How To Remove A Sliding Glass Door Roller

In addition at the base of the door are rollers.

How to remove a sliding glass door roller.

The right way to replace sliding glass door rollers depends on whether you have a vinyl or aluminum door. This video will show you how to replace the wheels rollers on a sliding glass patio door. Remove the door from the track by grasping it with both hands on both sides. If your sliding glass doors don t have the screen door then you may move on to the next step.

Open the door and ask your helper to slightly lift the screen door. I will show you how to remove the door remove the wheel rolle. Remove the roller door from the doorframe. What happens over time is these rollers wear out but the good news is you can replace them but of course to do so you ll need to remove the sliding doors first.

Then use your screwdriver to unscrew the head stop located at the top of the door frame. Lift the door up. The one that remains stationary and the one that slides. To remove the screen door use a flathead screwdriver.

Then if you have a vinyl door unscrew the old rollers and slot in the new ones before screwing them into place. Your sliding glass door is made out of two glass doors. In this video we show you how to replace a roller in a patio sliding glass door. Pull the door up until you can see the bottom wheels on either side.

Insert the screwdriver at the bottom to lift the rollers from the track. Once the sliding glass door rollers are loose enough to remove gently pull them out from the door. You may have to lift the roller door out of the track and over the frame or you may have to unscrew the stationary door from its frame and then lift the roller door out. In order to access the glass door units first remove the screen door if you have one.

Lift one end of the frame and use a screwdriver or stiff putty knife to lift the bottom rollers from the track. Determine the type of roller you need. On most sliding doors there is a track that the door fits into and it rides backwards and forwards on this track. You can find replacement patio sliding glass door hardware here.

The first step regardless of what kind of door you have is removing the door from the track. How you remove the door depends on its design. Swing the bottom of the door toward your body and lower the door out of the track.