Big French Pivot Doors.

Just a quick time lapse video of installing the french pivots. these doors are 10'6'' tall and 4'6'' wide. The jamb had to go in to allow the mason to finish the brick around the entry and in the foyer. Stay tuned for more where we will go over our custom hardware and youll see the doors stained black to match the jamb.

[@Selina42]

Wow, just discovered your channel - so good! If you could ever do a pivot door series from start to finish for us newbs that would be amazing.

[@plexuswoodworks1771]

Thanks! Im going to try

[@John-hq6em]

Why pivots instead of the usual hinges? Just style, or a better way to support such large doors?
Seems a shame to stain your nice (CVG fir?) doors black. No stain and some good spar varnish would look beautiful. Seems like everyone wants to paint over good wood these days.

[@plexuswoodworks1771]

The pivots because of both aesthetics and yes they support large doors much better.
As far as the stain goes, the client gets what the client wants. We've done plenty of clear finishes (usually spar/tongue oil mix) but the fir alway goes so orangie and does not appeal to many. I think the dark stain will look great, the door and jamb will then get an oil top coat. thanks for checking out the video