Pocket Door Repair Pocket door off its track? The wall can usually stay closed.
Pocket doors hang from small rollers on a track hidden above the opening. When a roller wears or a hanger works loose, the door sags until it drags on the floor or jumps off the track. Most of that hardware can be reached from the opening, without cutting into the wall.
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Sound like your door?
Signs your pocket door needs work
Interior pocket doors and the big patio sliders that disappear into a wall both count.
Send us a photo so we come with the right parts.
Email us a photo- The door has come off its track or hangs crooked
- It scrapes the floor or rubs inside the pocket
- It sticks partway in or out of the wall
- It rolls back out of the pocket on its own
- The flush pull or edge pull is broken or missing
- The privacy latch doesn’t catch
- Your patio slider that stacks into the wall has started to grind
What we do
What we work on
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Access from the opening
We take off the trim at the opening, the split jambs and the head stop, to reach the hangers and lift the door out. The trim goes back on when we’re done.
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Trolleys and hangers
Worn trolleys and loose or broken hanger plates are replaced, and the door is rehung at the right height.
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Guides and stops
Floor guides keep the door from swinging inside the pocket. We replace missing or broken ones and set the stops so the door parks where it should.
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Pulls and latches
Pulls and privacy latches replaced and fitted to the door, so it opens from the edge and latches shut.
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Rubbing and scraping
A screw or nail poking into the pocket from a towel bar or baseboard is a common cause of scraping. Often it can be backed out from the room side.
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Pocketing patio sliders
Big sliding glass doors that stack into a wall pocket run on bottom rollers and tracks like any slider. We repair their rollers, track, locks and seals.
Pocket door hardware, without tearing out the wall
A pocket door hangs from two or more small roller carriages, called trolleys or hangers, that run in a track across the top of the opening and on into the wall. The door is clipped or screwed to them through plates on its top edge. At the opening, trim covers the gaps: usually a split jamb on each side and a stop along the top.
With that trim off, the door can usually be unhooked from its hangers and brought out into the room. That’s how we replace trolleys, fix hanger plates and set the height, and then the trim goes back on. The wall stays closed.
The exception is the track itself. If the part of the track inside the wall is bent or has pulled loose, reaching it means opening the wall. That’s wall work, not ours, and we’ll tell you before it comes to that.
The big sliders that disappear
Some Florida homes have patio sliders that stack into a pocket in the wall, so the whole opening clears out to the lanai. They look different, but they ride on bottom rollers and tracks like any sliding glass door. Panels that park deep in the pocket can be harder to reach, so a photo of the door open and closed helps us plan the visit.
What we don’t do
We don’t replace glass or install new doors. We fix the one you have.
We work on the door and its hardware. We don’t open walls or rebuild the pocket frame. If the track inside the wall is broken or the pocket frame has shifted, we’ll explain what’s involved so you can plan it with a contractor.
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- Exact price before any work
- Same-day or next-day in our core area
- Open 7 days, early and late
- Replies within 30 min, 7am–9pm
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FAQ
Pocket doors: straight answers
How much does pocket door repair cost?
Every door is different, so we don’t guess over the phone. A specialist looks at your door and gives you an exact price, free, before any work starts.
No quotes over the phone, by text or by photo. Several doors? Ask about multi-door savings.
Can a pocket door be fixed without opening the wall?
Usually. The trolleys and hangers can be reached by removing the trim at the opening and lifting the door out. Opening the wall is only needed when the track inside the pocket is damaged, and that’s wall work we don’t do.
Why does my pocket door keep coming off the track?
Usually the trolley wheels are worn or cracked, or a hanger plate has worked loose from the top of the door. A door hung too low can also catch on the floor guide and lift off. All of those are hardware fixes.
My pocket door scrapes inside the wall. What is it?
Often a screw or nail from something mounted on the wall has gone through into the pocket. It can also be a door that has warped, or a floor guide that’s missing. We find what’s rubbing before we change anything.
Do you fix the big patio sliders that go into the wall?
Yes. Pocketing sliding glass doors run on bottom rollers and tracks, and we repair their rollers, track, locks and seals like any slider. We don’t replace their glass or rebuild their pockets.
More questions? Read the full FAQ or email us.
Get the pocket door sliding again
Send us a photo so we come with the right parts. We reply within 30 minutes, 7am–9pm, 7 days.
Free estimate. No trip fee. No same-day fee. No after-hours fee. No minimum.