A thermal insulating profile element with a hinge arrangement , in particular a door or window hinge arrangement, comprising at least two pivotally connected hinge members , wherein at least one of said hinge members has a mounting element with at least two mounting orifices and is suitable to be attached to the thermal insulating profile element of a frame or sash via a screw mounting system including at least two metal mounting bolts passing through the mounting orifices in the mounting element and through the mounting orifices in the thermal insulating profile element , wherein the thermal insulating profile element has at least one metal first box profile and at least one metal second box profile connected via at least one thermal insulating element defining an inner thermal insulating space , wherein the screw mounting system comprises at least two rivet nuts fixed in the mounting orifices of the thermal insulating profile element from its axially outer, mounting side of the hinge member , at least two plastic cylindrical locking sleeves , each provided with a seat whose cross-sectional diameter at the outlet of said seat is greater than inside said seat , to pre-guide the mounting bolt so that it freely begins to tap internal thread therein preventing the sleeve from being pushed towards the axially inner side of the building envelope or sash filling, wherein said locking sleeves are provided with torque locking means , and are slid into the mounting orifices of the insulating element from its axially inner side of the building envelope or sash filling, wherein the mounting bolts are screwed into said rivet nuts and said seats of said locking sleeves , in which they tap internal threads as they are screwed, wherein said two locking sleeves are paired via a locking plate constituting said torque locking means to form a unitary stiffening member , and said locking plate is screwed to the thermal insulating profile element from its axially inner side by means of mounting screws . the screw mounting system comprises at least two rivet nuts fixed in the mounting orifices of the thermal insulating profile element from its axially outer, mounting side of the hinge member , at least two plastic cylindrical locking sleeves , each provided with a seat whose cross-sectional diameter at the outlet of said seat is greater than inside said seat , to pre-guide the mounting bolt so that it freely begins to tap internal thread therein preventing the sleeve from being pushed towards the axially inner side of the building envelope or sash filling, wherein said locking sleeves are provided with torque locking means , and are slid into the mounting orifices of the insulating element from its axially inner side of the building envelope or sash filling, wherein the mounting bolts are screwed into said rivet nuts and said seats of said locking sleeves , in which they tap internal threads as they are screwed, wherein said two locking sleeves are paired via a locking plate constituting said torque locking means to form a unitary stiffening member , and said locking plate is screwed to the thermal insulating profile element from its axially inner side by means of mounting screws . <EOS>