A garage door is not supposed to wake up the household. If yours rumbles, squeaks or bangs, here are the six causes we see most often in service \u2014 from the simplest to the most serious.<\/p>\n
Cause No. 1, and the easiest to fix: dry hinges, rollers and tracks. A silicone<\/strong> lubricant (no thick grease that stiffens in the cold), twice a year, works wonders.<\/p>\n Aging steel rollers rumble in the tracks. Replacing them with nylon ball-bearing rollers<\/strong> literally transforms a door’s sound \u2014 one of the most rewarding upgrades there is.<\/p>\n Hundreds of openings eventually loosen bolts and brackets, which start to rattle. A complete re-tightening is part of any annual tune-up worthy of the name.<\/p>\n If the springs no longer exactly offset the door’s weight, the whole system strains and the noise grows. Simple test: door at mid-height, it should stay put. If it falls or rises, the balance needs adjusting \u2014 by a technician (springs are under high tension).<\/p>\n A chain drive is naturally louder than a belt<\/strong>. If the opener is aging and the noise bothers you (bedroom above the garage!), a DC belt model like the LiftMaster 6580L, or a wall-mount model<\/a> that eliminates the ceiling rail, changes your life.<\/p>\n Pronounced metallic squeaks, banging: tired springs announce their end. Better to replace them before the break<\/a>, on your schedule rather than in an emergency.<\/p>\n2. Worn rollers<\/h2>\n
3. Loose hardware<\/h2>\n
4. An unbalanced door<\/h2>\n
5. The opener itself<\/h2>\n
6. A spring or cable near the end of its life<\/h2>\n
The silence package<\/h2>\n