You don t have to take the screws out completely unless there s no other way to get the door off the track.
Sliding glass doors how to lift off track.
First slide open the door completely and remove the head stop.
One of the security risks with the majority of sliding glass doors is that they are relatively easy to lift out of their tracks in the past we ve always recommended that clients hire a locksmith to install locks on both the top and bottom of sliding doors to help deal with this risk.
Never leave the glass door unattended.
To remove the screen door use a flathead screwdriver.
Insert the screwdriver at the bottom to lift the rollers from the track.
Start with the removal of the screen door.
Open the door and ask your helper to slightly lift the screen door.
Lift a bottom supported door such as an sliding glass patio door straight up to clear the bottom track.
If the door lifts up from the track easily don t unscrew any further.
Sliding doors are very heavy very breakable and very expensive this is a two person job.
Then sharply angle the bottom of the door outward and lift the door from the track.
Keep unscrewing if the door won t lift.
Kung fu maintenance demonstrates how to replace some wheels that are not rolling right on a patio slider door that is coming out of it s track and not rollin.
Then lift the door up and out of the track laying it down carefully across two sawhorses.