The ones I've removed, the outside panel had the double stick glazing tape holding the plastic frame to the glass, so take the inside off 1st and you'll see how easy it is to replace.
#Replacement plastic door grids driver
I've even seen some that have a hex shank location in the bottom of the handle to put different types of screw tips in to make a quick screw driver out of the handle-Avery versatile tool that should be in every DYI-ers tool collection!, Hyde & Red Devil are 2 of the better brands I use personally) If your worried about the glass panels falling out and your doing the project by yourself, wrap several bands of duct tape completely around the door making sure you overlap the ends of the tape 6 or 8 inches, for holding power and for a half lite window I would think 2 locations, 6" from the top and the same from the bottom and that will probably hold it well enough while you work the scraper into the frames and loosen them for removal. (Some people including painters aren't familiar with the name 5way - basically it is a much more ridgid tool than a putty knife, the end is a scraper,1 side has a flat square edge that can be used for opening paint cans, the other side has a V shaped tip that is great for removing caulking & digging out whatever, the side that has a square edge also has a round cut-out that is used to clean paint rollers by scraping the roller cover from one end to the other and can remove a great deal of excess paint in the event you want to save a roller cover. The frames usually have a bead of caulk to seal them to the door surface, but if you use a good Hyde 5 way painters tool you can work the frame loose without damaging the surface of the door. Once the plugs have been remove a phillips screw driver, or tip, you can remove the screws. getting those out can be a challenge but it's doable with a sharp ice-pick type tool, or drilling a small hole in the center of the plug, inserting a small nail and working it loose.
As for the removal of the frames, on the interior side of the frames there are small plastic plugs inserted over the screw hole locations. Around the valley here, we have several warehouse stores that specialize in re-claimed doors & building materials, I would think you might have something the same, or maybe a contractor that specializes in door & window replacement.
I have several of those panels, and even have a couple of the frames without the glass panels,(the glass had seal failure and fogged up), I'm a contractor and find it hard to through these things away, so if the door is damaged I pull the glass & frames out and have given a few customers an easy, inexpensive repair to their sun/UV damaged frames-(Yes we DO have sunshine in OR.!) I've even donated to my local Habitat for Humanity Restore, so you might check there 1st, just as Derenda suggested.
Wow Debbie G., To bad your in Tn, and I'm in Ore.
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