what to buy? Click here for more information.
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Heavy Duty Continuous Piano Hinges

Benefits of using a Heavy Duty Continuous Hinges

Heavy Duty hinges are tough, rigid and made of the highest quality material. Out of all continuous hinges, the heavy-duty continuous hinge is an ideal solution for a range of architectural applications with a range of benefits including added security and strength.

Well Suited to Any Environment

Heavy duty continuous hinges provide a sleek appearance and a smooth pivotal action due to the precise alignment; they leave no gaps between the door and the jam. These aesthetic hinges are available in a wide range of materials and finishes to suit the style of any environment.

Improved Safety

They are ideal for use in environments where safety and security are a key concern, such as high traffic commercial environments including schools, hospitals, and hotels. The reduced ligature design of a Heavy Duty Continuous Hinge presents fewer sharp edges reducing the risk of injury. This makes them the perfect solution in environments where children are present, as they help to prevent fingers from getting caught in doors.

Common applications for Heavy Duty Continuous Hinges

As with all continuous hinges, the heavy-duty hinges provide an aesthetically pleasing continuous line with a reduced ligature surface. The 4mm and the 5mm are the largest Continuous Hinges sizes available and are recommended for use on extra heavy-duty applications such as commercial or warehouse building door sets, blast doors, heavy duty fabrication, industrial plant housing etc.

Whether you’re in need of a minor modification or a high volume special, you can forward your design to our expert engineers, and we can examine your options, giving you the best possible solution.

High Traffic Commercial Environments

Heavy Duty Continuous Hinges can be a great option for hanging doors in a wide range of commercial and industrial applications. Whether you’re fitting out an office, hotel, hospital or hanging external doors in an agricultural environment or secure facility, continuous hinges offer a robust solution where reliability and safety are paramount.

Materials and Finishes

Our continuous hinges and pins have base materials of steel, aluminium, brass and stainless steel, all self-colours. They are available in a range of applied finishes to suit your requirements. These high-quality finishes include brass, brushed nickel, bronze, gold anodised, zinc, satin anodised, chrome and bronze anodised. There are also various options for the finish including brass, steel and zinc plated options.

Materials

Mild Steel

A strong base material generally used on internal applications rather than externally. This base material requires a protective finish in order to provide corrosion resistance. Many of our mild steel products are sold in self colour (unfinished) state for customers to apply their own finish. We do offer some of these finishes online, such as zinc-plating and powder coating. Other finishes are available by request.

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Stainless Steel

This type of Continuous Hinge is suitable for both internal and external applications, stainless steel hinges are recommended for use on all potentially corrosive or weather-exposed installations.

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Aluminium

Aluminium Heavy Duty Continuous Hinges are supplied with a stainless-steel pin as standard. The versatility of aluminium makes it the most widely used metal after steel due to its light weight and good corrosion resistance.

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Finishes

Base Material

  • Steel Self Colour
  • Brass Self Colour
  • Aluminium Self Colour
  • Stainless Steel Self colour

Applied Finishes

  • Brass
  • Brushed nickel
  • Bronze
  • Gold anodised
  • Zinc
  • Satin anodised
  • Chrome
  • Bronze anodised
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Base Hinge and Pin Materials

Brass (B)

Supplied with a stainless-steel pin as standard.

Mild Steel (S)

Supplied with a steel pin as standard.

Aluminium Alloy (A)

Supplied with a stainless-steel pin as standard.

Stainless Steel (S/S)

Supplied with a stainless-steel pin as standard (stainless steel is type 304 unless advised).

 

Explore Cooke Brothers’ Range of Heavy Duty Continuous Hinges

Cooke Brothers have a long-standing reputation for supplying you with only the highest quality, bespoke and standard applications at home and overseas.

Need a product with a quick turnaround? Our range of delivery options means that you won’t ever get caught short, we offer same-day delivery, next day delivery, and 48-hour delivery.

Looking for something more…?

Looking for a lighter option? Browse our full range of Continuous Hinges, we always have an extensive stock of these items, so you’re bound to find the perfect fit for your project.

Alternatively, if you have any questions, you can contact our dedicated team of experts who will be more than happy to assist.

Frequently Asked Questions

1. What is a heavy-duty piano hinge?
Heavy duty piano hinges are concealed hinges consisting of two leaves and a central pin, which are designed for heavy duty use, Piano hinges are also available in light and medium duty and can be cut to any length.
2. What are heavy duty piano hinges used for?
Heavy duty continuous hinges are used mainly in commercial and industrial environments and applications where they are in constant use. Examples include commercial kitchen swing doors, warehousing, manufacturing and lids of heavy furniture such as desks and large boxes.
3. What finishes are heavy duty piano hinges available in?
The Cooke Brothers range of heavy-duty piano hinges includes satin nickel, simulated stainless steel and simulated dark bronze finishes.
4. How to install heavy duty piano hinges

You may need two or more people to instal heavy duty piano hinges as the furniture is likely to be large and heavy. Ensure you have enough people to carry out the job safely and securely. Here we offer a slightly different approach to the piano hinge installation guide above:

  1. Clamp or fasten the two pieces of furniture together ensuring they are level and inline
  2. Measure up and put the hinge in place
  3. Put the first pilot hole in, ensuring there is a space between the end of the hinge and the first screw. Repeat this procedure until you have a pilot hole for each screw on both sides of the hinge
  4. Fit your hinge using the guide holes created in the previous steps
5. How to adjust piano hinges
If the installation went well, you should not need to adjust a continuous hinge. If your lid is not sitting flush with the furniture you may need to adjust the screw position in that area.