How To Remove Sliding Glass Door From Track

4 removing the sliding door before removing the door slide it to the point in the track where you see an indent.

How to remove sliding glass door from track. This video shows you how to take apart sliding glass doors. Whether there s debris in the track or your door has damaged rollers glass doctor has the cure for sticky sliding doors. Cleaning them once a week can help reduce the amount of built up dirt and grime and will make the door easier to maintain. Putting the sliding screen door back in place step 4.

Sliding glass doors are kept in place by the track on the bottom and a simple channel guide at the top of the frame. On most sliding doors there is a track that the door fits into and it rides backwards and forwards on this track. You can use the same wire brush in step 2 to remove debris and dirt buildup from the sliding screen door s track. Remove the door by pulling it out of the top track of the door frame.

Remove debris from screen door track step 3. You may like my other videos. Sweep the loose dirt from the track with a broom. Dirty sliding glass door tracks can gum up your door and make it difficult to open and close.

Once the door is completely loose from the frame set it aside somewhere safe such as against the side of the house or lying flat on a work bench. You can clean your tracks with basic kitchen cleaners or you can use a vinegar and baking soda mixture to pick up stubborn dirt. In addition at the base of the door are rollers. Every sliding glass door has adjustment screws that hold the rollers of the door in place.

Then tilt it slightly with help and remove it from the upper track of the door frame as well. Just type lsailor1 in the youtube search bar. Once clear of the bottom track the door will drop out of the frame completely. Our track was chalked full of gunk and the wire brush cut right through it.

If the fixed side of the sliding glass door is held up by a metal strip that attaches to the door jamb remove it. What happens over time is these rollers wear out but the good news is you can replace them but of course to do so you ll need to remove the sliding doors first. Below you ll find more details about how to 1 properly remove a sliding glass door 2 clean and lubricate the tracks and 3 adjust the rollers.