Sliding Door Repairs Sydney

For Aluminium & Glass Doors, Timber & Glass Doors, Balcony, Wardrobes and Internal Doors

Are your sliding doors hard to open & close?

Is your sliding door not sliding or locking properly?

Is it scraping, scratching and grinding or simply keeps coming off the track?

Adsafe Doors has been operating in Sydney since 1992. We service most types of commercial and domestic doors. In particular sliding door repairs has become one of our main services and domestic sliding door repairs is at the top of the list. On average we carry out ten sliding door repairs per week and most are aluminium. A typical sliding door repair would involve one or all of the following steps: 

• The removal of the fixed side panel;
• Dismantling of the bottom rail of the door;
• Often a sliding track repair; and
• Always a door roller or door wheel replacement.

Most sliding door repairs are a result of the door roller disintegrating

Usually the need for a sliding door repair is initiated by the failure of the tire on the door roller since the tire is made from a synthetic material which is used to cushion the door roller from the door track enabling the door to be moved smoothly. As the tire on the door roller disintegrates the sliding door track comes in contact with the exposed ball bearing of the door roller resulting in metal to metal contact. At this time the sliding door track can deteriorate more quickly and this in turn accelerates the failure of the door roller resulting in the complete failure of the door. Our client usually finds that they cannot move the unit and they call us to do a sliding door repair.

Both glass and Aluminium sliding doors can be repaired

Since aluminium sliding door repairs are most common let us assume that the above scenario is that for an aluminium sliding door repair. When considering a few things keeping in mind that we can repair most sliding doors. So with a glass and aluminium sliding door repair we must be careful of two things.

First when we remove the bottom of the door to get access to the carriage of the door roller we must take care with the glass.

Secondly we try to prevent the heads of the screws that hold the door together from breaking off when they are unscrewed. If the screws break (just like what happened in the picture to the left), which is very common, we will have to remove the remaining body of the screw so that a new fastener can be fitted.

When your sliding door is repaired we make sure the locks line up perfectly

This is most important since the new fasteners hold the door together. Then we put the door back on the sliding door track and adjust the door rollers such that the door is square in the frame and we are able to then adjust the lock.
The problems with the lock are often caused by the door rollers collapsing causing the door to drop thus preventing the lock from lining up correctly with the frame such that the door can’t be locked. Note that after we complete a sliding door repair and replace the sliding door rollers and carriages and put the door back on the door track the door can be adjusted to the correct height to facilitate locking.

Steel door rollers or synthetic ones. Which is best?

The replacement of the door rollers with synthetic tires with steel rollers is not necessarily the preferred option since most average sized sliding door frames are relatively light. Light doors can bounce when they are slammed or opened quickly. If the door bounces and the door roller is made of synthetic material the track will be protected. However if the door roller is made of steel the door track will not be cushioned and the roller will make a dent in the door track. But if the door is heavy it will be less able to bounce on the door track and the sliding door track will not be damaged. In other words heavy doors can have steel door rollers and light or medium doors are best suited to have door rollers with synthetic tires.

A point to note is that some sliding door repairs can be carried out without removing the fixed glass panel because the lip on the threshold is sufficiently low for the door roller and the door to fit over. However, often some door rollers synthetic tires protrude well below the bottom of the door. When this happens and the door is refitted such that the new door roller is forced and dragged over the lip of the threshold the tire gets damaged and the carriage gets bent. This sort of sliding door repair very quickly results in another repair.

For more information or to request a quote, please Contact Us via the number below and speak to someone who can help you straight away for all your sliding door repairs.

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