How To Fix A Sliding Wood Door

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How to fix a sliding wood door.

1 remove the doors from the closet opening. 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. 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. 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.

For a quick tune up of your patio door follow the steps below. If a malfunctioning sliding door is a chronic problem see if the track is dirty. To start your sliding glass door adjustment project first lift or lower the door on the track with a screwdriver or allen wrench. In just a couple of hours you can have your old door sliding like new.

Use an aerosol lubricant to lubricate all the door rollers. Use the blade of an old screwdriver to pry stubborn dirt loose. These bypass style sliding closet doors are a simple design and as such are fairly easy to fix. In this video this old house general contractor tom silva explains how to repair sliding wood closet doors.

Lower the door photo by john gruen. 5 sand top and bottom of door with 100 git. Raise it just enough to clear the track and roll smoothly. 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.

2 pry tacks from groove in bottom of door. 4 sand rail along threshold of doorway. 3 cut oak wear strips to fit into groove in door bottom. 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.