How to Remove Sliding Glass Doors

Along with being an appealing home décor item, sliding glass doors do save you a lot of space. It is the reason the regular doors are being replaced with sliding glass doors, in most of the home improvement projects. Sliding glass doors not only add that visual appeal to the entire room but they also allow you to access the fresh air and colorful view outside your dwelling. However, after a while, you may feel the need of changing the existing glass doors for repairing or replacement of the doors or the walls that they are set into. Removing glass doors is always a tricky job, since it creates the risk of breaking or scratching of the glass doors. Hence, learning how to remove sliding glass doors the proper way is very crucial. Removing the sliding glass doors is extremely easy, when you learn all the basic caring measures that you need to consider. Keep reading ahead and learn more about sliding glass doors removal.

Instructions on Removing Sliding Glass Doors

Be it for sliding glass door repair or replacement, removing the sliding glass door is indeed a job of patience and caution. Since the door frame is likely to be too heavy for you, I would advise you to ask someone to assist you. Well, here are some easy steps that you may need to follow to safely remove the sliding glass door, the DIY way.

☛ Step #1: Flooring Preparation
Since the doors are heavy and hard to handle, you must seek help of another person if possible. You may also need to make sure that both glass and the door frame are well restored when your removal process is done. Even if you are removing sliding doors with scratched glasses, you need to be careful that the glass is not completely broken by the time you are finished with the work. In order to protect the glass of your sliding doors, spread some sort of padding on the floor you are working on. It will avoid breakage of the glass and any sort of damage to your precious home flooring as well. Once you have secured the flooring, start with removing the screen of the door, if any.

☛ Step #2: Gather the Materials
Gather the materials like hammer, slotted screwdriver, pry bar, chisel, Phillips screwdriver and metal blade saw for successful removal of the sliding glass doors. Also, wear protective eyeglasses for your personal safety. As you know, sliding door is made up of three basic components, which are the screen door, stationary door and the sliding door itself. Hence, you need to learn about the removal of each of these components one by one.

☛ Step #3: Screen Door Removal
Start with the removal of the screen door. If your sliding glass doors don't have the screen door, then you may jump to the following step. To remove the screen door, you may need the help of a pry bar. Now, with help of the pry bar, lift the screen door from the bottom and keep prying the door in the upward direction until the screen door rollers do not clear the bottom track of the door. Once you have removed the bottom side of the screen door, repeat the same proceedings with the upper side of the screen door with help of the pry bar. Once the door is free, place it aside and move ahead with the following instructions.

☛ Step #4: Stationary Door Removal
In order to remove the stationary door, first of all you may need to remove the screws that are present on the top and the bottom side of the stationary door. You may use the screwdriver for the same purpose. Once you remove all the screws, lift the door up with help of the pry bar and make sure that it is totally removed from the bottom track of the door frame. Then with help of the pry bar, remove the stationary door from the upper track of the door frames as well. Make sure that you are working with an assistant. You may also need to use the screwdriver to recoil the rollers.

☛ Step #5: Sliding Door Removal
First you may need to remove sliding glass door from track. Similar to the screen door and the stationary door, you may need to use the pry bar and lift the bottom side of the door in the upward direction. Keep pulling the door up, until the roller of the door are totally removed from the upper side of the door frame. Now, in order to remove the bottom rollers of the doors, you must adjust the door rollers, with help of a screwdriver.

Now that you have learned how to remove sliding glass doors, you can easily perform the task for any DIY home improvement project. In case you found the above instructions too confusing to follow, then I would advise you to seek professional help and hire the ones who are best at this job! All the best!