Repairing a sliding glass door

Yep, properly installed.

Harry K

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Harry K
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No, I didn't.

So your existing sliding doors are Anderson's made out of wood?

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Ron

30 Years?! Of cussing?
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Oren

If you had a properly installed Anderson sliding doors, you should of had minimal problems, even if they are 30 yrs old.

The room that you built might have settled over the opening causing problems.

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Ron

Like I said, sliding glass doors are usually problem free for yrs. I dunno why he had problems for 30 yrs. Not installed correctly? Room / house settled after installation? The opening wasn't correct to begin with?

Don't shoot the helper. lol

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Ron

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Ah, you're right. I didn't have my glasses on and didn't notice that.

And there's also a whole page that discusses the difference:

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However you stil have to be careful. The page above is for the small rail topper. The OP doesn't say otherwise. She says, "for example" There must be another page on that site somewhere that sells the large version.

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Nope, aluminum. You seem to think that replaceing rollers 2x in 30 years would be unreasonable? also on my third (laugh) "lock" handle,

2nd, so called 'screen' (it needs replaceing again). When you have pets doors get a _lot_ of use.

Harry K

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Harry K

You are in love with those abortions, fine. I am not but then I am pragmatic. I look for "function" over 'design'. Sliders fail on the 'simple solution', much simpler to put in a standard door to accoplish its purpose.

Harry K

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Harry K

You said "reepeated 'replace the rollers".

You had to replace the rollers only twice in 30 yrs and you're complaining? And yes, the locks are a POS, but for a couple of bucks you could have bought a metal lock pin that goes through both doors to keep them locked.

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Ron

Where did I say I was "in love with them"? I'm simply posting my knowledge of them after many yrs in the glass business.

What I don't understand is why you are paying $1,200.00 for a standard door. You could buy a damn nice set of French doors for that much money.

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Ron

Which is exactly what I priced.

Harry K

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Harry K

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You _do_ realize that you are making my case? How many times have you had to replace anyting (perhaps the lock set) on a standard door. Then advise to buy and aftermarket fix for the pee poor design (lock). And are in a thread discussing _how to fix_ a slider.

Continue your love affair with the abortion. I can see no advantage at all to a slider and a lot of drawbacks.

Harry K

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Harry K

Yes it was insstalled correctly and is still four square after all these years. The maintenance on it is about what can be expected from any sliding type equipment over that span of years and the _really_ mickey mouse lock mechanism. The ending point is the seals. No matter how good the installation is you are still stuck with jus a very thin "brushes" to seal it.

My point is that everythign on a slider is a poor solution/choice over a standard door or french door.

Curious. Do you have or had a slider? Most people I have talked to over the years about the subject who lived with one swore they would never do it again give a choice.

Harry K

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Harry K

We have very old sliders, about 40 y/o. The wheels are long gone and we haven't been able to find right type. When we had a contractor out to work on them, they donated a "topper" for one door. It is molded, one piece, with a rail that looks like a rounded upside-down "U". Worked fine for a couple of years, but now the door slides on the track. Need wheels or new door, and we have two triple units, so rather costly to replace.

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norminn

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First I was "in love with them", now I'm "having a love affair" with them.

Again, I'm simply posting my knowledge of them after many yrs in the glass business. I'm trying to help the OP, you aren't. I dunno why you even bothered posting to this thread in the first place.

Do you expect everything to last forever w/o any maintenance? I've had to replace wore out door knobs, hinges and seals on standard doors before. Not to mention having to replace an entire door due to warping.

I'm glad I'm not driving your car, which obviously never has to have any parts replaced or maintenance.

I hope you plan on buying fiberglass French doors so they last you the rest of your life.

EOT for me to you.

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Ron

The new Anderson, wood, double pane, sliding glass doors are very nice and 10 times better then the aluminum sliding doors from 30 yrs ago.

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Ron

I thought about replacing my current slider, 5 years ago with double french doors. I would have except one stationary window could have possibly been hit by a swinging door. I declined. The slider is 12 years old and the only work it has needed was new rollers and screen on the single screen door.

Thankfully, SWMBO hauled the screen to a shop and they replaced the rollers and screen. Works great!

I even had an Andersen 8' door in the garage (stored). The problem was the operator was on the wrong side, so I wasn't about to install it backwards :)

Yes. Three of my previous homes all have sliders (two were rentals) - the screen was the only thing really needing repair.

A 30 year old slider? I can see it being a pain, but some adjustment, repair or clean-up is a not a good reason the swear off all sliding doors. IMHO

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Oren

I prefer the composite frames (fiberglass ?) and metal clad doors. No need to maintain the wood :-/

(Andersen doors are great)

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Oren

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Suits me. You obviously are a fan of those abortions.

Harry K

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Harry K

Have to agree with that. My BIL in Canada had the wooden, modern version. He also got tired of it (never said why) and replaced with french doors. I suspect that was more a case of 'style' vice maintenance tho as he didn't have the slider very many years.

Harry K

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Harry K

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