Most sliding glass doors contain two sets of rollers one on each side of the bottom of the door.
Sliding patio door height adjustment.
You can alter the height of these rollers by accessing the adjustment screws which are set into slots on the door s outer edges perpendicular with the rollers themselves.
Give the screw a clockwise turn and test to see whether the door slides easier.
Locate the adjustment screws on the lower edges of the door.
Adjusting the rollers on your pella sliding doors raises or lowers the door panel as necessary to get the door working.
As the framing inside the door opening settles the tracks raise or lower with the floor.
This adjustment screw will move the roller height up or down and thus your sliding glass door height will go up or down by as much as 1 4 inch or 1 2 cm.
In order to adjust the height of a patio or balcony door you have to use the corner bearing.
C the parallel adjusting of the height of patio doors.
The best time to be sure a sliding patio door is properly adjusted is before it starts sticking in its track or hopping out of it.
Tinker around with the roller screws to see if the door glides better when it s at a lower or higher height.
Also called sliding glass doors these doors are designed to glide horizontally with one operating panel and one stationary panel.
Over time the framing of your home settles.
The patio door will meet the jamb at an offset angle if one roller is higher than the other.
A sliding door will be out of alignment with the frame when the rollers need adjusting.
For perfect height levelling the upper and lower distance between the leaf and the frame must be exactly the same.
They fit into tighter spaces than our hinged doors because their panels don t interfere with your room or patio.
Most sliding doors have a mechanism called an adjusting screw located at the bottom of the door ends.
Determine the distances before the procedure.
The sliding panel should glide across the tracks when you open the door without jamming.