What Advantages do Continuous Hinges offer over Conventional Hinges?
Continuous hinges have distinct advantages over the use of several shorter hinges. Cut to match the full length of the door or lid to be hinged, continuous hinges are an integrated, rigid unit which provides support along the whole length, which guarantees that the door and frame are kept in perfect alignment and the hinge helps evenly distribute the load over the whole length or height of the door. Continuous hinges also: • Put the door and frame in a position where the force of opening and closing the door is dissipated along the length of the door and frame preventing wear on any one particular area of the hinge. • Have uniform strength throughout the entire length of the door.Have Smooth pivot action. • Can be made of almost any material steel, stainless steel, aluminum, and brass. • Have no exposed hardware • Are designed to make them less susceptible to the weather and tampering as well there is generally a noise reduction over conventional hinges. • Require no special customizat
