Clean up the track.
Home remedies for sticky sliding doors.
As the humidity in your home is lowered the wood door will shrink in size.
Sliding doors move along the tracks using a set of rollers.
Run your air conditioner.
Tighten the screws that go into the door and the screws that go into the door frame.
Do not over tighten the screws or you may strip break them.
Once the patio door track is nice and clean lubricate the track with a silicone based lubricant spraying and rolling the door back and forth to work in the lubricant.
Lubrication also keeps those door rollers rolling.
These rollers can become damaged dirty or broken as the years go by and cause your door to stick.
To fix this remove your door from the tracks clean out the rollers and spray them with a lubricant such as wd 40.
Silicone spray along the top track helps keep things gliding smoothly.
If it s a matter of the door edge hitting the door frame use your philips screwdriver and tighten the screws on either the top middle or bottom hinge.
One of the functions of the ac is to remove excess moisture from the air and decrease the humidity level in your home.
One of the most common issues with sliding doors is a dirty track where dust pet hair and other debris can accumulate over time.
Once you wipe down the tracks clean them with denatured alcohol.
Most of the time the problem stems from dirty and dried up rollers.
A silicone based product will help the door glide without attracting dirt and grime like standard oil lubricants will.