If the door becomes even harder to open turn the screw in the opposite direction.
How to make a sliding glass door slide easily.
As the door rises and the wheels clear the track pull the door toward you and downward until it is free from the frame.
Inside a standard sliding glass door there are adjustable rollers that help it slide back and forth on the track.
Lay the door on a flat level surface to see if any corners are lifted.
If you re confident that there s nothing else blocking the sliding patio.
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.
Most sliding doors have a mechanism called an adjusting screw located at the bottom of the door ends.
These rollers can become damaged dirty or broken as the years go by and cause your door to stick.
If you see any clear the debris and wash the tracks with warm soapy water.
When a sliding door track gets gummed up and dirty it can make using the door a hassle and a pain.
Most of the time the problem stems from dirty and dried up rollers.
If the problem is with an obstructed track you can open the door all the way and vacuum out the track or clean it with a wire brush.
Be sure to check between the screen door and the glass.
If bowing is detected gently bend the frame in the opposite direction until it lays flat and reinserts.
If further adjustments are required repeat the process until you are satisfied with the operation.
There are holes on your sliding glass door that conceal the adjusting screws to these rollers.
Sliding doors move along the tracks using a set of rollers.
Repeat this process at any time the sliding function of your window becomes sticky or grinding.
Slide the sash back to the closed position and reinspect the gap.
On my door the holes had plastic plugs in them.
In order to prevent this from happening and becoming a problem it is important to not only get the track clean but also to lubricate the track so that it will slide easily.
Give the screw a clockwise turn and test to see whether the door slides easier.
First check your sliding door tracks for any debris or dried liquid.
First all you need to do is simply give the sliding door track a good scrubbing.
A misaligned sliding door installation.
To fix this remove your door from the tracks clean out the rollers and spray them with a lubricant such as wd 40.
I used a steak knife to pry the plugs loose.