How To Take A Sliding Glass Door Off The Track
Use a screwdriver to loosen these screws in the bracket then loosen the screws holding the door panel.
How to take a sliding glass door off the track. This will pull up the rollers so that the door sits in the track completely and finds leeway to get out of the frame. Once the door is completely loose from the frame set it aside somewhere safe such as against the side of the house or lying flat on a work bench. Look for an l shaped bracket screwed onto the track and corner of the stationary door panel. These screws may be covered with plugs in some cases.
Then sharply angle the bottom of the door outward and lift the door from the track. Every sliding glass door has adjustment screws that hold the rollers of the door in place. To remove a bottom supported sliding door lift and then tilt the bottom out of the track. Remove this cap because as you ll notice it is covering a gap inside of which is a screw.
Pry off the adjustment screw covers located at the bottom or side edge of the glass sliding door using a flathead screwdriver. On the bottom edge of the door you ll notice a cap. The access to these screws can be found at the bottom of the door or on the side panel on opposite ends. Use the phillips screwdriver to turn these screws counter clockwise.
Just type lsailor1 in the youtube search bar. This video shows you how to take apart sliding glass doors. You may like my other videos. Remove the stationary door the stationary glass door is the part of the glass door system that doesn t move and is usually located behind the sliding portion.
The stationary door will be held in place with screws that go into the sliding door tracks. The door should slide right out of the top track once you ve freed it from the bottom track. Turn the screws counter clockwise to pull the rollers up into the. Do this with a helper.
Determine the size of the screwdriver you ll need reach back into the gap with your screwdriver and adjust that screw counter clockwise as far as it will go. Using a flat head screwdriver carefully lift the rollers of the screen door off the bottom track.