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Pella sliding door height adjustment.
Over time the framing of your home settles.
Your pella sliding door has a built in latching mechanism that extends into the lock strike when you place the latch in the locked position.
Locate the adjustment screws on the lower edges of the door.
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.
As the framing inside the door opening settles the tracks raise or lower with the floor.
Installed in each pella sliding door is a mechanism that moves the location of the lower track guide.
Turning this screw raises or lowers the roller.
Most sliding doors have a mechanism called an adjusting screw located at the bottom of the door ends.
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.
How to adjust a pella sliding door latch.
Give the screw a clockwise turn and test to see whether the door slides easier.
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Most sliding glass doors contain two sets of rollers one on each side of the bottom of the door.
Adjusting the rollers on your pella sliding doors raises or lowers the door panel as necessary to get the door working smoothly.
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.
Adjusting the door incorrectly could cause the lower guide to break or worse cause the door to jump the lower track.
If the door becomes even harder to open turn the screw in the opposite direction.
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When adjusting the rollers you will need to adjust each side of the panel.
