Sliding Door Install! How to Remove an Old Door and Install New

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[TheEdnac]

My husband is the one who does all the house fixing projects but has little knowledge or experience doing some things. I want to learn how to do things around our house too, but correctly. I am interested in doing diy projects for myself. I learned something new in this video today, I did not know about the bottom bolt to adjust the wheel setting, so I tried it and it worked!! I am excited to show my husband when he returns home how I fixed the problem on my own...Yay! We have had issues with our sliding glass door dragging and making it difficult to open so instead we just don't use it anymore. Thank you

[mucholocodawg]

big tip buy parts that are likely to break now like handles, locks, latches, gaskets, seals, and rollers they will be way cheaper now and easy to get. Store them long term in a house repairs kit as a small broken item later can cause a major replacement for way more money a few years down the road.

[simplyraw]

So glad I found you! You are clear in your speaking, give clear directions, and you also tell the choices and options that need to be decided. Which I didn't even think about! 🤣 Thank you for your help my confidence just grew! ✌️

[HeikeWoolard]

Nice job.
I feel the exact opposite about sliding doors and having the option would NEVER have them again. I have properly installed French doors and have never had a problem opening and closing them and don't even have an overhang like you have. I've had these since our huge house remodel in 2008 and absolutely love them.

[abbiebaker]

thank you so much! i paid someone a LOT of money to fix my french doors & they managed to be worse than before. on my way to lowe’s now to replace them myself ❤

[emadigan]

Great timing, the wife and I started talking about converting to a sliding door a few days ago. Always enjoy your work, thank you for posting.

[BLACKVIPER]

Thanks so very much !!!! This Video was so informative, and loved how you displayed and showed every product used and why??? This project has been a big “PUT OFF AND PROCRASTINATING TASK” FOR THE sole reason of being scared and not knowing the complexity. Your video gave me complete confidence and now I honestly believe this is a DIY Job that my husband and I can tackle ourselves!! The biggest plus for me is now we can save an extra $1000.00 or more, because e door installation. Thanks Again for sharing!! Now I just hope it all goes smoothly!! I’m a definite fan and have subscribed to your channel!!! Love Women who can tackle home improvements!!! I’m a definite DIYER and am looking forward to watching more of your videos

[pdfsibj]

installing new sliding doors is always good, but I want to share with you my experience, I live in Orlando Florida, I contacted the Masterslide company with the problem of my sliding doors (if you ask, I will share the contacts) they replaced the rollers, installed a track cover and a new handle with a lock. Now my door is like new and I'm as happy as a child! And most importantly, I thought that I saved more than two thousand dollars! Just because repairs are cheaper!))) so think before ordering new ones. This is not advertising, this is my case.

[paidinfull]

They are as deep as French doors, they both have a standard 4 9/16 jamb. You just need to remove the nail fin because this is a pocket replacement, not a new construction, so without a nail fin you can bring it all the way in flush with the interior wall board. In some cases an old door was installed the way she did it and tile was put in the floor against it and in this case you’d have to put a 3/4 PVC plank on the floor to set the door on to raise it so that you can bring it in flush. This door looks great though and she did an AMAZING job. I have pictures of thousands of doors installed if anyone needs any further tips or pictures for a better understanding just let me know, following her video will work out great for you though and look great too, just saying you don’t have to have that fir strip on the floor and all the extra trim.

[tammyhasenauer]

Love it. I didn’t know about the adjusting screws on the bottom. Tomorrow I will need to adjust my door. Thx April

[DJDOUBLE]

Clear and concise...easy enough. Thx for sharing.

[urielgarcia]

April.. Thank you for showing us how to install a sliding door. My dad needs to do some finishing touches on a sliding door project. I'll make sure to show him this video. Have a great day!

[jessicagarrison]

This was VERY helpful! I was going back and forth on which one I should go with. I didn't know that about French doors. Now I'll for sure be going with sliding. Thanks April!!

[Smurphenstein]

Wow, someone using flashing in a joinery installation YouTube video! There is a first time for everything. Nice work April.

[mikeplunkett]

April I only started watching you over about the past year but really enjoy your videos. You’re very down to earth with your explanations and give clear and concise directions. Keep up the great work.

[danaowen]

It's nice when you have a easy opening doors and new ones look great.Nice instalation job April.

[dennishassler]

Thank you! Well done!!! I'm taking on installing 5 new sliding doors to replace wood exterior patio doors.

[Ricochet]

just came across your channel from one of the other wood working channels I follow, don't know how your channel didn't pop up when I first started looking for these type of wood working diy type videos, but ANYWAY, this video is awesome, make me feel like I can remove the sliding door in my house and install the new one I have sitting in the garage. Also I didn't know you could choose the opening side like that. That is very helpful to know for the way my house is laid out. as right now, it opens right to left, but I want to make the new one open the other way.

- a very happy new subscriber

[HandBuilt]

Great job! Hope everything is going good in Texas and you have your power and water back!

[jaredmccutcheon]

Just FYI, if the mechanism breaks in the blinds the insulated glass unit can be replaced with one with new blinds in it, you wouldn’t need to replace the whole door, and when you call out your sliding direction it’s always, always, always, from the outside looking in, so this door is actually left to right or in window terms an XO. I’m a window/door guy, lol. Nice job, it looks pretty good for a Lowe’s special. Also if you wanted to keep the swing doors and go with a pair of vinyl or fiberglass doors that are out swing they actually will seal very nicely as long as they’re installed properly and of good quality, wood doors suck because they swell and require lots of maintenance that fiberglass and vinyl doors don’t.