To start your sliding glass door adjustment project first lift or lower the door on the track with a screwdriver or allen wrench.
How to fix a sliding glass door that is hard to open.
Remove the door from the track.
First all you need to do is simply give the sliding door track a good scrubbing.
Clean the sliding glass door track.
Be sure to brush down both sides of the track as well as help scrub out the dirt that exists in the middle move the door along the track to expose the front scrub move the door back to the closed position scrub and so on.
Standard sliding glass doors all have tracks.
This will retract the rollers and make the door flush with the track.
Rollers that are underneath the sliding door inside the frame tend to wear out making the slider hard to open.
Raise it just enough to clear the track and roll smoothly.
These hole are often covered with a plastic plug.
This may or may not provide a temporary solution.
Sliding glass door track cleaning.
Door is difficult to open and slide.
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.
If the door becomes even harder to open turn the screw in the opposite direction.
Turning this screw raises or lowers the roller.
Remove the plug and use a screwdriver to tighten and loosen the roller height making very small adjustments and testing each time.
The most common homeowner fix is to simply lubricate the roller or track the best you can.
The track acts as a guide for the door and also allows roller wheels to help the door run smoothly.
Give the screw a clockwise turn and test to see whether the door slides easier.
Over time the sliding glass door track accumulates dirt and grime.
Most sliding doors have a mechanism called an adjusting screw located at the bottom of the door ends.
First locate the roller adjustment screws and use a screwdriver to turn the screws counterclockwise.
In this video i show how to fix a sliding glass door that is very difficult to slide.