If a patio door is difficult to operate won t lock properly or is loose or drafty make adjustments to the roller latch or strike to fix the issue.
Tilt and slide patio door adjustment.
There are holes on your sliding glass door that conceal the adjusting screws to these rollers.
Pay attention to the following steps.
On my door the holes had plastic plugs in them.
The most common type is the tilt and turn mechanism.
Tweak the hinges until you get a smooth open and close.
If the door becomes even harder to open turn the screw in the opposite direction.
Start by adjusting with the door closed.
The structure of a tilt and turn system.
Turn 1 2 rotations clockwise and then test to see if it still drags.
The locking pin is located at the side of the handle.
Most sliding doors have a mechanism called an adjusting screw located at the bottom of the door ends.
Turning this screw raises or lowers the roller.
Use an allen key on the screw at the door side of the hinge.
Inside a standard sliding glass door there are adjustable rollers that help it slide back and forth on the track.
In order to properly adjust a patio door it is important to understand its opening mechanism.