I have sliding doors for a wardrobe, and i replaced the roller-wheels. Now they stick at the top, its as if they are too close together. I replaced the wheels in the same spot on the door, but they are slightly different brackets for the wheels, so I'm not sure if its just a matter of me trying to find the "sweet spot" to screw the wheel-bracket, or if its something else I should be looking at.
Doors – Indoor sliding doors now stick at the top after replacing rollers
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Lift the door straight up and pull the bottom of the door out first. They're designed not to allow the top of the door to fall out of the track.
I see in your picture that there is a wooden shim between the door frame and the jack stud. Typically the frame should be screwed into the jack stud separately from the door hinge. The small door hinge screws should only have to hold onto the frame of the door and usually don't need to be driven into the wall stud.
A fire door can be quite heavy though and might need a bit more.
You can see here that they make door hinge hardware that comes with at least one extra long wood screw that will anchor your door hinge to both the door frame and the jack stud. This will also further strengthen the door frame itself.
Go to the door accessory section of your local hardware store and find where they keep plastic packs of door hinge hardware. Each hinge typically comes with short screws and one long screw. Each pack is cheap, usually under $4, you will need three. Make sure you match the shape and hole pattern of the existing door hinge.
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Thanks for everyone that asked questions. There were a few things I had to change to finally get it working. I had just bought the house and I assumed that the previous owner had the door's rollers fitted properly, basically I had to:
Once all of these factors were fixed the door finally worked!