You will need to remove the screen door if you have one setting it aside.
How do you reverse a sliding glass door.
The slider generally is removed by pulling it out and away from the home.
On the other side there s plenty of room.
Do the same on both the left and right ends of the sliding door.
There is a piece of metal snapped into the bottom of the frame under the stable panel that you can pry up with a flat head screwdriver.
The opening side is jammed up against a wall meaning you have to scrape against that wall unless you throw the door all the way open.
If you get a new door you will have to either get a vinyl block frame or cut the fin off on a finned door.
If that is a very simple matter i would want to do it otherwise i will have to live with having an inconvenient switch or consider tearing into the wall.
I had the thought to reverse the door so that the left side slid instead of the right side.
Use the phillips screwdriver to loosen the adjustment screws so you can pull up the rollers.
The best way to secure a backwards sliding door is to have it reversed or replaced and then properly secured.
How to reverse a sliding door.
Otherwise there most likely is a fin.
We have a sliding glass door to our patio.
You will need to remove the panel before you remove the slider.
You may need the philips screwdriver again to free the door from the track.
Determine the size of the screwdriver you ll need reach back into the gap with your screwdriver and adjust that screw counter clockwise as far as it will go.
If there is no fin then usually you will see the sub jamb edges.
Once removed have your partner help you tilt it and move it out of the doorway.
Now i am think that it might be easier to reverse the sliding glass door and have it open on the other side next to the light switch.
After you have loosened the screws slide the door partially open and grip both sides of the door with your hands.