Pivot doors can help architects, builders and homeowners deliver modern style while taking up little space since they rotate within their own footprint. These door systems can offer unique aesthetic and functional advantages over traditional swing doors. This page answers common questions about pivot doors and how these innovative opening solutions can help create breathtaking designs.
Pivot doors have aligned top and bottom pivot pins, so they rotate horizontally within their perimeter frames. This creates a unique opening and closing movement that allows the door to pivot effortlessly with minimal force. Despite massive opening sizes, these doors are truly remarkable in how easy and effortless they are to operate, making them ideal for any situation.
The use of top and bottom pivot pins in lieu of traditional jamb hinged hardware allows for the panel sizes to be much larger than traditional swing doors. In addition to easy operation, the vertical hinge placement reduces the horizontal force of side-hinged swing doors to sideline sagging issues common in larger door systems. As a result, pivot doors can be made larger than most swing door systems without the complications associated with heftier options.
For example, Vista Pivot™ doors from Euro-Wall can be constructed to a height of 14 feet and width of 100 inches in both non-impact- and impact-rated options. With these massive heights and widths up, Euro-Wall’s pivot door solutions can transform entrances into show pieces. Even with some of the largest impact-rated panel sizes currently on the market, Euro-Wall’s pivot door systems can be opened and closed effortlessly.
Select pivot doors are also fully customizable—with many options for muntins, simulated divided lites, mid-rails, wood and aluminum cladding. This helps designers and homeowners seamlessly integrate these unique door systems into a wide range of applications.
Because they can be larger than traditional swing doors without the associated risks of premature wear-and-tear, it is important for pivot doors to open and close with the push of a finger. Reducing operational force helps create more functional homes and buildings. It is also a key consideration for accessibility.
It is also important that a pivot door system is customizable. Not only does this help ensure a system will meet the opening requirements of a project but that it can also provide a matching aesthetic to the rest of a home or commercial project.
When used in entryways, it is recommended that pivot doors offer strength and security as well as weather resistance. Featuring solid aluminum block headers, Euro-Wall’s pivot doors can protect against major storm events and other situations that might require impact- and wind-resistance. These systems are also available with water management kits—all backed by Euro-Wall’s 10-year warranties.
Understanding the challenges of designing in hurricane-prone locations, Euro-Wall’s pivot door systems are certified to Florida Product Approvals and for use in Miami-Dade County, which has some of the most stringent requirements of door systems in the country.
Available with ladder pull handles or multipoint lock handles, Vista Pivot™ has the strength to withstand hurricane-force wind and impact from flying debris.
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