How to clean or fix a door track.
Tilt and slide door problems.
Most sliding doors have a mechanism called an adjusting screw located at the bottom of the door ends.
The rollers at the top can also wear down lowering the bottom of the door so that it rubs on the track.
This is when trying to close the door it slides along fine but when going into the closing position one edge of the door will not sit in the frame thus making it impossible to turn the handle and lock.
The biggest problem happens when the spigot on the door isn t lined up with the bit it goes into properly and the door falls off when you test it.
Use the blade of an old screwdriver to pry stubborn dirt loose.
Turning this screw raises or lowers the roller.
The patio doors gets jammed.
A common issue with tilt and slide doors is the alignment issue.
So with the above in mind here are three of the most common tilt and slide patio door problems.
Use a wire brush to clean off the dirt or debris.
This door was also a tilt.
When the drive gear fails you ll notice that there is a lot of resistance when you try to use the door.
If a malfunctioning sliding door is a chronic problem see if the track is dirty.
In these cases the problem is usually that the rollers at the bottom of the door have started to rub against the track.
Tilt and slide patio doors can be prone to jamming or gradually becoming more difficult to operate over time as the mechanisms in the door wear down.