A pivot hinge is secured top-to-bottom. It’s this hinge type that allows a door revolving door to spin, while staying in place. Only most pivot-hinged shower doors mount top-to-bottom at the corners of the door, allowing the door to swing 180 degrees in each direction. (Pivot hinges that are center-mounted create a true revolving door.)

Pivot Hinge Pros

• Pivot hinges are mostly attached at the far corners of the door, creating an uninterrupted frameless view.
• Pivot hinges that mount floor-to-ceiling can reduce the cost of glass fabrication.
• Pivot hinge doors carry the weight at the bottom of the door, and are thus very stabilized by a structurally sound floor.

Pivot Hinge Cons

• Pivot hinges can’t be sealed for extra water protection.
• If your pivot shower will not run floor-to-ceiling, then a metal header is required for the pivot to attach to a top structure.

A side-mount hinge is similar to the door hinges in your home. One side of the hinge is anchored on the side of a frameless glass door. The other side of the hinge is mounted to a wall or another glass panel.

Side-Mount Pros

• Side-mount wall hinges avoid the need for a header or top support bar, which detracts from a frameless look.
• Side-mount hinges can be sealed to improve water tightness.

Side-Mount Cons

• Using side-mount hinges to mount a glass door to another glass panel (b/c no wall is available), may require a top header.
• Using glass-to-glass side-mount hinges means a second glass panel gets precision cuts to hold its end of the hinge. This adds to the total project cost.

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