How To Fix A Sliding Wood Door

Use a wire brush to clean off the dirt or debris.

How to fix a sliding wood door.

Lower the door photo by john gruen. How to clean or fix a door track. In just a couple of hours you can have your old door sliding like new. 3 cut oak wear strips to fit into groove in door bottom.

In this video this old house general contractor tom silva explains how to repair sliding wood closet doors. To clean and lubricate the hardware of a sliding closet door use a stiff brush a toothbrush or a hand vacuum to clean dust from the tracks. Step 1 step 1. If a malfunctioning sliding door is a chronic problem see if the track is dirty.

Lay a drop cloth on the floor and pop off the two plugs covering the roller adjustment screws at the bottom of the sliding door frame. 2 pry tacks from groove in bottom of door. Built up dirt or loose debris can cause a door to stop sliding and ride off the track. Because sliding doors don t fold out the way bifold doors do they allow access to only half the width of the opening at a time.

5 sand top and bottom of door with 100 git. Use the blade of an old screwdriver to pry stubborn dirt loose. These bypass style sliding closet doors are a simple design and as such are fairly easy to fix. For a quick tune up of your patio door follow the steps below.

1 remove the doors from the closet opening. Use an aerosol lubricant to lubricate all the door rollers. 4 sand rail along threshold of doorway. 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.