How to Maintain the Sliding Door Lock
Your sliding glass door lock is a very simple lock that lasts a long time. However, maintaining your sliding glass door lock will make it last even longer, which is important as it functions to keep your family and home safe during the warm summer months when you leave your sliding glass door open.
Items Needed:
- Lock key
- Spray lubricant
- Take your lock’s key and slide it into the lock to retract the lock’s bolt.
- Use a can of high quality spray lubricant to spray around the outer part of your lock then push it back in. Only spray for about two seconds for each outer part when spraying your lock. Tri-Flow lubricant is a recommended brand to use for this purpose, because it has more lubricating properties than other brands such as WD-40.
- Use your lubricant to spray the outside of your lock’s bolt. Again, only spray the lubricant for just a couple seconds when applying it.
- Spray the inside of your lock with your lubricant to keep the parts inside the lock working efficiently and prevent friction.
- Take your key and insert it into your lock and turn it a few times and remove your key.
You do not have to remove your lock to perform this procedure; in fact, you shouldn’t remove it. Removing your lock will damage the aluminum on it. If your lock is already installed leave it in place and maintain your sliding door's lock as described above.
It is wise to perform maintenance on your sliding door's lock the minute you notice your key or the lock is sticking.