The door closer can also stop working altogether.
How to adjust a pella sliding glass door.
Lower the rollers by turning the screws in the bottom corners of the door counterclockwise to provide clearances then lift the door and angle the bottom away from the frame to remove it.
Adjust the roller on the opposite side in the same manner.
Push the caps back into the adjustment holes once you finish.
Turning this screw raises or lowers the roller.
If the door becomes even harder to open turn the screw in the opposite direction.
Continue making adjustments as necessary.
This adjustment screw will move the roller height up or down and thus your sliding glass door height will go up or down by as much as 1 4 inch or 1 2 cm.
Most sliding glass doors contain two sets of rollers one on each side of the bottom of the door.
Pella storm doors have a door closer with a one touch button.
Over time the door closer may fail to function properly.
This exposes the latch along the door.
You can alter the height of these rollers by accessing the adjustment screws which are set into slots on the door s outer edges perpendicular with the rollers themselves.
Most sliding doors have a mechanism called an adjusting screw located at the bottom of the door ends.
I have a new vinyl sliding glass door and slider is unlevel and the pella site doesnt show how to adjust rollers to make it level and still slide right.
Open the pella sliding door.
Push on the door as you loosen the screw.
The door may close too quickly and slam shut or close too slowly making the door seem stuck.
Locate the adjustment screws on the lower edges of the door.
2 rotate the lever on the inside of your door to the locked position.
Open your pella sliding door to access the latch mechanism along the edge of the door.
Step 2 turn the screw located at the bottom of the door s latch face counterclockwise with an 8 inch 2 phillips screwdriver.
Tinker around with the roller screws to see if the door glides better when it s at a lower or higher height.