Top 3 Tips to Maintain Your Sliding Door

6 minutes
November 13th, 2019
bedroom sliding door

Are you weary of forcing your sliding door vigorously to make it move? Do you miss how easily it slid when you first mounted it? Alright, don’t worry about a thing as your sliding door is not beyond repair just yet. We’ll give you the perfect tips in this article to get your sliding door running smoothly again.

Advantages of Sliding Doors

Prior to explaining the tips for maintaining sliding doors, we would like to first explore the advantages of sliding doors to help you identify their value. Sliding doors are a great addition to any home’s interiors, and here are a few reasons why.

First of all, sliding doors add to your interior design a touch of modernity. Second, because they operate without a hinge, sliding doors are space-saving. A sliding door, instead of swinging wide open like a normal door, easily glides along its tracks. If you want to save space, this makes it an ideal option.

In addition, there are composite gaskets in a properly fitted sliding doors that offer great thermal insulation to your house. This means your home will be more energy-efficient if you have sliding doors.

 

Now that you know some of the advantages of having sliding doors, here are three helpful tips to help you maintain your windows and sliding doors:

1. Clean the Tracks of the Sliding Door

You shouldn’t have to push the weight of your whole body against a sliding door just to open or close it. Sliding doors and windows are designed to be used with minimal effort. The main reason sliding doors begin to show resistance when opening and closing is because over time the tracks become dirty. As the tracks become dirty, it becomes more difficult for the security door rollers to move along the track. You need to clean the tracks if you would like the door to run smoothly.

You can use a wire brush to clean up any dirt which has accumulated on the tracks. If you don’t have one in your house, borrow a wire brush from a friend who loves golf. Alternatively, you can also use a toothbrush but this can significantly slow down the cleaning process.

After you have cleaned all the dirt from the tracks remember to vacuum the area. You want to keep this area clean to prevent the dirt from accumulating back on the tracks.

2. Lubricate the Tracks for Smooth Use

Upon washing the tracks, the next thing to do is to apply some lubricant on them. You can spray WD-40 or any silicon-based lubricant on your tracks to make your sliding door rollers operate smoothly along the tracks. To avoid falling on a slippery floor, remember to wipe off any excess spray that falls on the ground.

3. Adjust the Sliding Door Roller

Your sliding door has rollers that can be adjusted on either side of the door to help it slide on tracks. Usually, these rollers are hidden with plastic plugs, so look for two holes to access the rollers.
You can use a screwdriver to adjust the screw on the rollers once you have access to them. This will adjust your sliding door height and you can see if it glides better at a height that is lower or higher.

 

We hope that these tips will help you to keep your sliding door. If these tips do not remedy the situation, then consider replacing your sliding window rollers and door rollers.

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