How To Get A Sliding Pocket Door Back On Track

Lift and rock the door to get it back on track.

How to get a sliding pocket door back on track.

When the back pocket door hanger is off the track it is a bit more of a problem. Moving the door when the back side is sliding on the ground is a little difficult. First locate the adjustment screws along the bottom of the outside face of the door frame shown or on the door s inside edge. Pull out a door that s stuck in the pocket by alternately pulling the top and bottom edges.

Sliding bypass doors hang from rollers that glide on a track hidden inside the top jamb of the door frame. If your closet door has one you need to remove it before you can put your door back on the track. These flush bolt floor keepers are typically located on the bottom of the door in the center and prevent them from swinging at 15 to 30 degree angles. This is a video to show you all how to repair a sliding cavity pocket door which may be stuck no rolling properly or not locking correctly.

Remove the floor keeper from your sliding door using a screwdriver. With the door set aside vacuum up any debris and wipe the track clean. A plastic guide attached to the floor typically keeps the door in place. Hope this video.

Bifold doors consist of two pairs of hinged panels that pivot on a pair of pins. Turn each screw counterclockwise to raise the wheels and lower the door so that you can lift the door up and out of the track. Next use a flashlight to check for broken plaster or other debris inside the door pocket. Old 1985 house with pocket doors when rollers come out of track you have a job on your hands.

Floor track doors that refuse to budge may have jumped the track. Sometimes the hardest part is getting the door out of the pocket or off the track. Both types of doors seldom have a bottom track. I hope this video empowers the handyman inside you to tackle th.

You are going to have to remove the pocket door to get the hanger out where you can work on it. Remove a door from a j track by following the instructions in photo 5 but instead of pulling the top toward you push away to pop the rollers out of the track.