A friend of mine just installed a new sliding glass door. He thought I might know the answer, since he thinks I’m into home stuff. (My knowledge of “home stuff” doesn’t extend much past the questions I ask here, but….
He says everything is currently level and square, however when closed, the door has a strange alignment issue. The top and bottom show gaps and the center lines up fine.
These gaps aren’t huge, but enough to affect the operation of the door closing. Adjustment wheels have been checked too, but with no result.
Does anyone have any thoughts about this? I know he started with a flat sill. However, on the corner where the latches, some rotted wood was replaced and there could be a little gap between the wood and the sill. Could the door have pushed down the sill enough to affect the alignment?
Anyway, if anyone has any thoughts, I would be very interested.
Thanks!
Patrick
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Did he measure the diagonals on the frame?
he might think things are square and level, but not all levels read true, unfortunately.
If the sill is level, and the diagonals match, everything else should be OK.
What kind of gaps are those at the top and bottom? I'm not picturing where the problem appears to be.
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Door spacing at top and bottom-headjamb and threshold are fine. If the gap is even. The door touches the jamb in the middle.
I would check to see that the jamb is plumb straight. The door frame head and threshold are most likely right. This kind of fit is very possible using a 4' level. Tweak the jamb to the door edge, all should be well. Even if the door has a bow in it.
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I've had to bump plenty of glass doors on one corner to square them up. Have him check the diagonals on the frames and the doors.
Methinks the saddle is flexible in spots ,causing the rollers to dip down into the depression. Check the "plumbness" of the slider at various points of travel.
At some point, there should be a noticeable deviation from plumb. Steinmetz.
He only thinks it is plumb level and square. Tha alignment says it isn't.
Sounds most likely like it is shimed too muh at center of strike jamb
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Yup. Very easy to do with some of those floppy vinyl jobs I see on specs. The 'reveal' being off in the center is the give-a-way. A gap at either the top or the bottom would be indicative of either a sill issue or roller tweak.... but that bulge in the middle sounds like bad shimming or a bowed jack stud if the RO is tight.View Image
The door problem is solved... Just an issue of track wheel adjustment. Thanks to everybody that helped!
Its nice to get an easy fix!