Hi everyone.
I am remodeling a walkout basement that has a sliding door unit. It is a peachtree unit I can’t find any numbers on it. It is about twenty years old.
My question is how can I tell if it is assembled or installed correctly? I have my suspicions because 1) the screen is on the inside. 2) the operating side is on the exterior of the building,(what keeps a burgler from just taking the door off and coming in?).
The threshold on the outside is the large aluminum lip, and the threshold on the inside on the operating side is oak. I have heard that some sliding door units are field assembled. If so I wondered if the door had been assembled wrong however it doesn’t seem like it could go together another way. I am going to have to take it all loose anyway because the frame or jamb is about a 1/4 to 3/8 of an inch proud of the dry wall. A little too deep to rabbet the stock colonial casing, and I can’t plane down the jamb because of the screeen track mounted on the inside.
If I turn the door around in the openning, that would place the aluminum threshold to the inside. I am kind of in a quandary? Does any one have experience with peachtree sliders? Did they ever make any field assembled units? Any advice would be appreciated.
Webby
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A twenty year old Peachtree Slider? I would trash it and replace with an Andersen Permashield Patio Door, if it were me......
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I'm with you
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some peachtrees were good but sliders from anybody that old are poor design to begin with
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" 1) the screen is on the inside. 2) the operating side is on the exterior of the building,(what keeps a burgler from just taking the door off and coming in?). The threshold on the outside is the large aluminum lip, and the threshold on the inside on the operating side is oak."
Have picture in my mind of twenty years ago: DH installing this, after it sat in the basement for four months and after wife finally cornered him to get it done, on a Sunday, just him and his imagination (threw the instructions away the day he opened it up upon bringing it home) lubricated by a quickly dwindling 12 pack.
I believe it is installed correctly. I have a 27 year old house I built using Pella sliding doors ant that is the way they are installed
You are correct !!!
I also have Pella sliders 4 - 6' and 2 - 8' that I installed in my home. Before installing, I asked Pella the same question about placement of screen etc. and was told, "yes, that is the proper installation.
As to the statement by others for having all the bugs on screen and wanting to close the door: I just turn on porch light, hit the screen with newspaper and close door no problem. Could also spray bug killer thru screen I suppose.
Yep girlbuilder, I think you are a psychic. I have that same picture in my mind about the whole house, and whoever built this place, among other problems evidently didn't like rough opennings, there are two doors in the basement area that don't have 'em. jambs are almost tight to the jacks.
Unfortunately a new door isn't in the budget right now. So keep the advice coming, I will figger out something. Probably just replace at a later date.
Inside screens... There is an engineering marvel. Dogs and cats love them and a nice summer night when every bug within your zipcode is clinging to the screen, you have to open it to close the door.
Webby
I saw a Anderson slider way back that was meant to be installed the same way as yours. You couldnt lift the door off the track like you suggest, I assume the manufacturer had considered that when they designed it.
I've had no experience with Peachtree so not sure about them.
I'd go with what a couple of the others posts mentioned, change it out to a newer model.
Doug