The sliding panel should glide across the tracks when you open the door without jamming.
Sliding patio door wheel adjustment.
Sliding closet doors operate on rollers that are positioned in tracks at the top jamb and floor allowing the doors to bypass each other in the tracks.
It may take a few attempts before you get the door rolling without resistance.
If the door still drags or it s obvious a wheel is broken it s time to replace the wheels and do a patio screen door replacement.
As the framing inside the door opening settles the tracks raise or lower with the floor.
Replacing wheels is easy and takes less than an hour.
Then try adjusting the wheels photo 5.
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.
By the time you re finished the door should be sitting perfectly level on the track and there should be an equal amount of space between the door and the track on both the top and bottom.
Adjusting the rollers on your pella sliding door may be necessary to keep the door operating smoothly.
Open the door slightly and look at the reveal or.
If your sliding patio door is hard to slide while opening and closing the rollers may need be to adjusted.
Maintaining sliding closet doors.
Over time the framing of your home settles.
But putting an end to the drag is no drag at all.
Continue adjusting the rollers until the door glides smoothly.
If you re not sure whether the door is straight pull it.
All it takes is a few turns of the adjusting screw on the edge of the bottom rail of the door.