Remove the door by pulling it out of the top track of the door frame.
Patio screen door off track.
Although there is more than one design for sliding patio screen doors the most common one employs a pair of rollers on the bottom of the door that fit on a track on the bottom of the frame.
Once the door is completely loose from the frame set it aside somewhere safe such as against the side of the house or lying flat on a work bench.
Lift the wheel out of the screen door track.
With the wheel raised pull the corner of the frame out of the track.
When you open or close the door it doesn t actually slide.
I usually repair them with a mill finish bottom track such as the one shown on my patio door screen tracks page.
The door should slide right out of the top track once you ve freed it from the bottom track.
Lift one wheel off the screen door track using your finger or a screwdriver.
Sounds like this is a vinyl patio door with a vinyl screen door track.
The problem with thin vinyl tracks is that they get brittle with exposure to the sun and finally break in pieces.
A sliding glass door glides back and forth along a track.
Instead these wheels ride the track.
Prime line d 1655 sliding screen door track 6 aluminum anodized pack of 1.
How to fix a screen door that s off its rollers.
Angle the bottom toward you and lift it a little further to disengage the runners on the upper track then pull it out of the doorway.
During pleasant weather you can leave the glass open and close the sliding screen door.