Swing swing doors: design features (20 photos)

Pendulum doors, or, as they are sometimes called, swinging doors, are one of the options for swing structures, but unlike ordinary interior doors, these doors can swing open before entering in any direction: both from yourself and yourself. The pendulum doors got their name due to the fact that their movement is much like the swing of a pendulum.

Design features of the pendulum door

As already mentioned, the main difference between a pendulum type interior door is its ability to open when you click on its door leaf from either side. How is this effect achieved? The secret of such possibilities of interior swing doors is that they have unusually arranged hinges that allow rotation of the suspended leaf in any direction. While using conventional awnings it is impossible to achieve this behavior from the door.

In most cases, the installation of pendulum doors involves fixing the fittings to the floor and to the surface of the ceiling with the closers being sunk directly into the floor, but often also hinges are installed on the side of the panel.

Scopes of swinging doors

Usually such doors are often often installed by owners of apartments, cottages and houses, but very often they can be seen in the doorways:

• production facilities;
• trade enterprises;
• cold rooms;
• restaurants, cafes, canteens;
• Hotels
• medical facilities;
• entertainment centers;
• sports facilities, etc.

In order to fix, if necessary, the pivot door wings at an angle of 90 °, these structural elements are provided with latches in their lower part.

It is customary to install pendulum doors in order to provide:

• fast passage of a large number of people;
• transportation of small freight carts;
• division of large rooms into zones;
• the ability to prevent drafts;
• lack of sharp jumps in indoor air temperature.

Doors of this type can be installed in those rooms where strict temperature stabilization is not needed, there are no increased hygiene requirements, and there is no danger of sand and dust penetrating into the room.

Types of swinging doors

Pendulum-type doors are distinguished primarily by the material used for their manufacture.

Pendulum glass doors

The use of glass makes these door systems the most suitable for mounting in apartments with the most modern interior.

The appearance of glass pendulum doors does not change during the entire period of their operation. At the same time, not ordinary glass is used in such structures, but special, for example, tempered glass is chosen for expensive models.

In cheap door systems, thick ordinary glass can be used, but coated with shockproof film. If necessary, glass canvases can also be glued with a tint film, which allows you to hide the situation in the room located behind the doors.

Pendulum aluminum door systems

In general, the characteristics of such products are almost the same as those described before this option. Structurally, aluminum doors consist of glass framed by an aluminum profile frame. In terms of appearance, these door systems are slightly inferior to models completely glass.

Pendulum metal doors

This is usually called not aluminum doors, but those whose canvas can be:

• galvanized steel;
• made of galvanized steel, coated with polymer paint;
• from stainless steel;
• organic coated steel;
• from food steel having a laminated coating.

Metal doors are most often used in manufacturing enterprises, in agriculture and in the food industry.

Wooden swinging doors

They are a relatively cheap and very popular option for interior doors. And one of the reasons that they are so in demand is their excellent appearance. However, since wood is not a very hard material, even with small bumps that a wooden sheet can experience, dents, scratches, etc. can appear on it. And it is almost impossible to mask and hide these mechanical damage.

PVC pendulum doors

The use of polyvinyl chloride for the manufacture of such doors is quite common. Plastic products, as you know, have high wear resistance, durability, relative impact resistance. PVC door constructions are available in a wide range of colors. They can be solid or have glass inserts: small, medium or very large.

In addition to the features listed in this chapter, pendulum doors may differ in the number of flaps they have. In particular, such products may be single-leaf or double-leaf. And if the width of the doorway is large enough (for example, 1.2 m or more), then it would be logical to mount double-leaf pendulum doors.

Characteristic features of oscillatory door systems

• Opening is done by lightly pressing the sash, which can be very convenient for rooms such as the kitchen, if your hands are busy with something.
• Closing occurs automatically when there is a closer.
• Missing door frame.
• The movement of the wings can occur in any direction.

The advantages of pendulum designs

• Safety of use.
• The possibility of a large number of people passing through the doorway with a certain degree of sound insulation and thermal insulation.
• Repair is allowed if necessary.
• There is no special care requirement (sometimes it is enough to wipe the door surface with a damp cloth).
• The presence of a wide variety of models, as well as color schemes.
• Aesthetic design.

Disadvantages of swinging doors

• More complicated, when compared with conventional swing doors, the opening system. Very precise installation of both the lower and upper loops is required so that there are no axial displacements.
• Poor heat retention in the room.
• Insufficient sound insulation.
• It is necessary to have a space on both sides of the door so that the sashes do not meet obstacles when opening.

The scope of swinging doors is extremely wide. Due to the fact that they are easy to open, they can be easily used by children, and the elderly, and wheelchair users. Such doors are suitable for both kitchens and passage rooms.