I can't lift the door up high enough to let the bottom part of the sash clear the bottom slider rail. The slider needs to come up about 1/4 inch to clear the rail at the bottom of the frame, but I can only lift the slider up about 1/16 inch before it hits the top of the door frame. I know it can be done because I did it several years ago, but alas, memory fails. I do remember I had to remove the fixed panel first. See photo. [URL="http://pubmeister.org/images/patio%20door%20and%20frame%20problem.jpg"]http://pubmeister.org/images/patio door and frame problem.jpg[/URL] Ideas?

All - I would appreciate any opinions anyone has on this. I may be over-reacting - if I am, please tell me. Some background: We had our front door replaced because of the beginnings of a moisture issue - the threshold was damaged, and when storms would come through, water came in onto our floor. After installation, we had a slight issue with the door's glass not being sealed properly - but the manufacturer came out and fixed this. Also, when he visited, he brought a mock up of what the threshold looks like "under the hood" to help alleve any concerns I had about leakage under the threshold. I can say that the threshold sweep seems snug enough from the bottom of the door to the threshold. We just had a small storm here, however, and I - being the "house hypchondriac" that I am, went to work seeing if I could find any leakage issues. Thankfully, I saw no obvious water on the hardwood floor. I also saw no water "spilling" over the inside part of the threshold. When I prodded further, however, something bothered me: I noticed that when I pressed a paper towel into the space between the door and the jamb on the right side, it came back slightly damp. I looked with a flashlight and camera, and have attached pictures. Here is what I saw upon looking closer on the right side in the threshold area – see: [IMG]http://i873.photobucket.com/albums/ab295/mikebessandrew/4-30-2012DoorRightSide-Sweep.jpg[/IMG] The point with the moisture is circled in red. It can also be seen here: [IMG]http://i873.photobucket.com/albums/ab295/mikebessandrew/4-30-12Door-RightSideMoisture.jpg[/IMG] I used my finger to see if I could tell if it was really water, and you can see from this picture where I needed to touch to find water (and, how deep I pressed): [IMG]http://i873.photobucket.com/albums/ab295/mikebessandrew/4-30-2012DoorRightSide-TouchWater.jpg[/IMG] This next pic shows that after I touched the water and actually brought a little in, there seemed to be a little more there behind it. This is all without ever opening the door: [IMG]http://i873.photobucket.com/albums/ab295/mikebessandrew/4-30-12DoorAfterTouch.jpg[/IMG] I noticed that the sweep seemed a bit shifted to the left (it had always been this way): [IMG]http://i873.photobucket.com/albums/ab295/mikebessandrew/4-30-12Door-SweepLeftSide.jpg[/IMG] When the door was installed, the sweep needed to be trimmed slightly due to damaging part of the weather stripping (the weatherstripping on this side was repaired as well). I’m wondering if the sweep is really supposed to be just a bit more to the right? I noted a bit of water on the left side, but I could not get my finger in the spot (I just pressing a piece of paper towel into a similar spot, and it came back moist). One last picture: [IMG]http://i873.photobucket.com/albums/ab295/mikebessandrew/4-30-12Door-InnerSweep.jpg[/IMG] Note that the point indicated by the red arrow is touching the wet portion, and then comes out over the inside of the threshold as it goes over to the left. I checked under this part on the left – and did not find moisture – I’m wondering if that means that the part that is wet is only on the extreme ends? I didn’t see or feel any moisture on the floor or even on the edge of the threshold facing the inside. I only noticed it on the points I indicated. I don’t know what else can be done with weather-stripping or the sweep – but I don’t understand how this little bit of moisture can get in. It doesn’t seem like I should be able to contact any water on the inside part of this door. What other things can be done to address this? Do you think this warrants a storm-door or some other action? Finally - as I mentioned, I have a history of over-reacting to things to do with out house because I'm not very experienced in these sorts of things. While it can be annoying (and lead to large posts here with pictures), it did help find the original moisture issue with the old door to begin with. So - what do you think? Am I making a mountain out of a molehill? Have you seen this in other door installations? Thank you for reading, please reply!