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Remove screen door rollers

i want to replace the broken rollers on my sliding screen door but i do not know how to remove them.

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Screen Door Roller Missing

My screen door is missing one of its rollers. What kind is this roller and how do I fix it ?

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Broken screen door roller

by L. Albert
(Florida)

Question

the strip attached to the wheel, which is in turn tighten or loosen by an external screw on top has broken, I assume, due to wear. I took off the door and tried to accommodate the wheel to no avail because there is nothing to hold it in place. Could you tell me if the metal strip + new wheel can be purchased? And then, how to I open that part of the door to accommodate the new strip? I can't seem to find a way.

Anything you can tell me will help me greatly to avoid additional expense.

Answer

Many screen door rollers are held on by strips of steel which are used both to mount them on to the door and to act as spring. Sometimes you can screen door rollers in Home depot or Loews. Many glass and window repair shops also carry them.

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Broken Screen Door Roller

by Jolie Hammerschmidt
(Aberdeen, NJ)

Broken Screen Door Roller

Need three tension rollers for broken screen slider. Picture of the part that needs to be replaced.

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Sliding Screen Door Roller Hardware: Missing Tension Screws

by Fred Bemis
(Taunton, MA, U.S.A.)

Over the years, two (2) of the "Tension Springs" for adjusting the Roller Springs have gone missing.

None of my local sources seem to be able to identify them and/or get them for me.

SOME SPECIFICATIONS:

1 1/2 " Long (Including Head).
Head Diameter. Approx. 1/4".
Phillips slotted.
O.D. of Thread 0.162" (About the size of a #6 Sheet Metal Screw).
Threads. 18 T.P.I., sheet metal form thread.
The lower portion of the screw has been machined to remove the sharp thread.

I would like to find some of the correct screws instead of jamming ground-off sheet metal screws in the existing holes.

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Sliding screen door height adjustment screws wont turn

by Elizabeth
(Lincoln, NE, USA)

Question:

We removed our sliding screen patio door, replaced the nylon screen and replaced the door on the tracks top and bottom, but we don't seem to be able to replace the four screws (two on the top of the door and two on the bottom)which adjust the up and down space for the door.

This seems ridiculous, but when we try to put the screws in, they will not screw down (or up) in. Ideas?

Answer:

Thanks for the question.

Sometimes the screws rust and are hard to turn. Try spraying them with a penetrating oil like WD40. This is available in any hardware store.

After spraying them gently try to turn them out and in to free them up.

Worst case is that the screws are so rusted you will need to pull the door apart again and replace the screws with new ones and possibly the screen door corners as well.

Hope this helps

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Roller is fine but the plastic piece holding it is broken

by Mike Carroll
(Hollister CA 95023)

We have a sliding screen door whose sliding wheel's plastic piece which the wheel clips onto is broken. The screen is in great shape but need to replace this piece.
The part is made by slide-co.

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Screen door roller extraction

by Peter
(Prescott Valley, Az 86315)

I have tried to remove roller from my screen door but cant get it loose. I have pulled back the rrubber gasket and there is no sign of a clip comming through. It also has a sligh bend at the handle. I believe that can be repaired with a metal strip on both sides riveted in place which I can do. I just can't get the roller out. I have tried to find a shop in Prescott Valley,Az to repair but all say buy a new one. What is with that?

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Removing rusted screws from rollers

My patio screen door is 20+ years old. Need to replace the rollers, but the screws are very rusted. Tried lubricating spray and screw removal drill bit but they don't work. How can I remove screws without replacing entire door?

In some types of doors its possible to break off the old rollers so that you are able to knock the frame apart.

Once the roller is off, you can put a screwdriver in the roller notch and a hammer the corners out.

Depends a lot on the type of door you have. If you have some pictures you could post maybe I could be more helpful.

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Rollers cant be found at home depot

by Michelle
(Mississauga)

Screen Door Roller

Question

Please see attached. Our townhouse is about 30 years old and I am not too sure how old the screen door is but I know it's old.

The problem with the roller bought from Homedepot is that the inner most metal axis is too wide to fit into socket hole in the first picture (DSC4104).

Please let me know your findings. Thanks so much!

Best regards,

Michelle

Answer

The dimensions of the old roller look like 1" OD, 1/4" ID and 9/32" Wide. I can order the rollers in if those are the right sizes. $3.00 each

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Screen door adjustment screws

I am having trouble removing the screen doors to replace the rollers. I have taken the adjustment screws completely out of the screen door, and still cannot lift the screen door high enough to get it out of the bottom channel. Can you help? Thank you.

If you loosen the adjustment screws and the door does not move up and down easily then the problem is likely with the patio door, not the screen door.

Patio door frames can settle due to the movement of the wooden frame of the house. Other times concrete steps can crack pushing up on the patio door frame.

Measure the height of the patio door on the left side, in the middle and on the right side. You will probably find the door is much lower in the middle.

The shims between the patio door and the wooden header at the top of the door will need to be removed to allow the patio door frame to jump back into shape.

Then it will be easy to remove the screen door

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Screen Door Roller and Corner

by Joe
(Glen Ellyn, IL)

Screen Door Roller and Corner

Question
My sliding screen patio door is hard to open. It gets hung up on the track and sticks in place. I pulled the roller assembly off and can't find an exact replacement. I'd like to go with a nylon roller ball vs. steel.

The wheel diameter is 1", Length 5", Height 2 3/4".

I think the mfg was JW Window out of Tampa, but they are out of business, as far as I can find.

I saw a web site the other day, from a company based in Masury, Ohio. They sell a plastic insert that mounts on the bottom of the door and takes place of the roller.
However, I can't recall the name of the company and all my searches have come up empty-handed. It was called Swisco or something like that.
Have you run across this company?

Answer
Thats a great photo Joe and a really interesting roller assembly. I have a Marvin parts catalog that shows the roller as no longer available. Its possible that Marvin window dealers might have old stock left to sell you.

The other alternative is to replace the roller and corner entirely with something better. See

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Screen Door Rollers - How do you get them out ?

I have two large interlocking(connected by a small screw) sliding screens. I want to replace the rollers.

There is a long, short-threaded screw going into the front of the frame. The rollers are at the base of each end and do not appear to be tension type rollers.

I took out the long screw but it seems there is a housing assembly the roller is sitting in. Are you familiar with this type of unit? Any help you could provide would be great.

As they say, a picture is worth a thousand words and it would be great if you could upload one.

Usually the long screw is used to adjust the height of the rollers. Many rollers are clipped on to the corners that hold the screen door together.

Some types require you to dissassemble the whole frame in order to remove and replace them. Other types of rollers can be removed just by unhooking or unclipping them from the screen door corner.

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Screen door roller installation

by W. Fisher
(San Diego)

I am trying to replace the broken rollers (see photo) in my patio screen doors. I took the screen door of its track, no problem.

I lowered the rollers with the adjustment screw all the way, and then, With a lot of effort and with pliers, I yanked the old roller bracket from the two prongs inside the bottom rail of the door.

Now I cannot get the replacement roller bracket (see photo) onto the prongs.

There must be a trick to getting the rollers out of and into of their location in the bottom and top rails. It looks like they might snap into place, but they won't.

Would greatly appreciate any hint how to do this.

Walter F.

Answer

I made this video showing how these rollers are installed. You only need a flat blade screwdriver to hold the tabs on the roller apart as you slide it over the tangs on the screen door corner.

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Screen door corners are all loose

by Rick
(Sudbury, Ontario canada)

My patio door screen door frame has loosened at the joints so that when you try to open or close it it cants upward or downward depending on how you are opening or closing the door resulting in the door coming off the rollers....I've tried tightening the joint screws to no avail...time for a new door??

Hi Rick;

It sounds like this is a door with friction fit corners and these do loosen as the years go by.

When you change the screen, pull all the corners out and tap the ends of the frame where they fit with a hammer lightly to make the fit tighter.

Then install aluminum screening, it holds the frame together better than fiberglass does.

That fix will keep you going for a few months but if it gets loose again its time for a new door !

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replacing Rollers

by Wayne Partridge
(Manhattan Beach, CA)

Question:

I have Milgard Vinyl sliding patio doors. I assume the screens came from the same source, but I'm not sure.

Despite exposure to a harsh environment (near the sea)for four years, the sliding screens have held up very well. But the rollers are rusted frozen and no longer work (periodic oiling probably would have prevented this).

I hate to junk the screens because of the rollers. Can the rollers be replaced? If so, how does one get them out, where does one get replacements, and how can one put them back in, what tools are required or useful?

Any information you can give me would be very much appreciated.

Thank you

Answer:

Thanks for the question.

Yes the rollers can most likely be replaced

Be great if you could post a picture, then I could see exactly what kind of rollers you have and reccomend how to get them out

Hope this helps

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those tiny little wheels.

by John
(connecticut)

Missing screen door roller

Although the screen mesh replacement looks beautiful, perfectly repaired, I’ve come to discover a missing wheel. The two adjusting wheel screws got removed, and then zilch-- nothing.

The wheel doesn’t just pop out and in, and there’s no under-tracking piece that slips out from the base’s horizontal frame, at least from what I can tell. Don’t tell me, the screen needs to be removed to fix this tiny rotating wheel. Does it?

John

There are some wheels that are riveted to the corners where the whole frame has to come apart to replace them but there are plenty of styles of screen door where the rollers can be installed without removing the screen cloth and taking the frame apart.

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Screen door roller tension spring

by H.G.
(Gibsonia, PA)

Screen door roller with V shaped tension spring

I have a sliding screen door leading to my deck from my family room. It has a self-adjusting top and bottom that is spring loaded so as to hold the top up and the bottom down so as to keep the wheels pressed against the tracks.

In adjusting the tension, I lost one of the springs. (The spring is like an inverted/elongated V. Where can I buy a replacement or set of replacements for all four of the springs?

Hi; I uploaded what I thought might be a picture of the roller based on your description.

If it is not please send me a photo of the roller assembly you are looking for.

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Screen door roller problem

by D
(Toronto)

Integral screen door roller and corner

One roller on a patio screen door is still intact with the spring mechanism but the spring is connected to an aluminum solid interior piece that has broken away from the internal frame.

The wheel still spins properly but there is not enough outward pressure from the spring to keep the door in its track when sliding it open as it moves in side the extruded aluminum frame.

The door will not stay in place on its track. Any suggestions how to fix it. Where can I get the wheel assembly parts?

Thanks

I uploaded a picture of the roller that I think you have right now. These rollers all require the screen cloth to be removed and the frame taken apart in order to change them.

There are 3 similar types, all of them are $5.50 each. Please let me know if you want me to ship a set of rollers to you. 1-800-467-5109

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Screen door metal rollers

by Lisa
(Palm Springs, CA)

I'm trying to replace my rollers. I got the right replacements; they look nearly identical, but are metal instead of plastic wheels.
When I put them on, it seems like the more I tighten the screw, the tension pushes them out, which makes me wonder that I'm not doing something right. To put it back on the track with them protruding that much is difficult to line up and use a knife to push them in as I do.
I'm thinking, it can't be this difficult, had no trouble before on others, why is is this time? What have I done, or not done right? Do I leave the screw only have screwed in?

No picture, I already took off the new part I had put on.

Hi Lisa, I know you got everything sorted out.

Its normal for the roller to extend out as you tighten the adjustment screw. Just loosen the screw off a little to allow enough clearance to get the door on.

Then tighten the adjusting screws on the two bottom rollers to get the door sitting correctly in the frame

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Where can I buy Plastic Corners for Sliding Patio Door Screen

by Robert Zimmer
(Lombard, Illinois)

Anderson screen door corner PL16124

I have 36"X96" aluminium sliding screen Door, made by Guardian. I need all four plastic corners. I found this corners in CRL Andersen Catalog P/N: PL16124.

Where can I buy the corners.

The town house is in Lombard, Illinois and built by Pulte. If replacement sliding screen door availble, I can buy that.

I can only buy these corners in packs of 20, but they are available

I see Anderson is making corners like Pella which force you to use a specific corner that only fits their screen door.

Cost is $39.50 per pack of 20 and shipping is $12.00, Total price is $51.50 USD

Delivery time 3 weeks, this item has to be ordered in.

One of my new screen doors cut to the size of your existing door shipped knocked down ready for assembly is $129.00 USD including the shipping to Illinois.

Delivery of new screen door is also 3 weeks

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Screen door roller adjustment screw not working

by Bob
(Cambridge, Ontario, Canada)

I have a screen door roller problem. I can easily remove the roller (in the bottom of the door), but the adjusting screw seems to have stripped or something. Its on the side of the door frame. I can turn it forever either way but I can't remove it and it will not keep tension on the roller to keep the door from dragging.

Hi Bob;

Yes its sounds like you are right, the threads in the corner that holds the roller and frame together are stripped.

You could replace the corners, sounds like that will require the whole frame to be taken apart.

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screen door corner brackets

by Joan
(Beaumont, Texas, USA)

screen door broken brackets

I need to replace the corner brackets for my screen door. I can't seem to find a supplier and the L brackets do not work very well the door is very wobbly.
the plastic is just coming apart.

Hi Joan;

There is a supplier in Dallas called:

CR Laurence
2080 Lone Star Dr
Dallas
TX 75212-6312
Phone: 214-634-7305

They would definetely have the corner but they usually only sell to glass shops. Ask them to reccomend a local glass shop that has a good supply of their corners.

You will have to remove the screen cloth and dissasemble the frame to get these corners out. Then bring the corner with you when you visit the glass shop to make sure you get the right part.

Sometimes when you reinstall the new corners the door will still be loose because the frame has become worn. You can stiffen up the frame by using aluminum screen cloth instead of the black fiberglass.

Hope this helps

Adrian

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Cannot find plastic screen door part

by Scott G.
(Durham, NC)

We have a home on the coast and are in need of some replacememnt parts for PGT screen doors. I am in need of sliding screen door corner assemblies and also the plastic piece that you screw a fastener into to hold the frame together. I can find the corner assemblies, but cannot find the plastic piece. Can you help? Thanks!

Hi Scott;
Any chance that you can email me pictures of the plastic piece ?

My email address is on the home page of all-about-screen-doors.com

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Where to find Columbia rollers

by Paul Cheng
(Rockville, MD)

Dear Sir: The screen on my patio screen sliding door is broken. I replaced/mounted a new screen, it went well.
Now the problem is with the roller (plastic, and I think the maker is 'Columbia'.
May I ask how/where can I get the replacement parts, and the wy to install the new one?
I thank you in advance for your kind assistnce.

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