How To Get A Sliding Pocket Door Back On Track

Floor track doors that refuse to budge may have jumped the track.

How to get a sliding pocket door back on track. Remove the floor keeper from your sliding door using a screwdriver. These flush bolt floor keepers are typically located on the bottom of the door in the center and prevent them from swinging at 15 to 30 degree angles. A step by step guide on how i repaired this pocket door that had come off one of its rollers. Old 1985 house with pocket doors when rollers come out of track you have a job on your hands.

Sometimes the hardest part is getting the door out of the pocket or off the track. Locating the back pocket door hanger. I hope this video empowers the handyman inside you to tackle th. Both types of doors seldom have a bottom track.

Turn each screw counterclockwise to raise the wheels and lower the door so that you can lift the door up and out of the track. You are going to have to remove the pocket door to get the hanger out where you can work on it. Sliding bypass doors hang from rollers that glide on a track hidden inside the top jamb of the door frame. If your closet door has one you need to remove it before you can put your door back on the track.

This is a video to show you all how to repair a sliding cavity pocket door which may be stuck no rolling properly or not locking correctly. Lift and rock the door to get it back on track. Bifold doors consist of two pairs of hinged panels that pivot on a pair of pins. When the back pocket door hanger is off the track it is a bit more of a problem.

Remove a door from a j track by following the instructions in photo 5 but instead of pulling the top toward you push away to pop the rollers out of the track. Floor track doors also have a guide pin that slides in a slot at the top of the door. A plastic guide attached to the floor typically keeps the door in place. Pull out a door that s stuck in the pocket by alternately pulling the top and bottom edges.

Hope this video. Next use a flashlight to check for broken plaster or other debris inside the door pocket.