A front door that rotates on a pivot box rather than on traditional side hinges is a chic and fresh modern idea, which is widely used today. Pivoting doors exude a cool contemporary vibe, but whether they are right for your homes is another question.
Used mostly on high-end and custom homes, pivoting doors are benefiting from two converging trends in home building: houses with a greater indoor/outdoor connection and increasingly larger doors to facilitate that kind of lifestyle.
The doors offer many benefits. In addition to a seamless, streamlined look, they offer smooth operation. The door panels can be built much wider with overall square footage greater than a side-hinged door.
The whole wall is made of pivot doors, which create a strong indoor-outdoor connection.
This stunning western, red cedar, pivoting door creates a real focal point in the hallway.
Pivoting glass doors connects the indoor dining area and outdoor living room.
A modern black framed pivot glass door is a gorgeous idea to emphasize the entry.
A chic black frame glass pivot door makes the entryway more eye-catching and bold.
A double wood clad pivot door and a reclaimed wood path make the entrance unique.
This oversized pivot door seems a seamless glass wall that brings much light in.
A glass wall with a pivot door makes an impression of having no boundaries with outdoors.
A wall of pivoting glass doors makes you feel like outdoors.
One issue that comes with some pivoting doors is warping. Pivot doors swing on a point, top and bottom, that provides no restraint to warp movement in the door. Most doors remain stable in any event but as timber is a natural product it can assume any shape when unrestrained that can pull the fabric of a door into a warp.
One of the biggest drawbacks to using a pivot door is cost—they’re up to 30 percent more than a single door and sidelight combination and twice as expensive as a standard-width single door, by some estimates.
If your budget and style allows such doors – just go for them, they look stunning and very fresh, it’s a great decor feature and a way to connect to outdoors.
A wooden pivoting door can cause warping and become not very stable.
Installing a large wood metal framed pivoting door is very costly.
A metal grid door is a good way to avoid warping because metal is more durable.
A glass pivoting door in metal framing won't warp.
If your budget allows installing such bold doors, go for them because they look amazing.
Such gorgeous pivoting doors in black framing create no boundaries between inside and outside.