How To Fix A Sliding Wood Door

How to clean or fix a door track.

How to fix a sliding wood door.

In this video this old house general contractor tom silva explains how to repair sliding wood closet doors. 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. If a malfunctioning sliding door is a chronic problem see if the track is dirty. Use the blade of an old screwdriver to pry stubborn dirt loose.

For a quick tune up of your patio door follow the steps below. Raise it just enough to clear the track and roll smoothly. In just a couple of hours you can have your old door sliding like new. 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.

5 sand top and bottom of door with 100 git. 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. 1 remove the doors from the closet opening.

To start your sliding glass door adjustment project first lift or lower the door on the track with a screwdriver or allen wrench. These bypass style sliding closet doors are a simple design and as such are fairly easy to fix. 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. Built up dirt or loose debris can cause a door to stop sliding and ride off the track.

3 cut oak wear strips to fit into groove in door bottom. Step 1 step 1. 2 pry tacks from groove in bottom of door. 4 sand rail along threshold of doorway.