STORM DOOR HELP & PARTS Visit Our Parts Store Visit Our Help Center Replacing or repairing your window is a lot easier with the right instructions. Find the right manual and guide for your products and projects, along with performance information. Double Bolt Sliding Glass Door White Lock Anvers 2-Panel Gliding Patio Door Hardware Set in Satin Nickel Newbury 2-Panel Gliding Patio Door Hardware Set in Satin Nickel Patio Aluminum Sliding Door Security Bar Patio White Sliding Door Security Bar Tribeca 2-Panel Gliding Patio Door Hardware Set in White Albany 2-Panel Gliding Patio Door Hardware Set in White #444 Chrome-Plated Patio Door Lock Dark Bronze Flush-Mounted Sliding Patio Door Lock Chrome-Plated Patio Door Lock with Key Patio Chrome Sliding Door Loop Lock Patio Zinc Twist-in Sliding Door Lock Chrome Keyed Patio Door Lock with Rotating Bolt Patio Door Lock with Key Patio Chrome Sliding Door Pin
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Follow simple repairs and maintenance procedures to keep your sliding doors on track. Patio doors slide horizontally — or at least they’re supposed to. All too often, these big, pesky contraptions stubbornly resist opening, and getting outside becomes about as easy as dragging a refrigerator through a sandbox. The most common cause of a sticking patio door is debris in the lower track. This channel easily becomes clogged with dirt and leaves because people and pets walk over it whenever they go in or out. Each time you vacuum your floors, use a small brush attachment or cordless vacuum to clean the sliding-door tracks. Apply a lubricant to both upper and lower tracks to keep the door hardware clean and operating freely. In addition to cleaning and lubricating sliding-door tracks, you want to lubricate the door lock. The best way to lubricate any lock is to disassemble it and use an aerosol lubricant to flush away grime and coat the moving parts of the lock. Sometimes, patio doors become hard to open even when the track is clean.
In these cases, the problem is usually that the rollers at the bottom of the door have started to rub against the track. The rollers at the top can also wear down, lowering the bottom of the door so that it rubs on the track. Most sliding doors have a mechanism called an adjusting screw located at the bottom of the door ends. Turning this screw raises or lowers the roller. Give the screw a clockwise turn and test to see whether the door slides easier. If the door becomes even harder to open, turn the screw in the opposite direction. After a bit of adjustment, the door should roll easily without rubbing on the bottom track. Sliding closet doors operate on rollers that are positioned in tracks at the top jamb and floor, allowing the doors to bypass each other in the tracks. Because sliding doors don’t fold out the way bifold doors do, they allow access to only half the width of the opening at a time. To clean and lubricate the hardware of a sliding closet door, use a stiff brush, a toothbrush, or a hand vacuum to clean dust from the tracks.
Use an aerosol lubricant to lubricate all the door rollers. If the rollers are damaged, install replacement rollers (available at home centers). If the door doesn’t hang level, leaving an uneven gap between the door and door frame, look for an adjustable mounting screw at the inside top of each door. Use a screwdriver to adjust the mounting screw and even out the door. New (4) from $48.31 Andersen® Reachout Lock and Receiver Kit (2 Panel) (1986 to Present)DetailsAndersen® Tribeca Style - Gliding Door Thumb Latch in White Color FREE Shipping on orders over . DetailsAndersen Tribeca® Style - Gliding Door Thumb Latch - Stone Color FREE Shipping on orders over . Andersen Reachout Lock and Receiver Kit - 2 Panel Door Works with Perma-Shield Gliding, Narroline Gliding, Frenchwood Gliding patio doors manufactured from 2006 to Present. Also use this kit to replace previous vintage reachout locks with part numbers 2573558 and 2573562 from 1986 to 2005. This kit includes the reachout lock mechanism often called the deadlock that installs in the door panel and the receiver often called the strike that installs in the door frame.
The lock mechanism reaches out hooks the receiver pulls the door closed and locks the door. This kit is used on all 2 panel doors with reachout hardware regardless of the finish on the other hardware parts. 6 x 3.1 x 2.2 inches #30,048 in Home Improvements (See top 100) #60 in Home Improvement > Hardware > Door Hardware & Locks > Lock Replacement Parts 0.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies) 5 star81%4 star14%3 star5%See all verified purchase reviewsTop Customer ReviewsReplacment latch works as decribed. Easy installAndersen® Reachout Lock and Receiver Kit easier to replace than the instructions indicateThis worked perfectly as a replacement for the lock and receiver in the patio doors in my home. It was built in 1998, so this was the correct set to purchase since the instructions state it is for doors manufactured before 2005. Also, although the instructions indicate it might be necessary to drill a 1/4 inch hole in the door jamb to have the receiver fit, this wasn't the case with my door.