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Pivot Door Evolution of Entrance Doors

 What can you expect from Sing Core?

The best metal pivot doors, modern steel door, oversized pivot door, oversized sliding door or any door of any type, style or size that can be guaranteed not to warp, bend, twist or otherwise fail (including full structure warranty) for 50 years.  No door can achieve such high levels of precision, performance or longevity unless it has patented Sing Core inside. Sing Core produces affordable pivot door evolution of entrance doors.

We are the manufacturers of Sing Core.  We do not sell retail.  We only supply the best architects, builders, manufacturers, millworks and door companies with patented Sing Core products that lift and redefine the limitations of weight and strength in building materials such as doors, panels, post and beams.

How Can I Get a Door with Sing Core Inside?

If you are interested in using patented Sing Core in your next project for its Eco-friendly lightweight and high strength characteristics and you are an Architect, Millwork, Trade Professional, or Wholesale/Distributor, please feel free to Click for Pricing.

Homeowners or retail inquiries please contact your local trade professional or favorite door company and tell them you want a door with, “Sing Core Inside.”

Oversize Entrance Pivot Doors

“If we could build this giant warp-free wooden pivot entry door, we can build your door.” ~ Peter Sing

For thousands of years pivot doors have been the upscale preference of the most exotic high-end large oversize entrance doors relying heavily on the entry door hardware, specifically the pivot hinge, to manage the functionality of the pivot door.

Due to the size and weight of the conventional modern pivot door the heavy duty hinges and pivot door hardware could account for up to half the cost of the pivot door (e.g., a low end pivot door could cost $3,000, half the price will pay for the hardware due to the heavy weight), creating a high price point as well as being expensive to transport, handle and install.

Yet, the most demanding clients desire this elegant outswing exterior door to make an extreme visual impact for the primary access point of their structure (while bringing the outside in and the inside out by way of the architect’s modern design concept) regardless of price to command attention via first impression.

Pivot doors may be the most expensive designer doors but there’s no escaping the luxurious feel that they lend to designs by top architects who help to create the most leading edge structure designs by featuring the best exterior doors.

Since hardware is of huge importance in a pivot door’s design and implementation, there are many options to consider including offset pivot hinge, commercial door hinges, heavy duty door hinges and center pivot door hardware in your pivoting door system.

Click Here to See Our Preliminary Pivot Door Industry Report

How to Build the Best Pivot Door

Structure of Pivot Door

1. Steel frame

Large modern pivot doors with man door lightweight high strength Seattle center

  • Very heavy
  • Expensive to install
  • Expensive hardware due to the Weight
  • Less thermal break
  • Less precision due to welding process
  • Less compression strength which could cause surface dent under impact

See: Center for Architecture and Design Seattle’s large custom edge pivot doors w/man door (Sing Core is a platinum supporter). 

2. Wood frame and/or solid wood pivot door

  • Not strong
  • Heavy
  • Danger for kit to operate due to the heavy weight
  • Less compression strength on the surface of the door—-potential structure after years of use.
  • Potential to warp, twist, cup, bend
  • Lack of high precision—which cause the leak of air, latch have problem to close or does not have a close tolerance to lock the door in place
  • High cost for hardware and installation
  • Lack of insulation

Pivot Door Line Drawing3. Frameless (don’t be framed)

  • Small grid torsion box
  • Lightweight core panel/sandwich core/honeycomb core
  • High precision—-Sing Core tolerance within .+ or – .007 inch
  • High strength—Sing  Core door panel could design reach beyond 700 psi vs other lightweight core average 10 to 50 psi.
  • Less hardware and install cost.
  • Safe for kids to operate.
  • Warp-free and structure guarantee for 50 years

The best large door guarantee in the world; make sure to ask the door supplier for warranty if you have a large door to be built.

You do not want to have a problem if investing in tens of thousands of dollars in your high end door.  Patented and patent-pending Sing Core door panels will make Sing Core clients less worried about door warping or lack of structure strength over time.

Among those 3 type pivot door structure the frameless type is the strongest, lightweight structure click here to see all type of cores available to build pivot doors… You will find out that patented Sing Core is the best choice among all the other pivot door cores.

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Highest Precision Maple Cutouts for Modern Pivot Doors

Steel Pivot Doors

Many pivot doors feature metal structures and framed composites and more popular for exclusive high security environments, commercial steel entry doors and even residential steel entry doors.

How to Build an Exterior Door

Many considerations must go into the design, plan, building and installing a pivot door.

1. The Core Material
The core material that makes up the heart of your pivot door determines so much. Based on your choice of material you will determine your pivoting door’s:

  • Weight
  • Strength
  • Insulation
  • Precision
  • Performance
  • Maintenance

2. The Frame

Will your pivot door be a solid one-piece material construction, or will it be framed or unframed?

Many options about for the substance of your pivot door, first – the most heavy and likely the most unstable – is solid construction, then framing. Framing your pivot door can be with wood or metal, like steel or extruded aluminum. Wood will move framing with metals, like a conventional steel door, may not meet high performance specifications due to welding creating imperfections in the metals.

3. The Entry Door Styles

What will the general appearance of your door be? What exterior surface material, skin (see material options) or design will make your pivot front door stand out to make that impactful visual impression?

the best pivot full lite glass door high end pivot door beverly hills

4. Hardware

What hardware will be required (price is usually influenced by style of pivot and finished weight of door) for optimal performance of your pivot door?

5. Installation

Who will install your pivot door and will any special handling/equipment be required for installation?

Can the Affordable Pivot Door Replace Contemporary Entrance Doors?

Until now, pivot doors have generally been too expensive for the average homeowner to consider, but one pivot door core material is changing all that. Sing Core manufactures an Eco-friendly pivot door core material used by the most high-end architects, designers, door manufacturers, millworks and contractors for building the best pivot doors in the world.

What constitutes the best pivot door in the world? One that is:

1. Eco-friendly (sustainable, true green)

Sing Core panels are constructed with natural wood fiber vertical grain torsion box filled with recycled rigid foam adhered between stress skins using formaldehyde-free glue for a solid substrate.

2. Lightweight

Sing Core panels weigh a fraction of the weight of other solid structural building materials.

3. High strength

Sing Core panels were independently tested by the University of Washington at 660 PSI for super-strength (compared to 10 to 110 PSI of other honeycomb cores used in the aerospace industry).

4. Insulated

Sing Core panels are packed with insulation rated at R 3.5 to R 6.5 (depending on foam selection) and feature sound deadening qualities for security and privacy.

5. High Precision

Only Sing Core panels can be created to be true flat, within .006 inch tolerance with little or no deflection.

6. Versatile

Sing Core panels can feature any surface material (skin), like any wood species, aluminum, ceramic, concrete, fiberglass (FRP), HPL, Kevlar, LVL, MDF, stainless steel, stone or any other flat building material, may host any glass lite openings in any configuration and can be embellished to have the appearance of any style door imaginable.

7. Guaranteed not to fail

Only Sing Core’s professional pivot doors can be guaranteed true flat and to stay flat and not to fail for 50 years. (See free consultation).

Only by using patented Sing Core can any pivot door achieve such results.

 

 

Mirror with Sing Core inside = Unbreakable

 

How Can I Get a Sing Core Pivot Door?

There are many ways that you can make your pivot door dreams come true.

1 Architect

Architects have access to Sing Core technology and are specifying Sing Core in their pivot door designs – especially if they are large pivot doors – that can be manufactured by their favorite millworks.

2 Millworks

Most one-of-a-kind custom pivot doors are created by revered craftspeople and woodworkers who create hand crafted pivot doors for exclusive clientele.

3 Door Companies

Any door company can use Sing Core panel as the substrate for your pivot door. Though many do not feature the Sing Core pivot door as a standards catalog item, in most cases you can special order your pivot door with Sing Core technology.

4 Contractor

Sing Core pivot doors panels are sold without hardware installed and unfinished. Our door panels are manufactured for mill works to install hardware and finish. We do not recommend shipping Sing Core door panels the job site for installing hardware and finishing. This is not the best way to treat a high end door such as a large pivot door made with Sing Core. We highly recommend the GC work with millwork professionals to finish at their facility (except some special restrictions).

We believe each professional has it’s own specialized knowledge just like we do not expect an architect to install the door, instead using a highly trained GC.

Since the weight of your Sing Core pivot door will be a fraction the weight of a solid (or framed) pivot door you can save cash that would have to be invested in heavy duty pivot door hardware that could account for half the cost of any other pivot door.

Plus you save on transportation and installation costs, just like our clients (see clients list) and enjoy maintenance-free high performance of your pivot door.

 

 

 

 

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Greatest Hits

Welcome to Sing Core’s Greatest Hits a compilation of our most requested Sing innovations that starts with your FREE CONSULTATION. Book your private show with Sing Core today and you’ll be breaking records and singing a new song while you dance all the way to the bank.

Volume 1 – The Doors

Track 1 – Warped Tour

Track 2 – Sliding Doors

Track 3 – Pivot Doors

Track 4 – Entry Doors

Track 5 – Unique Doors

Volume 2 – The Floors (and walls & ceilings)

Track 1 – Floors

Track 2 – Walls

Track 3 – Ceilings

Volume 3 – Live Show

Track 1 – Trade Show

Track 2 – Museum

Track 4 – Art, Display & Signs

Track 3 – T Slot Panels

Volume 4 – The Mix

Track 1 – Sing Wood

Track 2 – Aerospace

Track 3 – Tiny House

Track 4 – Log Home

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Hot Rolled Steel Doors

Large hot rolled steel panels being finished for installation in winery

Hot rolled steel panels high precision

Sing Core brings an Eco-friendly approach to working with large spans of hot rolled steel with less weight and more strength than plain steel pound for pound, revolutionizing the steel fabrication process. In fact, we are best known for our large hot rolled steel metal doors and hot rolled steel wall panels.

Our patented rolled steel panels feature custom metal fabrication uses high grade formaldehyde free adhesives instead of the more destructive welding process and your Sing Hot Rolled Steel Panel can host an exterior hot rolled sheet metal thickness of 16 gauge or more.

Sing hot rolled steel takes metal working into a whole new arena that is being embraced by steel companies making huge hot rolled steel products without having to use heavy steel framing.

These lightweight high strength hot rolled steel accordion doors (see video above) are 10 ft tall, each door panel is 3 ft wide and (brace yourself) only 3/4 inch thick… high precision and perfectly straight! (Try that with anything else… Only possible with patented Sing Core.)

Hot rolled steel accordian door panels quote request form example

Click for order example

One of the primary functions of Sing hot rolled steel products is in the area of commercial steel entry doors. If you are new to metal manufacturing, you will find that raw hot rolled steel has a more primitive or industrial feel to it, it has a less smooth surface than cold rolled steel and requires finishing to avoid rust or oxidation. The unique appearance of hot rolled steel panels appeals to designers, architects, museums, art galleries and often used in steel wall art.

Sing metal wall panels lightweight stronger than steel pound for poundEspecially if you’re considering utilizing hot rolled steel for your large doors, Sing Core can help to mitigate the damages caused by the heavy weight of hot rolled steel doors with interior steel frames that require welding. This allows you to build hot rolled steel doors of immense size that are high precision, just like other types of Sing metal.

The Sing Core material is extremely high precision (within +/- .006 inch) which keeps your hot rolled steel door straight and flat regardless of its size. The advantages of the straighter and truer big metal doors come in handy when you multiply the door’s required integrity by two when dealing with steel double doors. Double steel doors, especially if they are large and oversized, are fraught with additional challenges.

Sing hot rolled steel can be used for upscale industrial steel doors and in commercial metal door replacements for increased performance and high precision which also supply the project with built in insulation and sound deadening qualities.

Galvanized steel modular wall panel 20 ft x 5 ft x 1 inch strength demonstration

20 ft x 5 ft x 1 inch strength demonstration

Our hot roll steel solutions are changing the scope of architectural metal fabrication because the nature of hot rolled steel is predominantly restrictive due to the weight and framing required to support the raw material. Having access to a lightweight, high strength alternative, like Sing Hot Rolled Steel Panels, opens doors to unencumbered creativity.

Sing Core’s hot rolled steel doors are just some of the best doors that are among the many types of doors that have put us on the map as the best door featured in the most high end jobs across the country and the world.

You will find Sing hot rolled steel panels used not only as a standard swing door but also as hot rolled steel flooring, hot rolled steel counter tops, hot rolled steel wall panels and room dividers, hot rolled steel pivot doors and hot rolled steel sliding doors.

Let Sing hot rolled steel set your creativity free. See also: Steel Fabrication

Click here for hot rolled steel prices.

20 ft steel door steel metal building

21 ft. tall Sing Steel Pivot Door (right on building)

Contemporary Architecture Design Hot Rolled Steel Wall Panels Industrial Architecture

Hot rolled steel panels lightweight stronger than steel

Hot rolled steel wall panels – stronger than steel

Hot Rolled Steel Large Sliding Doors

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Building Components Gallery

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Building Components

See: Building Components for more information

Doors

See: Door for more information

Sliding Door

See: Sliding door for more information

Barn Door

See: Barn door for more information

Cold Storage

See: Cold storage sliding for more information

3-1-1-1-3 Glass sliding door

Pocket Doors

See: Sliding pocket doors for more information

Sliding Door Hardware

See: Sliding door hardware for more information

Large Oversize Doors

See: Large oversize doors for more information

See also: Large oversize sliding door

See also: Large aluminum doors

See also: Large aluminum/wood composite

See also: Large oversize custom doors

See also: True flat oversize door

Exterior Door

See: Exterior door for more information

Interior Door

See: Interior door for more information

Flush Door

See: Flush door for more information

French Door

See: French door for more information

Carriage Door

See: Carriage door for more information

Overhead Garage

See: Overhead garage door for more information

Pivot Door

See: Pivoted door for more information

See also: Painted door

See also: Wood door

Aluminum Door

See: Aluminum door for more information

3-1-1-13 Metal door

Steel Door

See: Steel door for more information

Fiberglass Doors

See: Fiberglass (FRP) door for more information

Ceramic door, Cement board door, Bi-fold door

See also: Sound proof door, Truck door

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Building Components Gallery Continued

Building Material Continued…

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Floors

See also: Floor

See also: Wide plank floor

See also: Large floor panels

See also: Ice hocky and ice skating event floor

Portable floor, Raised floor, Lightweight high rise commercial floor

See also: Stage floors

Mezzanine floors, Clean room floors

See also: Temporary industrial floor

Walls

See: Walls for more information

See also: Wall panel

See also: Structure insulated panel wall

Rain screen wall

See also: Curtain wall

Aluminum insulated panel wall, Modular office wall, partition wall, Aluminum insulated panel wall

Museums

See also: Museum display walls

Movable walls

See also: Recording studio walls/Sound booths

Elevators

See: Elevator wall panels for more information

See also: Whiteboard walls

See also: Sound proof walls

Ceilings

See: Ceiling for more information

Cloud ceiling, Ceiling

Roof, Roof structure/Sing beam, Roof/Sing timber truss

Window frame

Out door structure

Storage units

See: Storage unit for more information

Out door deck, Stepping stone, Portable garden concrete floor, Out door furniture, Stair

See also: Wood stair tread

Metal stair tread, Cement board, Concrete Stair tread, Rail for stair

Post and Beam

Post and Beam Trade Show Display

The modular Sing Post and Beam Trade Show Display is likely the best improvement in economical Eco-friendly lightweight high strength modular trade show displays.

See: 8×8 Post and Beam Trade Show Display

See: Post and beam for more information

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Applications Gallery

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Building Components

See: Building Components for more information

Doors

See: Door for more information

Sliding Door

See: Sliding door for more information

Barn Door

See: Barn door for more information

Cold Storage

See: Cold storage sliding for more information

3-1-1-1-3 Glass sliding door

Pocket Doors

See: Sliding pocket doors for more information

Sliding Door Hardware

See: Sliding door hardware for more information

Large Oversize Doors

See: Large oversize doors for more information

See also: Large oversize sliding door

See also: Large aluminum doors

See also: Large aluminum/wood composite

See also: Large oversize custom doors

See also: True flat oversize door

Exterior Door

See: Exterior door for more information

Interior Door

See: Interior door for more information

Flush Door

See: Flush door for more information

French Door

See: French door for more information

Carriage Door

See: Carriage door for more information

Overhead Garage

See: Overhead garage door for more information

Pivot Door

See: Pivoted door for more information

See also: Painted door

See also: Wood door

Aluminum Door

See: Aluminum door for more information

3-1-1-13 Metal door

Steel Door

See: Steel door for more information

Fiberglass Doors

See: Fiberglass (FRP) door for more information

Ceramic door, Cement board door, Bi-fold door

See also: Sound proof door, Truck door

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Wide Doors for Hinge or Pivot Door Hardware

Oversized large paint grade Sing pivot door panelExclusive to multimillion dollar spec homes, the standard extra wide exterior doors are pivot doors to accommodate the unique challenges of wide doors.

The Problem

Wide doors will warp, not just top to bottom but side to side which compromises the seal and creates a problem for latching the door. Wide doors are problematic due to warping requiring regular maintenance to adjust the wide door accordingly.

The Solution

The Sing non-warping Professional Pivot Door Panels are the solution because if the door does not warp, you’ve solved the problem with the failure of wide doors altogether, and can be guaranteed to remain non-warp for 50 years. Even $10,000 wide doors cannot be guaranteed not to warp; even for one day.

This wide door could use concealed door hinges as swing door hinges or pivot door hardware for extra wide exterior doors thanks to Sing Core

This wide door could use concealed door hinges as swing door hinges or pivot door hardware for extra wide exterior doors thanks to Sing Core.

Advantages

Lightweight Sing wide doors with custom tite cut outs for concealed door hinges or pivot door hardwareUsing the Sing non-warp door blank as the basis extra wide exterior doors used in multimillion dollar spec homes is not only the only solution, but also imbues your door with the following benefits:

  • Lightweight: Sing wide door blanks are 17% the weight of other solid wide wooden doors, i.e. 120 lbs. vs. 720 lbs. at 4 ft. wide door.
  • High Strength: Sing wide door blanks are stronger than steel pound-for-pound (660 PSI).
  • Insulated: Sing wide door blanks are packed with rigid foam insulation rated at R3.5 per inch at no extra charge for heating/cooling control as well as sound dampening.
  • Non-warp: Only Sing wide door blanks can be guaranteed not to warp, bend or twist –including full structure integrity – for 50 years.

Affordable Wide Doors

Expensive pivot doors start at about $10,000 and just the hardware (due to the heavy weight of the door) can run into thousands of dollars and requires highly skilled craftsmen to install/maintain.

Large non warp wood pivot door mahogany warp free door blank 12 ft x 10 ft 50 year guaranteeSing wide door are a fraction of the weight and price of extra wide exterior doors. Due to being so lightweight, less expensive pivot door hardware can be used. In fact because Sing wide doors are so light in weight, you can even use standard hinge door hardware. This is why Sing wide door blanks are the premium choice of high end carriage door manufacturers.

Now, wide doors need not be relegated only to million dollar homes, because making them more affordable puts them within the reach of discriminating home owners who would like to increase the impact of their entrance door by switching to an extra wide front door.

Retro-fit Wide Doors

Say, “goodbye,” to sidelites. Sing wide doors can easily be retro-fitted to replace a standard existing exterior front door and sidelites with a single Sing extra wide front door using your choice of side hinges or pivot door hardware.

SOSS concealed door hinges for Sing wide doors alternative to pivot door hardwareSing Wide Doors Always Latch

The difference between sing wide doors and any other extra wide door is that you can always count on one thing: Sing wide doors will always secure and latch every time because they will not warp nearly eliminating wide door maintenance. This high precision can be guaranteed non-warp for 50 years.

Hinge Any Way You Want

Thanks to the light weight of Sing Door blanks, you can choose whether your extra wide exterior doors use side hinges (we suggest considering the use of concealed SOSS hinges) or lightweight pivot door hardware for easy hardware installation.

 

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Professional Pivot Door Panels

Pivot Doors are becoming the most desirable entry door, enhancing the value of high end homes.

The most cost-effective way to make a pivot door is with patented Sing panels. They are fully insulated with urethane, patented Sing core grid makes it stronger than steel pound for pound, and come with a fifty year non-warp warranty with our professional Sing panels. They are also very lightweight, which can save you hundreds in hardware costs alone, as well as save you on shipping costs, labor, and making installation safer. See also: Wide Doors for Hinge or Pivot Door Hardware

Large modern pivot doors with man door lightweight high strength Seattle center

Very large extreme edge pivot doors with man door

These are the best true-flat, high precision pivot doors available.

These pivot door panels come standard with frame of 1.5″ wood stiles and 3″ rails, also included 4″ x 12″ wood lock blocks 30” on-center (OC) from bottom.

Standard surface = Luan plywood, upgrade to marine plywood add $100.

You can then lay up whatever skin material you wish: wood stave, steel, stainless steel, FRP or HPL on the surface of Sing pivot door panel or even cut a light opening to satisfy the design of your clients.

The professional Sing pivot door standard panel measures 4 ft x 8 ft x 2.5″ and is untrimmed.

Retail price of pivot doors made with Sing Core pivot door panels often range from $5,000.00 to $10,0000.

Custom oversize pivot doors featuring Sing Core door panels can oftentimes reach $30,000, depending on the skin and finish.

See some of the pivot doors made of patented Sing panel: Pivot Door Gallery

No-fail Pivot Doors

The nature of pivot doors – especially oversized large pivot doors – leads to increased maintenance costs due to warping. When you think of pivot doors warping, you first thought is to think that the door warps along the longest length from top to bottom; it is even more common side to side. Any warp will not only compromise the seal of the door but it will also prevent the door from securing and latching properly. Only Sing pivot doors can be guaranteed not to fail.

Advantages of Professional Sing Pivot Door Panels

ProfessionalSing pivot door panels are the only Eco-friendly lightweight, high strength pivot door blanks that can be guaranteed not to warp or structurally fail for 50 years.

Eco-friendly

Made in the USA professional Sing pivot door panels are manufactured using less natural resources (natural wood), recycled rigid foam and formaldehyde-free adhesives. The manufacturing process uses less energy to produce that creates little or no waste.

Lightweight Hardware

The lightweight nature of a professional Sing pivot door blank means saving thousands of dollars in labor, transportation and installation as well as the heavy duty hardware that would be necessary for a heavier door. For instance, a standard 8 ft. door would weigh-in at 720 lbs. compared to lightweight Sing Core’s 120 lbs. reducing the cost of the hardware significantly. In fact, Sing pivot doors are so light, you could use standard hinges, if you wanted to, without fail.

Traditional Pivot Door Panel
Sing Core Professional Panel
Height: 8 ft
Height: 8 ft

720 lbs

 

120 lbs

 

High Strength and Non-warp

No other Eco-friendly lightweight pivot door core is so strong nor can compare to Sing Core’s structure strength of 660 PSI. The unique attributes of Sing professional pivot door panels is that they are specially designed with patent pending technology allowing them to be non-warping and structurally guaranteed for 50 years.

Sing Core Patented Torsion Box Panels

We do not sell finished pivot doors, we only supply the Sing pivot door panel for door manufacturers to build the best pivot door.

For overseas transactions there are administrative fees and minimum order restrictions.