Screen door hinges come in a variety of types that can be used with your storm or screen door. Plain hinges, Steel, Aluminum, some with bronze bushings and others with removable pins. Others are ornately decorated. On most residential doors you can make do with 2 hinges per door but 3 will help keep your door hanging straight and true for a lot longer. Especially if its a very heavy and tall wooden storm door.
Typical types of Hinges
Open face screen door hinges like the two shown in the pictures are meant to be installed flat on the door and door jamb. The top picture shows an aluminum hinge. The gold colored rings are bronze bushings which the hinge pin rides in. Bronze is very commonly used in hinges for storm doors, especially with aluminum hinges because the bronze can allow the door to open and close without distorting the soft aluminum.
The hinge in the picture below is a steel open face hinge. It has a removeable pin which is a useful feature for a storm door. You can pull the hinge pins out and take the wooden door off and store for the winter, so the weather does not destroy your wooden storm door.
Aluminum Storm Door Hinges
Aluminum storm doors use specially designed offset hinges which fold flat into the storm door frame. With many aluminum storm doors you barely even see the hinges. Some are even completely covered by the door as a means of keeping the weather out. These hinges are almost always made of aluminum with bronze bushings for the hinge pins. A storm door can often have 4 hinges like this.
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This is a great place to find one of a kind and antique storm door hinges. Take caution when buying antique hinges if you are planning to use them on your storm door. Old hinges may be worn out.
It's tough to tell what condition they are in just looking at them in a picture so be sure to ask the vendor if they work or not.
