The patio door will meet the jamb at an offset angle if one roller is higher than the other.
Adjust sliding patio door rollers.
The sliding panel should glide across the tracks when you open the door without jamming.
Most sliding glass doors contain two sets of rollers one on each side of the bottom of the door.
Inside a standard sliding glass door there are adjustable rollers that help it slide back and forth on the track.
There are holes on your sliding glass door that conceal the adjusting screws to these rollers.
But you can adjust the door to glide smoothly with just a screwdriver.
Turning this screw.
On my door the holes had plastic plugs in them.
As the framing inside the door opening settles the tracks raise or lower with the floor.
This stresses the corners of the door and if the corner joints become loose the door will eventually fall apart.
Sticking door no more.
All it takes is a few turns of the adjusting screw on the edge of the bottom rail of the door.
Over time the framing of your home settles.
How to adjust sliding glass door rollers for a smoother ride.
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.
Raise it just enough to clear the track and roll smoothly.
Adjusting the rollers on your pella sliding doors raises or lowers the door panel as necessary to get the door working.
Tuning up a balky door for sliding glass door repair.
A sliding door will be out of alignment with the frame when the rollers need adjusting.
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.
Locate the adjustment screws on the lower edges of the door.
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.
The rollers at the top can also wear down lowering the bottom of the door so that it rubs on the track.