Patio Door Slides Hard

They fit into tighter spaces than our hinged doors because their panels don t interfere with your room or patio.

Patio door slides hard.

Over time the framing of your home settles. Also called sliding glass doors these doors are designed to glide horizontally with one operating panel and one stationary panel. For pricing and availability. Years of dirt exposure to the elements and hard use can turn sliding doors into sticking doors.

Most sliding patio doors have one or two small holes at the top and bottom of the door for adjusting the roller height. As the framing inside the door opening settles the tracks raise or lower with the floor. The sliding panel should glide across the tracks when you open the door without jamming. We have sliding door handles locks latches rollers strikes and other parts for sliding glass patio doors.

For weatherstripping please see our weatherstrip section. Sometimes patio doors become hard to open even when the track is clean. Pella 72 in x 80 in blinds between the glass white vinyl right hand double door sliding patio door. Plus if you let the problem proceed it could damage other parts of your patio door which can end up being costly to repair or you might have to replace the whole door.

Look no further for your sliding door hardware. Here s how to repair your sliding door and make it run like new. Reliabilt 72 in x 80 in grilles between the glass white vinyl universal reversible double door sliding patio door. These hole are often covered with a plastic plug.

In this article we ll go over how you can fix a sliding door that sticks so you can enjoy your patio. For replacement tracks and track covers please see sliding door tracks and covers. I unscrewed all these 4 screws and then on pulling on the door the frames came off the glass now we have a frame less door which still doesn t move easily. In these cases the problem is usually that the rollers at the bottom of the door have started to rub against the track.

Our sliding doors do have those screws at the bottom and top edge but they are on the side of the door compared to concealed inside a hole as you have shown in your photos. Remove the plug and use a screwdriver to tighten and loosen the roller height making very small adjustments and testing each time. Sliding glass door repair will get the job done. New rollers for repairing sliding doors are available through door manufacturers or online suppliers even for older doors.

Adjusting the rollers on your pella sliding doors raises or lowers the door panel as necessary to get the door working.