How To Remove Sliding Door Glass
Once you ve gathered these supplies follow the steps below to remove your sliding glass door.
How to remove sliding door glass. If you are completely removing the sliding glass door to install a new door you can now remove the door frame by using the pry bar. Clear the work area move any furniture away from your sliding glass door. You ll want at least ten feet of clear space. Removing the screws and head stop 1.
Place the door down gently on the foam sheet. Take out the adjustment screws from the side panels at the bottom of the door. Prep the floor foam sheets or thick blankets will protect your floor from any. If your sliding glass doors don t have the screen door then you may move on to the next step.
By dinner you should be able to remove the paper and rub or scrub the glass with it really quickly before rinsing everything down to find it s now good as new. Insert the screwdriver at the bottom to lift the rollers from the track. Use a phillips head. Most sliding screen doors have screws located at the bottom corners.
Located at the bottom of the stationary door is a screw or screws that secure the door to the bottom sill. Vacuum the tracks of the sliding door whenever you are cleaning to keep dirt build up to a minimum in the door tracks. Position the pry bar at the base of the trim pieces and pry upward to expose the trim s nail shafts. Spray your choice on layers of toilet paper or paper towels and stick the paper to the glass.
A centre punch will allow an electric drill to make a hole at the same spot without slipping. Use a centre to punch the centre of the nails on the frame so you get a slight indentation started there. Remove the screw or screws with a philips screwdriver or cordless drill. Locate the screws at the bottom of the door.
To remove the screen door use a flathead screwdriver. Then spray the paper again and continue spraying for the rest of the day every hour or two. This video shows you how to take apart sliding glass doors. Open the door and ask your helper to slightly lift the screen door.
You may like my other videos. Just type lsailor1 in the youtube search bar. Clean the rollers of the sliding glass doors with denatured alcohol and a soft rag. You will be doing a lot of prying to free the frame from the door jamb.
Take out the sliding glass door slide the door until it hits the indent. What you can do to avoid prying and causing damage to the frame is to use a centre punch.