How Do You Maintain Sliding Glass Doors?
Sliding glass patio doors provide access to the patio and allow sunlight into the home. Sliding glass doors need periodic maintenance to keep the door operating smoothly. Dirt and grime build up in both the upper and lower track, and the bottom tracks can take a lot of abuse. Bent tracks can cause sliding doors to become difficult to operate. You can adjust and maintain your sliding glass doors within 30 minutes and keep your doors operating as they should. Grab the operating portion of the sliding door on both sides with your hands from inside the home. Lift the operating portion of the sliding door up into the top track. Swing the bottom of the door toward you and pull the panel down. Move the door panel out of your way. Inspect the bottom track for areas that bend toward the inside of the track. This can cause the sliding door to bind and be difficult to operate. Straighten out bends toward the inside of the track by using the claw portion of a hammer. Insert the hammer claw in the
