Fixing A Sliding Screen Door Rollers

Grasp both sides of the frame and lift the door up off of its tracks.

Fixing a sliding screen door rollers.

Almost all sliding patio doors are adjustable when it comes to height. Dirty rollers from debris in the track are the main culprit for uncooperative sliding doors and wrinkly screens can easily be replaced. To clean and lubricate the hardware of a sliding closet door use a stiff brush a toothbrush or a hand vacuum to clean dust from the tracks. Because sliding doors don t fold out the way bifold doors do they allow access to only half the width of the opening at a time.

With the wheel raised pull the corner of the frame out of the track. Once you have the door removed lay the sliding screen down on a flat surface with lots of room around you. One of the two rollers on top has a broken spring inside. Do the same at the other corner and then remove the door by pulling it down and out of the upper track.

Again this is a fairly simple problem to fix. Remove the screen door if you have one. Here s how to repair your sliding door and make it run like new. Lower the door photo by john gruen.

The roller has an insignia three diamonds with the letters d p i inside. See photo for roller. Place the screen doors safely off to the side until you are ready to put them back. This looks like a peachtree screen door roller 5 60 each needs to be.

Years of dirt exposure to the elements and hard use can turn sliding doors into sticking doors. Many screen repair shops use a 4 x 8 table covered with carpeting to protect the screen doors painted finish. I am trying to find a replacement roller for a sliding door screen. First lift the rollers off the track by sliding a flat head screwdriver or putty knife under the roller and pushing up.

Something we didn t go over in t. In just a couple of hours you can have your old door sliding like new. Step 1 step 1. New rollers for repairing sliding doors are available through door manufacturers or online suppliers even for older doors.

The door itself says ps or pd on the latch. Use an aerosol lubricant to lubricate all the door rollers. For a quick tune up of your patio door follow the steps below. Repairing a sliding door screen.

Sliding glass door repair will get the job done. If it fits too loosely in the tracks any vertical movement of the door will cause it to come unseated and it will fall. In some instances the sliding screen door will fall out repeatedly because it is too small. Lift one wheel off the screen door track using your finger or a screwdriver.