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Re: sliding door rollers?

To: scott.hall@comcast.net
Subject: Re: sliding door rollers?
From: Pat Horne <roadsters@hornesystemstx.com>
Date: Fri, 25 May 2007 11:46:50 -0500
Any idea how old the door is? I don't think you  mentioned if it was 
aluminum or wood.

Peace,
Pat


Thusly spake scott.hall@comcast.net:
> okay, it's been five years, but I finally got around to looking at the 
>sliding glass doors to the rear patio.  the doors will not slide unless you 
>pick them up and then they grind.  obviously there must be a bearing or 
>roller, or something the door rides on.
>
> so I take the door off...nothing.  there's a slot lined with felt that fits 
>over the track in the door frame.  no old roller, no space for a roller to 
>fit, just the felt-lined track.
>
> so a trip to home depot, where I buy every replacement roller they have, 
>assuming I'm missing something.  get them home, take door off again...still no 
>place to put any of these things.  they all need a mortise to fit into.  the 
>door doesn't seem to have one of those.
>
> am I missing something?  there has to be a bearing for the door to ride on, 
>right?  they can't just be designed to grind, can they?
>
>   


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