This diy video demonstrates how to clean lube and adjust the wheels on a screen door so that it slides without binding and so it stays on the track.
Sliding patio door wheel adjustment.
Maintaining sliding closet doors.
Adjusting the rollers on your pella sliding door may be necessary to keep the door operating smoothly.
The best time to be sure a sliding patio door is properly adjusted is before it starts sticking in its track or hopping out of it.
It may take a few attempts before you get the door rolling without resistance.
Because sliding doors don t fold out the way bifold doors do they allow access to only half the width of the opening at a time.
Over time the framing of your home settles.
But putting an end to the drag is no drag at all.
Sliding closet doors operate on rollers that are positioned in tracks at the top jamb and floor allowing the doors to bypass each other in the tracks.
All it takes is a few turns of the adjusting screw on the edge of the bottom rail of the door.
First make sure the track for the wheels is clean.
Continue adjusting the rollers until the door glides smoothly.
As the framing inside the door opening settles the tracks raise or lower with the floor.
If your sliding patio door is hard to slide while opening and closing the rollers may need be to adjusted.
By the time you re finished the door should be sitting perfectly level on the track and there should be an equal amount of space between the door and the track on both the top and bottom.
If the door still drags or it s obvious a wheel is broken it s time to replace the wheels and do a patio screen door replacement.
Open the door slightly and look at the reveal or.
Then try adjusting the wheels photo 5.