I had to replace the wheels on the bottom of the screen door associated with my patio door. But, I can't figure out how to rehang the screen door. The upper rollers ride in a channel/track the opening to which is smaller then the rollers.
Here are pictures:
Turn the screen around and hook the rollers in the track?
Tilt the bottom of the screen door towards you. Insert the rollers into the channel at the top and then lower the bottom of the door towards the channel. Once in place lift up and seat the bottom of the screen in the channel.
Good one. The photo did seem as thought the screen was "bakards"
That was to show the rollers. If I had it turned around you would not have been able to see the rollers and could have said "what rollers?" I don't see no rollers.
Here's why that won't work.
Is it your job to hang around and make smart alec remarks to people who need help?
If you think that was smart Alec; perhaps you are in the wrong group.
How can someone demonstrate personal experience; after all you left out a *'gif and posted it after the fact. Never mind!
Nobody asked what you thought, but you wanted too know what people here thought.
I knew the rollers were there, because you mentioned them. Most folks with these type doors: as far as I know, are familiar with them. I bet many folks in this group have them.
If you didn't think his comment was poking fun why did you say "good one" and post a grin?
Good one: means " nice observation", Imo. Something I saw and thought, but did not mention. The other poster saw the same thing and mentioned it.
Toughen the skin in this group or leave. Am I wrong?
Heybub asked you a question.
How did you take it out? Looks like you would need to swing the bottom of the door away, point the rollers into the track at an angle?
jim evans wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@4ax.com:
Danged things never go back where they're supposed to.
Is that your final answer?! You could call a friend.
I took it out by unscrewing the rollers from the screen frame. That's easy taking it off, they just fall into the track, but getting behind it to hold the rollers in place to reattach them is another thing altogether.
I keep improving the sketch. Here's the latest:
Jim,
Never seen this before but I'd unscrew the top rollers, put one in the channel with a piece of cloth behind it to hold the roller wheel upright, mount the door on the bottom wheels and tracks, swing the door top up to the top track, line up the screw hole with the roller wheel, start the screw, tighten, and pull out the cloth. Then do the other roller wheel
Dave M.
My apologies. You didn't say you had flipped the screen for illustrative purposes.
Actually, I thought you were drunk, maybe even insane, but I was trying to be polite.
People sometimes post questions here where the solution is obvious to everyone in the world but them.
For example: how would you answer the lament: "No matter how much I cut off this board, it's STILL too short!"
I remember a poster here, just recently, who managed to remove an identical screen. I don't think he's put it back yet, but maybe he could remember how he took it off.
I'll check the archives.
Jim after looking at your pictures it appears that you have a design where the screen frame is set into a piece of channel that holds the rollers.
Look at the end view of the door to confirm this, If this is the case see if you can separate the channel from the screen frame, and coax the channel into position and then set the screen frame into the channel.
On all the patio doors I have worked on, the screen has spring loaded rollers on the bottom and spring loaded glides on the top. To install, you slip the top into the track and push all the way up, then push up the rollers on the bottom to pop them over the track.
Hope this helps.
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