I have about a 20-year-old Pella sliding door. The sliding screen has stopped sliding. A plastic part that held part of the door on the track has broken. I am including a picture of what I am talking about. I contacted Pella and you would not believe this, they wanted $900.00 to replace the new track. I said I just wanted the plastic part that broke or something that I could fix this problem with. So Any Ideas about finding a roller or clip that would do the job. I do understand that this clip is attached to a spring. I would like to maybe find a clip that would fit on the track to slide and I would maybe attach it to the end of the door. I believe I have an inch or so to attach something. So any ideas about finding a roller or clip that would do the job. This is what the BLACK part looks like if not broken This is half of the part which the screw goes into
Pella kind of has you where they want you when it comes to replacement parts. My advice would be go go to the window department at your local Lowes and see if they could order the parts for you. They will sometimes cooperate with Lowes, and you will get better pricing if you can go through them. But Pella won't provide certain parts through Lowes either.
Many companies are not very service oriented and they would prefer you to give up so they can sell you a whole new door.
I am contemplating buying a pair of sliding closet doors so that I can scavenge the mirror off one of the panels. I have no worries about cutting the mirror to fit my DIY project, but my worry is that the mirror is glued to the door panel and that its removal is impossible without either breaking the mirror or pulling off the reflective foil backing and rendering the mirror hopelessly damaged. That said, I wonder if anyone knows how the mirrors are mounted on the sliding door panels. Are they clipped on by virtue of the perimeter metal frames or are they affixed with mastic to the door panel.
This window is leaking buckets of water when we get a good rain. I've did quite a bit of research and it seems that I can certainly tackle replacing this myself.
It appears to be two windows mulled together. Should I just measure the opening, and then subtract to come up with a close or best fit for replacements, or is it better to determine the exact size of the existing windows?
In looking at the existing window, I'm not surprised there's a problem. I was able to just pull back the flashing by hand and see exposed wood. Any thoughts on finishing trim for replacements? Should I just match the existing finishing so it matches that smaller kitchen window?
Also, was this trim supposed to have been silicone caulked or something to prevent the problems I'm having?
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