How To Adjust A Pella Sliding Screen Door
By the time you re finished the door should be sitting perfectly level on the track and there should be an equal amount of space between the door and the track on both the top and bottom.
How to adjust a pella sliding screen door. The rollers for a pella sliding door fit inside rectangular metal cartridges and these cartridges in turn fit into mortises in the bottom of the door. Screen doors fall out of alignment or even break down over time but fortunately they are not difficult to adjust. Installed in each pella sliding door is a mechanism that moves the location of the lower track guide. Your pella sliding door has a built in latching mechanism that extends into the lock strike when you place the latch in the locked position.
Continue adjusting the rollers until the door glides smoothly. How to adjust a pella sliding door latch. As the framing inside the door opening settles the tracks raise or lower with the floor. It may take a few attempts before you get the door rolling without resistance.
This causes the door to bind when moved or fall off the track or may cause the lock to stop working. Overtime pella sliding doors fall out of adjustment. Sliding screen doors are a great way to let fresh air and light into your home without leaving it completely open. The sliding panel should glide across the tracks when you open the door without jamming.
Over time the framing of your home settles. I show you how to take off the door replace or oil th. In this video i show you how i fixed my pella sliding patio door that was hard to roll back and forth. Making the adjustments correctly will realign the door to reduce these problems.