Reversing The Travel On A Pella Sliding Door

I wanted to switch my sliding patio doors from opening on the right to opening on the left side.

Reversing the travel on a pella sliding door.

Sliding patio doors don t swing open so they require less space to operate. Slide the vent panel down the tracks near the center of the door opening. Then lower the panel out of the top track. The info you have received so far is generic and of no use to you because you have not given good info.

Carefully set the panel aside in a safe place. The opening side is jammed up against a wall meaning you have to scrape against that wall unless you throw the door all the way open. Mark the outside track side with a grease pencil for easy reinstallation. That does not mean they all are.

We have a sliding glass door to our patio. On the other side there s plenty of room. Sliding patio doors operation and screens. Made from the strongest most durable material available in windows and patio doors pella fiberglass windows are made to withstand the most.

The path of least resistance is being able to remove just the slider track on the top and bottom of the frame. Many vinyl sliding doors are reversible. Insert the screwdriver into the hole and turn it counter clockwise as far as it will go to lift the rollers and lower the panel. Look at the frame and determine if it is one solid piece that must be removed as a whole or if you can remove the track independently.

I had the thought to reverse the door so that the left side slid instead of the right side. These doors are available in wood fiberglass or vinyl and 2 3 and 4 panel configurations to match the requirements of any project or budget. Be sure to lock the sash whenever the window is closed. Unfortunately i was unable to find a quality video on how to.

The usual solution is to open the door a few inches and then place a hefty dowel rod or 2x4 in the rest of the sliding pathway so that noone from the outside can continue to slide open the door. You are setting yourself up for failure if you don t post some pictures and a brand. But this door seems to be put on backwards. Lift the panel out of the lower track and tilt the bottom of the panel away from the door frame.

They are absolutely not reversible. With both traditional and contemporary styles they complement any home. Locate the screw cover on the vent panel s edge. The sliding door part is on the outside track.