This means that the door is difficult to lock and there is quite a large gap at the bottom which i can see daylight through.
Gap at bottom of patio door.
The bottom astragal bolt results in a break in the door sweep weatherstripping and the astragal lip.
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If you have a gap between your patio door and the frame around it it s a fix that just requires two tools and less than 10 minutes.
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Place nails about every 5 inches.
The rollers at the top can also wear down lowering the bottom of the door so that it rubs on the track.
Slide on door bottom helps keep out bugs dust and dirt.
Sometimes patio doors become hard to open even when the track is clean.
Nail it to one of the doors using small wood nails so that it overlaps the other door by about one half inch covering the gap.
This gap allows quite alot of heat to escape and despite my cavity walls being insulated the temperate drops quite significantly a few hours after the central heating goes off.
Close the gap between the two doors with insulated molding.
In these cases the problem is usually that the rollers at the bottom of the door have started to rub against the track.
The door bottom is adjustable to help you create a tight fit.
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Reach underneath the door and pull on the door sweep.
The sweep is a brushy or rubberized strip attached to the bottom of the door designed to close any gaps between the door and the sill.