Sticking door no more.
Adjust sliding patio door rollers.
In these cases the problem is usually that the rollers at the bottom of the door have started to rub against the track.
Badly aligned rollers inside the bottom of a patio screen door will cause the door to bind or stick when opening or closing.
Adjusting the rollers on your pella sliding doors raises or lowers the door panel as necessary to get the door working.
Raise it just enough to clear the track and roll smoothly.
Most sliding doors have a mechanism called an adjusting screw located at the bottom of the door ends.
The patio door will meet the jamb at an offset angle if one roller is higher than the other.
Tuning up a balky door for sliding glass door repair.
How to adjust sliding glass door rollers for a smoother ride.
There are holes on your sliding glass door that conceal the adjusting screws to these rollers.
As the framing inside the door opening settles the tracks raise or lower with the floor.
This stresses the corners of the door and if the corner joints become loose the door will eventually fall apart.
Locate the adjustment screws on the lower edges of the door.
You can alter the height of these rollers by accessing the adjustment screws which are set into slots on the door s outer edges perpendicular with the rollers themselves.
Most sliding glass doors contain two sets of rollers one on each side of the bottom of the door.
Over time the framing of your home settles.
The rollers at the top can also wear down lowering the bottom of the door so that it rubs on the track.
Turning this screw.
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.
On my door the holes had plastic plugs in them.
But you can adjust the door to glide smoothly with just a screwdriver.
The lock will not meet up with the frame latch unless the rollers hold the door the correct height.
The sliding panel should glide across the tracks when you open the door without jamming.
Inside a standard sliding glass door there are adjustable rollers that help it slide back and forth on the track.