If this is the case it is recommended to put the molding up around your sliding glass door piece by piece.
Trimming out a sliding glass door.
Put silicone caulk around the edges of your opening where your siding and house wrap meet.
Add caulk to the bottom edge of the opening and firmly.
Step 3 install.
Now lift the door up and out of the track use the screwdriver for this.
Once it is out of the frame tilt the door slightly so that it comes out entirely.
Use the phillips screwdriver to turn these screws counter clockwise.
3 attach the 1 6 door trim to the.
Secure the first piece with your carpentry nails.
In either case once you re ready to begin choose a side of the door to begin with and start lining the molding up in the exact spots you measured and marked earlier.
Step 8 repeat steps 6 and 7 for the other edges fitting the wood trim to each other at the beveled edges.
This will pull up the rollers so that the door sits in the track completely and finds leeway to get out of the frame.
2 cut and attach hardboard to inside of door frame this step is not applicaple if you already have smooth walls.
Diy sliding door trim 1 remove the baseboard where the door trim will be i measured out the width of the 1 6 and the 1 2 and used my handy.
Press the wood trim flat to the edge of the sliding door opening and hold it there for several seconds allowing the epoxy to grip.