How To Install Sliding Screen Door Wheels
Although there is more than one design for sliding patio screen doors the most common one employs a pair of rollers on the bottom of the door that fit on a track on the bottom of the frame.
How to install sliding screen door wheels. Sliding screen door rollers are spring loaded with adjustment screws located over the wheel or inside the vertical frame. Make clockwise turns with a phillips screwdriver to push the wheel outward and raise the door or use counterclockwise turns to retract the wheel and lower the door. First lift the rollers off the track by sliding a flat head screwdriver or putty knife under the roller and pushing up. When you open or close the door it doesn t actually slide.
Over time screen doors become difficult to move along their track. If you can remove the door go to step 2 figure 2. Place the screen doors safely off to the side until you are ready to put them back. If not please continue to step 1 figure 1.
Check if there is enough room to remove your door without adjusting the rollers. Instead these wheels ride the track. The increased difficulty occurs when the rollers installed on the screen door become worn rusted or caked with dirt. First lift your door up and down in the track.