In just a couple of hours you can have your old door sliding like new.
How to fix a sliding wood door.
2 pry tacks from groove in bottom of door.
Lower the door photo by john gruen.
For a quick tune up of your patio door follow the steps below.
Raise it just enough to clear the track and roll smoothly.
In this video this old house general contractor tom silva explains how to repair sliding wood closet doors.
Use an aerosol lubricant to lubricate all the door rollers.
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.
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.
4 sand rail along threshold of doorway.
1 remove the doors from the closet opening.
The key is having the hardware in working order or the right sliding closet door hardware if you need to replace any parts to get your closet doors working properly again.
Step 1 step 1.
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.
If a malfunctioning sliding door is a chronic problem see if the track is dirty.
Built up dirt or loose debris can cause a door to stop sliding and ride off the track.
Use a wire brush to clean off the dirt or debris.
These bypass style sliding closet doors are a simple design and as such are fairly easy to fix.
5 sand top and bottom of door with 100 git.
Use the blade of an old screwdriver to pry stubborn dirt loose.
3 cut oak wear strips to fit into groove in door bottom.