How To Clean Patio Door Wheels
Pull out a bottle of non abrasive household cleaner vinyl protectant spray some cleaning rags a wet dry vacuum and steel.
How to clean patio door wheels. Try it out at your home. How to fix a glass sliding patio door that dosnt roll close or lock properly. This is a quick video to show you the steps you can follow to help you not only clean but lubricate the track of your sliding patio door. You can clean your tracks with basic kitchen cleaners or you can use a vinegar and baking soda mixture to pick up stubborn dirt.
To replace the door simply sit it on the track and adjust each set of wheels. Cleaning them once a week can help reduce the amount of built up dirt and grime and will make the door easier to maintain. Careful with the door at its lowest point it should fall out of the frame a good time to clean out all the detritus that tends to accumulate in there as well as greasing the wheels etc. Remove as much of the loose dirt as possible with a vacuum attachment then spray the tracks with windex.
Slip a flathead screwdriver under the wheels and push them upwards as you lift the door out of the track and out of the frame. Dirty sliding glass door tracks can gum up your door and make it difficult to open and close. Once the door is free set it aside in a safe place. It should take about 10 minutes to complete the process so let s get started.
The wheels on the glass sliding patio door have an adjustment screw at the bot. If the track is gummed up with dirt. Now wipe the dirt away. How to lubricate a sliding door.
Using a clean cloth go over the tracks again to make sure you got all the dirt. Pull the door up until you can see the bottom wheels on either side. A sliding door relies on an upper and lower track along with rollers that keep it in place to slide smoothly back and forth.