We stock the rollers, tracks, and locks that fail most, so sliding glass door repair jobs usually get finished in one visit. We also handle pocket door repair and sliding door replacement across Miami-Dade and Broward, with service in 6 states.
Pick the one that sounds like your problem and we will take you straight to it.
The most common questions we get, answered from the field by Yuval, one of JDM's elite technicians who personally repairs 20 to 30 sliding doors a week.
cause of a dragging door we get called to
is how long rollers last near the ocean
Catch it early, save the track
In most cases it is worn rollers, the wheels the door rides on. People assume cleaning and lubricating will fix it, but once the rollers are worn the door drags no matter what. Sometimes the track is also damaged. We replace the rollers, check the track, and the door glides like new, usually in a single visit.
Yes. Once the door starts scratching or grinding, worn rollers begin cutting into the track. If you replace the rollers on time you usually save the track completely. Wait too long and the track gets bumpy, wavy, or worn flat, and then it has to be repaired too. That is why we tell people to call the moment they hear noise.
It depends on location, use, and door weight. Inland and in cleaner areas, 5 to 10 years is normal. Near the ocean, salt air cuts that down to about 2 to 5 years. Heavier doors and doors you use constantly wear faster. Rollers are a wear part, like tires on a car, so eventually every sliding door needs a new set.
From Gal Cohen, Field Area Manager: "I have been on sliding door repair jobs since 2012, and our crews now run them across Florida, New York, Georgia, Colorado, Texas and Nevada. Most repairs we handle wrap up in roughly 2 hours, same-day, and you can see the real before-and-afters in the photos and videos on this page."
Most sliding door problems trace back to a few worn parts: rollers, tracks, locks, or weather seals. JDM repairs all of them, usually same day, with a flat-rate quote before any work starts. A door that sticks, jams, or will not lock is not just annoying; it is a security gap and an energy leak that costs more the longer it waits.
Our sliding door repair covers the whole system. We replace worn rollers so the door glides again, realign or replace bent tracks that cause grinding, rebuild handles and locks, and swap deteriorated weather stripping that lets in drafts, water, and bugs. Patio door, sliding glass door, slider and lanai door all describe the same opening to us, and the repair is the same whichever name you use. We carry common parts on the truck, so most repairs finish in one visit.
We are locally owned, and our techs know how local humidity and salt air wear down hardware. Flat-rate pricing means no surprise invoice; same-day service means you are not stuck waiting. We test the door and walk you through the work before we leave.
Rollers are a wear part. They carry the full weight of the panel across every open and close, and once the wheel flattens or the bearing seizes, the door drags no matter how clean the track is.
The job runs in a set order. The tech lifts the panel out of the frame, which on a heavy insulated door is a two-person move. With the panel on sawhorses we pull the old roller assemblies out of the bottom rail, match the replacement to the housing, and set the new ones in. Then the panel goes back in the frame and we turn the adjustment screws until the door sits square in the opening and the latch lines up with the keeper.
That last step is the one people skip when they try it themselves. New rollers set at the wrong height leave the door sitting low on one corner, and a low corner puts the whole weight on two wheels instead of four. We set the height, run the door end to end, and check that it seals at both ends before we call it done.
Worn rollers do not stay a roller problem. Once the wheel stops turning it starts skidding, and a skidding wheel cuts a groove into the aluminum track below it. That is what the grinding noise is.
If you catch it while the track is only dirty or lightly scored, track repair is straightforward. We clear the channel, straighten any bowed sections, and in many cases cap the worn area with a stainless track insert that gives the new rollers a clean surface to ride on. The insert costs a fraction of replacing the whole track member, and it outlasts the original aluminum.
Full track replacement comes into play when the channel is worn through, badly bent, or the door has been running on damaged track long enough to chew a wave into it. That is a bigger job because the frame member usually has to come out. It is also avoidable, which is why we tell people to call as soon as the door starts making noise instead of waiting for it to stop moving.
We quote flat-rate before any work starts, so the number you hear at the visit is the number you pay. What moves that number is worth knowing before you call.
Three things account for most of it. First, how many panels the job covers, because a two-panel slider and a four-panel stacking door are different amounts of work. Second, whether the fix is hardware only or the track needs attention too, since a roller set on a clean track is the quickest visit we run and a chewed track adds parts and labor. Third, whether the door uses a common part we stock on the truck or a discontinued one we have to source.
What does not change the price is the time of day we come out or how urgent the job is. The quote is the quote, and the tech shows you the worn part he pulled out.
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★★★★★ · a year ago"After a couple of hiccups with getting our repair done by someone else, our technician Richard showed up on time (actually half an hour earlier than the appointment time). He was very polite and got the job done in the time he told us it would take. Our glass door now glides smoothly and is able to lock again. I highly recommend Richard, he represented his company very well. I will definitely consider using them in the future!"
★★★★★ · 9 months ago"David, thank you so much for taking the time to explain everything to us. He was so patient, and I appreciate him doing a clean and awesome job. He was respectful of my home and cleaned up after the work was complete. Now my door slides like new, quiet, and smooth. Again, thank you David."
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Everything below is work our technicians handle on a standard sliding door repair call, with the common parts stocked on the truck. If the piece giving you trouble is on this list, one visit usually covers it.
We start by inspecting the whole door: tracks, rollers, locks, handles, glass, and weather seals. This tells us the real cause, not just the symptom you noticed.
We map out the exact repair your door needs and hand you a flat-rate quote before we touch anything. You approve the price first, so there is no surprise at the end.
We make the fix with quality replacement parts and careful technique. Every part is set so the door glides, seals, and locks the way it should.
We open and close the door several times to confirm smooth travel, a solid lock, tight seals, and alignment that holds from top to bottom before we leave.
Every part of a sliding door we get called about, and what putting each one right involves.
Which one do you need?
The door takes two hands or a shoulder to move, and it screeches on the way. That is almost always the rollers. Rollers are the small wheel units carried inside the bottom rail of the panel, two per door, and they are the first part to wear out on every slider we work on.
A roller fails in one of three ways. The wheel wears flat, so the door drops and drags. The bearing seizes, so the wheel skids instead of turning. Or the housing bends, which cocks the wheel sideways and cuts a groove into the track. Only the first one can be helped by adjustment. The other two need parts.
Rollers are not one size. A tandem roller carries two wheels in one housing and holds up a heavy panel that a single wheel would flatten in a season, and the housing has to match the pocket cut into your door rail. We measure the housing and the wheel off the old unit. On a heavy panel we fit steel wheels rather than the nylon ones that came out.
The panel has to come out for the work, which is also the only chance to see the track clean. We clear the channel, fit the new rollers, lift the panel back in, and set the height screws so the door sits level and latches without being pulled. Put lubricant on the rollers and keep it out of the track. Grease in the channel holds grit against the wheels and wears them out faster.
What you will notice
You can feel the bad spot. The door moves easily for two feet, then hits something, every single time. Look down at the bottom track, the channel the rollers run in, and at that exact point you will see a groove, a flattened lip, or a dent.
The track is soft aluminum and the rollers are harder than it is. Sand gets between the two and the wheels cut a trench into the running surface. Once there is a trench, new rollers drop into it and go flat again within months. That is why track work and roller work are the same conversation.
There are two repairs. A track cap is a stainless cover set over the damaged channel, about an hour of work, and it is the right answer on most home sliders. Full track replacement means pulling the panels and often opening the frame at the sill, which is a day. We price the cap first and recommend a new track only where the channel has split, the lip has spread, or the sill under it has gone soft.
Top tracks fail differently. The panel does not sit on the top track, it is only guided by it. So a fault up there shows up as a door leaning out of the frame at the head, or popping out of its guide. That is usually a bent lip or a missing guide block rather than wear.
What you will notice
The panel has come out of its channel and is leaning on you. A sliding door off the track is heavy and it is glass, so lifting it back in without knowing why it came out is how people get hurt, and how it happens again next month.
Doors jump the track for a reason you can usually see once the panel is out. A wheel housing has broken off its mount. A track lip has bent wide enough to let the wheel climb out. An end stop is missing from one end of the run. Or the frame has dropped enough to shorten the channel the wheel sits in.
We take the panel out, set it down flat, and check those four things before touching the rollers. Then the panel goes back on wheels sized to its weight, the bent lip is dressed straight or capped, the stop goes back in, and the height screws are set with the door in the frame.
A slider that has come off twice has a frame or track problem, and the rollers were only the symptom. We will say which one it is instead of selling you a third set of wheels.
What you will notice
Your door grinds in the same spot every time you open it. Look down at the bottom track and you will usually see why: a worn groove cut into the metal by years of grit under the rollers. Once that surface is chewed up, a new set of rollers goes flat again within months.
A sliding door track cap is a stainless or aluminum cover that sits over the damaged channel and gives the wheels a smooth, hard surface to run on again. The alternative is a new bottom track, which means pulling the panels and often taking the frame apart at the sill. That is a full day. A track cap takes about an hour.
We clean the channel down to bare metal, flatten any high spots, measure the width and shape of your track, and bed the cap so the ends cannot lift. Then we reset the roller height, because the door now rides a little higher than it did before.
A cap is not the answer to everything. If the track lip has spread, the sill under it has gone soft, or the frame has dropped out of square, we will say so and price the real repair. Afterward, keep the channel clean and dry. Grease in a track collects sand and turns into grinding paste, and the rollers are the part that takes lubricant.
What you will notice
A sliding door that has dropped gives itself away. The lock will not throw unless you pull the door toward you, or there is a wedge of daylight at the top on one side. Both of those feel like a lock problem or a seal problem. Neither one is.
Sliding door alignment is set by two screws, one at each end of the bottom rail, usually hidden behind a small cap. Each screw raises or lowers that corner of the panel on its roller. That is the whole adjustment range, and it is why a door that has dropped can often be brought back without new parts.
We set it with the panel in the frame. Raise each corner until the gap along the top rail is even end to end, check that the two panels meet flat when the door is closed, then test the latch without pulling the door sideways to help it.
If the corners will not hold their setting, the rollers underneath are worn past what any adjustment can cover, and the screws are only taking up slack.
What you will notice
Call (888) 283-8076 or request an estimate online. We confirm flat-rate pricing upfront, with no hidden fees.
Our licensed tech arrives with common parts on the truck. Most door repair jobs are completed in a single visit.
We test the repair, walk you through the work, and make sure everything is running smoothly before we leave.
Hearing a scratch or grind? Ask about a same-day roller service before it eats your track.
Worn rollers cut into the track the longer you slide on them. Catch it early and we usually save the track completely.
Worn rollers are the top reason a slider drags, binds, or jumps the track. We swap them for stainless or steel-bearing rollers sized to your door, then adjust height so it glides and seals. Most last 8 to 15 years depending on door weight and track condition.
Tracks collect dirt, pet hair, and sand, and in coastal Florida salt air pits the metal over time. We clean and straighten the track, add a new track cap when the surface is worn, and replace bent or corroded tracks that are past straightening.
A sticky lock, a broken mortise lock, or a loose handle is a security gap, not just an annoyance. We repair or replace the standard lock systems on Andersen, Pella, PGT, CGI, and ESW sliders so the door latches solidly again.
Failed weatherstripping is what lets in drafts, water, and higher energy bills. We replace worn seals, vinyl sweeps, and frame gaskets, and in hurricane markets we use code-compliant materials so the door stays rated.
Warped frames, damaged thresholds, and sagging headers take heavier work. We check whether a repair will hold or whether replacing the unit is the better spend, then tell you straight which way to go.
Sliding patio door repair is the same job as sliding glass door repair: patio doors run on the same rollers, tracks and mortise locks, and they fail the same way. Wide two- and three-panel patio doors carry more weight per roller, so we check the whole set rather than swapping one, and we adjust the panel height so it seals against the jamb again.
A full tune-up cleans out the track, lubricates the rollers, resets roller height, and squares the panel. The door stops dragging and seals evenly from top to bottom.
Stuck open, off the track, or will not lock at night? We run same-day emergency sliding door repair when we have capacity in your area so your home stays secure.
⏱ Same-day service available based on capacity. Call to confirm dispatch.
Our team consists of factory-trained specialists with years of hands-on experience repairing every major brand of sliding door. They stay current on the latest hardware, materials, and repair techniques to deliver lasting results.
We handle the full range of sliding door issues: window balance repairs, track realignment, roller replacement, handle and lock restoration, and weather stripping. Whatever the problem, we carry the parts and skill to fix it right.
We give you permanent fixes, not temporary patches. High-quality replacement parts and proven techniques keep your sliding doors gliding smoothly for years.
Our techs know the environmental factors that wear down sliding doors in your area, from humidity and airborne grit to big temperature swings. That lets us recommend the most durable fix for your door.
A broken sliding door can't wait. We offer same-day service for most repairs, so you get back to smooth, secure operation fast.
Transparent, flat-rate pricing with no hidden fees or surprise charges. You see the full cost before we begin, so there's no guesswork on the final invoice.
We provide sliding door repair across the counties we cover in six states. Our largest markets include sliding door repair in Broward County, sliding door repair in Miami-Dade County, sliding door repair in Palm Beach County, sliding door repair in Hillsborough County, and sliding door repair in Orange County. Tap any county or city below for same-day availability.
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Here are straight answers to the questions we hear most about sliding door repair.
A roller and track repair on a standard sliding door averages about $405, and about $635 on a large or heavy-panel door, where the glass is thicker and the hardware costs more. Both figures include the parts and the labor to fit them. Lock and handle work usually lands below that, and a chewed-up track that has to come out lands above it. Those are typical 2026 numbers rather than a quote: the final price moves with door size, brand and what the hardware turns out to be, and you get it in writing before we start.
Most repairs are completed in 60-90 minutes. Complex issues like frame or threshold repair can take 2-4 hours. We stock common parts on every service van so most jobs are single-visit.
Yes. Sliding glass doors and sliding doors use the same hardware systems, rollers, tracks, handles, mortise locks, keeper plates, and weatherstripping. Most homeowners use the terms interchangeably, and our repair process is the same for both. Whether your opening has a tempered glass panel, a laminated impact-rated panel, or a standard aluminum-framed slider, we diagnose and repair every component on-site.
In practice, yes. Patio door, sliding glass door, slider and lanai door all describe the same thing to us: a glass panel that rolls on a track inside an aluminum or vinyl frame. The parts that fail are identical, so whatever you call yours, the repair is the same and so is the flat-rate price.
Same-day service is available in most markets when we have capacity in your area. Call as early as possible and we'll confirm whether a licensed technician can be dispatched today.
Most sliding door problems can be repaired. Replacement is only necessary when the frame is warped beyond adjustment, the glass unit has failed in a sealed double-pane, or the track is structurally damaged. We always quote repair first.
Every JDM technician is licensed, insured, and bonded. We carry full liability coverage and stand behind every repair.
Yes. We handle commercial and automatic sliding doors, sensor entries, and ADA-compliant systems. See our Commercial Door Services page.
In Florida, yes. Our Fort Lauderdale listing is a glass repair service, so a cracked tempered panel and the hardware around it can be handled on the same visit, and the glass replacement price calculator on this site quotes the tempered rate. Outside Florida we are hardware-only: rollers, tracks, locks, handles, weather stripping and frames. One job is a glass shop's everywhere we work, and that is a sealed double-pane unit that has fogged, because the whole insulated unit has to be remade. We will say so on the phone rather than charging you for a visit.
