If a 16-year-old girl can install one, so can you: Instructions on installing your new sliding screen door
Sliding screen doors are large and sometimes difficult to carry if you’re a small person, like our spokesperson, Isa Tristan. She does an amazing job on our video installing the sliding screen door.
The instructional video includes:
- She even shows how to adjust the rollers on the side of the frame using a Phillips screwdriver
- Tools required to install the sliding screen door
- Step-by-step instructions on how to install the patio screen door
Measuring
Before you purchase your sliding screen door, you’ll want to make sure it fits the size of your doorway correctly. See our measuring instructions before ordering. How to measure a Sliding Screen Door
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Required tools to get it done
- Philips screwdriver
- Metal putty knife or flat head screwdriver
- Cordless drill with Phillips bit
- Pencil
Step-by-step guide to installation.
- Attach plastic track guides to the top of the right side of the frame and then to the left side.
- Take your sliding screen door and carefully insert the top wheel and frame up into the top channel
- Use your putty knife or flat-head screwdriver to lift the lower wheels over the bottom track.
- If the wheels do not raise, then use the Philips head screwdriver to turn the set screw clockwise or counterclockwise to adjust the wheel outside of the frame.
- Slide wheels and the bottom frame after the bottom track.
- Use silicone spray or Aluma-Lub on the bottom track and wheels for smooth sliding.
- Set J-hook for latch.
- You will need the cordless drill, the j-hook, the self-drilling screw, and the track guides are attached to the black latch in a clear plastic bag.
- Remove it. Mark the frame where the metal latch is located, then mark the frame where the j-hook is going to mount.
- Install the j-hook with the provided screws, and adjust if needed. Test the screen door to make sure everything works.
