How To Fix A Sliding Wood Door

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.

How to fix a sliding wood door.

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. 3 cut oak wear strips to fit into groove in door bottom. Raise it just enough to clear the track and roll smoothly. In just a couple of hours you can have your old door sliding like new.

How to clean or fix a door track. Lower the door photo by john gruen. If a malfunctioning sliding door is a chronic problem see if the track is dirty. Use a wire brush to clean off the dirt or debris.

5 sand top and bottom of door with 100 git. Lay a drop cloth on the floor and pop off the two plugs covering the roller adjustment screws at the bottom of the sliding door frame. Use an aerosol lubricant to lubricate all the door rollers. For a quick tune up of your patio door follow the steps below.

Locate the two adjusting screws at the bottom of the door on the face or edge of the door and pry off the trim caps that cover the screws. 2 pry tacks from groove in bottom of door. To start your sliding glass door adjustment project first lift or lower the door on the track with a screwdriver or allen wrench. Use the blade of an old screwdriver to pry stubborn dirt loose.

The key is having the hardware in working order or the right sliding closet door hardware if you need to replace any parts to get your closet doors working properly again. In this video this old house general contractor tom silva explains how to repair sliding wood closet doors. These bypass style sliding closet doors are a simple design and as such are fairly easy to fix. 4 sand rail along threshold of doorway.