There are replacement hardware companies such as Blaine Window Hardware, Inc. (www.blainewindow.com, 800 678-1919) that specialize in hard-to-find and current replacement window and door parts.

And according to Ernesto Cappello, founder of Window Fix, Inc., if you're buying new sliding glass doors, it's important to focus on performance first and aesthetics last.

My sliding glass door, for example, straddles a single metal rib. If your door won’t move, it may have jumped off its rails. In that case, see if you can lift it back on yourself or get someone ...

When glass sliding doors bog down in their tracks and need to be tugged open and closed, there are four possible fixes. Three take just a few minutes, and only one could require a helper. Cleaning … ...

Use a track lock. One method of preventing the door panel from being opened on a sliding glass door is to block the tracks so the door can’t slide open.

A sliding patio door provides one of the very best ways to connect the interior of your home to the outdoors. Its two large, glass panels—one fixed, one sliding—flood the room with sunlight ...

If you have an existing sliding glass patio door in need of repair, you may be able to replace just the glass for around $250 to $1,000 or just the roller and tracks for between $110 and $300.

We have a sliding glass door in our family room and are not sure what we should do on it. ... The individual panels are hinged together and operate on a top track, like an accordion closet door.