Lubrication also keeps those door rollers rolling.
Home remedies for sticky sliding doors.
Silicone spray along the top track helps keep things gliding smoothly.
While this can be a costly solution it will help with your sticking doors.
To fix this remove your door from the tracks clean out the rollers and spray them with a lubricant such as wd 40.
Do not over tighten the screws or you may strip break them.
One of the most common issues with sliding doors is a dirty track where dust pet hair and other debris can accumulate over time.
Sliding doors move along the tracks using a set of rollers.
Clean up the track.
A silicone based product will help the door glide without attracting dirt and grime like standard oil lubricants will.
As the humidity in your home is lowered the wood door will shrink in size.
Run your air conditioner.
Most of the time the problem stems from dirty and dried up rollers.
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.
Tighten the screws that go into the door and the screws that go into the door frame.
If you re looking for an alternative more natural lubricant try rubbing clear paraffin wax along the track instead.
Once you wipe down the tracks clean them with denatured alcohol.
Vacuum this area using the crevice tool and scrubbing gently with a stiff brush to remove any caked on material.