The rollers at the top can also wear down lowering the bottom of the door so that it rubs on the track.
Adjust sliding patio door rollers.
Over time the framing of your home settles.
This stresses the corners of the door and if the corner joints become loose the door will eventually fall apart.
Most sliding doors have a mechanism called an adjusting screw located at the bottom of the door ends.
Locate the adjustment screws on the lower edges of the door.
Turning this screw.
There are holes on your sliding glass door that conceal the adjusting screws to these rollers.
Inside a standard sliding glass door there are adjustable rollers that help it slide back and forth on the track.
Raise it just enough to clear the track and roll smoothly.
In these cases the problem is usually that the rollers at the bottom of the door have started to rub against the track.
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.
A sliding door will be out of alignment with the frame when the rollers need adjusting.
How to adjust sliding glass door rollers for a smoother ride.
All it takes is a few turns of the adjusting screw on the edge of the bottom rail of the door.
The sliding panel should glide across the tracks when you open the door without jamming.
But you can adjust the door to glide smoothly with just a screwdriver.
Adjusting the rollers on your pella sliding doors raises or lowers the door panel as necessary to get the door working.
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.
Adjust rollers to start your sliding glass door adjustment project first lift or lower the door on the track with a screwdriver or allen wrench.
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.
On my door the holes had plastic plugs in them.
The lock will not meet up with the frame latch unless the rollers hold the door the correct height.
Most sliding glass doors contain two sets of rollers one on each side of the bottom of the door.