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How to fix a sliding wood door.
Use a wire brush to clean off the dirt or debris.
Use an aerosol lubricant to lubricate all the door rollers.
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.
For a quick tune up of your patio door follow the steps below.
5 sand top and bottom of door with 100 git.
1 remove the doors from the closet opening.
In just a couple of hours you can have your old door sliding like new.
Use the blade of an old screwdriver to pry stubborn dirt loose.
To start your sliding glass door adjustment project first lift or lower the door on the track with a screwdriver or allen wrench.
If a malfunctioning sliding door is a chronic problem see if the track is dirty.
Raise it just enough to clear the track and roll smoothly.
These bypass style sliding closet doors are a simple design and as such are fairly easy to fix.
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.
4 sand rail along threshold of doorway.
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.
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.
Lower the door photo by john gruen.
2 pry tacks from groove in bottom of door.
Built up dirt or loose debris can cause a door to stop sliding and ride off the track.
In this video this old house general contractor tom silva explains how to repair sliding wood closet doors.