I set the first three-inch steel screw in the pilot hole and drove it home with steady, firm turns of the screwdriver.

The steel screw bit deep into the oak stud behind the casing, pulling the metal plate flush with the grain of the wood.

I turned the silver ring on my thumb as I drove the last bottom screw into place, locking the whole assembly to the frame.

I wiped the dust off the brass hinge plates and checked the top hinge pin.

All four steel hinges were the original 1994 hardware, solid and unbending against the heavy oak frame.