Adjust Sliding Glass Door Wheels

Over time the framing of your home settles.

Adjust sliding glass door wheels.

How to adjust sliding glass doors. As the framing inside the door opening settles the tracks raise or lower with the floor. Most sliding glass doors contain two sets of rollers one on each side of the bottom of the door. Standard sliding glass doors all have tracks.

Interior sliding doors are frequently used for closets and pantries and sometimes to conceal water heaters and furnaces. Adjusting the rollers on your pella sliding doors raises or lowers the door panel as necessary to get the door working. These holes hide the adjustment screw for the coordinating rollers. The track acts as a guide for the door and also allows roller wheels to help the door run smoothly.

Over time the sliding glass door track accumulates dirt and grime. Every standard sliding glass door has adjustable rollers that help it slide back and forth within the track. Reinstall the door to test the replacement wheels. Download instructions for more information.

Sliding glass doors are a popular feature in rooms with decks or patios because their full length glass panels open the room visually to the great outdoors while providing easy access to the outside. Some types of sliding screen doors take a little more effort but still aren t too difficult to remove. Turning the screw counterclockwise raises the wheels on the sliding screen 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.

Once the one side is adjusted you can adjust the wheel on the other side. The sliding screen door lowers which makes it possible for you to remove the sliding screen door. The sliding panel should glide across the tracks when you open the door without jamming. On the bottom portion of your sliding glass door you should see a small hole on each side of the door.

Lift up the door then push the top pair of wheels into the upper track. This slows down your door considerably. Clean the sliding glass door track. This video is going to show you how to adjust your door s rollers to ensure smooth operation and maintain weather tightness.