Before you start removing the wheels from your screen door check out the track and vacuum any.
How to fix screen on sliding door.
A couple of collapsible work tables will work just as well for any size sliding door screen.
Unscrew the head stop with a power or phillips screwdriver.
Typically screen doors are made from a lightweight aluminum frame and fiberglass screen material.
To remove the door lift it upward while pulling the bottom away from the track along the bottom.
How to fix a sliding screen door that sticks 1.
Determine exactly where the door is sticking before deciding on a remedy.
Look at the top of the door.
Before you can check the track or wheels for damage you have to.
If you have no suitable tables lay the screen door on the ground on top of sheets of cardboard to prevent getting the screen door frame scratched or marked.
If the edge of the door.
Remove the door from the frame and take off the door handle.
Clean the bottom track.
If you can t undo it with a manual screwdriver try a power screwdriver.
Lower the door if the corner assembly screws are accessible see photo 4 use a screwdriver to make sure they re tight on the sliding.
This screw may be tightly fixed.
You can use a flat headed screwdriver to remove the spline.
Open the door and locate the head stop screw at the top corner of the door frame right where the door would touch the frame when it closes.
Remove the door from its hinges and use a wood plane to shave off thin layers of wood from.
Then pull the bottom out and lower the door until it clears the top edge of the frame.
Straighten the top and.
A sliding screen is supported on rollers that ride in a track.
How to fix a sliding screen door remove the door from the track.
The top wheels aren t likely to be worn.
Without the use of a large table it s a little.
Then place the door on a flat surface.
Some have wheels at the top as well as the bottom.
When you have it out lay the screen material back over the frame and then put the spline back in over the top of the screen.
In this video we show you how to re screen your damaged sliding screen door using only very basic hand tools.