"Oren" wrote in message
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On 1 Jun 2006 13:34:52 -0700, "
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All,

I was surprised to find little about this topic searching the internet,
but as a first floor condo owner my upstairs neighbors drive me crazy
with their opening and closing of their sliding glass door. My one
neighbor directly above me smokes and every 10 minutes I hear their
sliding glass door noise reverberating throughout my apartment. It
almost sounds like somone dragging a wooden crate across pavement just
above my head no matter where I am in the unit.

The harder/faster they open and close door the more noise it makes.
I've asked them to do it slower and the one upstairs neighbor replaced
the wheels on the door but it still makes that sound. I think the
sound I hear is the friction from the heavy weight of the door being
dragged. I also hear the unit above and to the right of my unit.

Are there any solutions to this? Any suggestions/ideas I can make to
my neighbors? I am surprised sliding glass doors are so poorly
designed as some type of system to stabilize the weight against the
ground could counteract this and create a "smooth and quiet" sliding
experience. I have not found anything like this in my searches.

Please help.

Annoyed in Florida...

For a better gliding door, tracks and rollers should be thoroughly
cleaned. I use a small amount of "armour all" on the tracks, felt on
the door and rollers.

Some adjustment to the door, may also be in order.

Any reference available on how to adjust doors? Mine haven't worked
properly for years (they bind...) but I don't know what they need.