Your pella sliding door has a built in latching mechanism that extends into the lock strike when you place the latch in the locked position.
How to adjust sliding door latch.
Hold the door open and examine the latch barrel s movement as you turn the doorknob both ways.
How to adjust a pella sliding door latch.
Most sliding doors manage to get knocked off kilter at one point or another.
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If a patio door is difficult to operate won t lock properly or is loose or drafty make adjustments to the roller latch or strike to fix the issue.
Adjust sliding glass door lock handle is using a putty knife remove the strike plate to access the adjustment screw.
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Roll the door toward the latch side jamb then turn the adjustment screws until the door is parallel with the jamb.
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.
Now you will be able to move the strike plate up and down.
How to fix sagging or sticking doors.
Adjusting a door striker plate.
Repairing a loose door handle.
Once the door is cut too small a new door is needed.
If your house is an older one it may be that the problem is a sticky latch which is one of the easiest latch problems to fix.
Use an aerosol lubricant to lubricate all the door rollers.
Is the latch sticking.
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You may also want to check out our step by step guide to adjusting your sliding doors.
Using your phillip s screwdriver you need to back out the adjustment screw and the screws located above and below the adjustment screw.
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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.
Fix stuck or jammed dead bolts.