Any chance they are upside down and hardware removable and
re-installable correctly?


"SkyBlue" wrote in message
...
With your encouragement, I have revisited the problem. The frame
itself
is correct, because the threshold side of the frame is on the
exterior,
and there is a lip around the interior.
However, the doors are mounted wrong. There must have been a left
hand and
right hand model at the time. Picture standing inside, looking at
the
door. The sliding door, on the exterior channel, opens from the
right as
it must for this space. If the doors are swapped, with the slider
on the
inside where it is supposed to be, the door would open from the
left.
Conclusion is that this is a left hand door mounted for a right hand
application, and the doors are forever wrong. This backwards
configuration
is easy pickings for a burglar, so we have pegged them with
removable
bolts. My long term solution will be to replace it with a quality
aluminum clad wood door.

Thanks for your interest.

Art Begun wrote:

Can't you remove the 2 panels and reverse them? It is hard to
believe the whole unit is facing the wrong way.

"SkyBlue" wrote in message
...
I have standard builder grade sliding patio doors on a porch,
protected from
rain. They were "professionally" installed by the builder -
backwards. They
leak when I wash the porch with a hose and spray them on
purpose. My
wife
stands guard inside with a towel while the leaking is in
progress.
Since
they are backwards, the outside door slides over the inside
stationary door,
so there is no way to block it by dropping in a broom handle.
Does
that
sound like your installation?

We are looking at replacing them and find that some doors are
built
far
better than others. Since you are beach front, you have special
needs. The
cheapest door at HD is not likely to satisfy that location even
if
installed
correctly. Have you checked dealers serving the beach community
for
their
recommendations. That would go for the windows as well.


William wrote:

I recently bought and installed two sliding glass patio doors
for
my
beach cottage. I bought them at Home Depot, the plain-jane,
inexpensive
ones. They are on the front of the building. Whenever there
is a
moderate to heavy rain, the doors leak!! The threshold will
fill
with
water. It seems to be dripping in where the individual door
panels
meet.
What should I do? Should I ask Home Depot for my money back,
or
should I
go after the manufacturer? I am steaming mad about this. The
25
year old
patio doors looked bad, but didn't leak at all.

Your comments welcomed.

Will