Noisy opener?

[T56 Impala]

My attached 2 car is located under my Master bedroom. They are mounted the typical way, angle brackets to the joists. One opener is a chain drive, the other a screw type. When opening these things they are VERY noisy if someone is in the MB.

The chain drive is much quiter but still, they are noisy. Is there any way to have the transfer less noise into the bedroom? I hate leaving the cars parked outside if one of us comes in late at night. I thought of putting rubber gromets between the botls and hangers but I really don't think that would help much. Any suggestions?

 

[6t7gto]

I have a belt drive unit and it is very quiet.
JMHO

david

 

[bluesman2a]

get a liftmaster 3800 opener. it's STEALTH quiet.

Also there are rollers you can get that are teflon with bearings in them, that will make the DOOR itself roll quieter. I would imagine you could buy them separately and add to an existing door.

Personally, I have all three, an LM3800, an LM belt-drive, and an LM chain drive. The 3800 with the teflon/bearing rollers is scary-quiet.

I'm over by the Mall of Georgia, PM me if you want to swing by and compare it for yourself.

 

[hguerrero]

I just watched something...can't remember where...but they attached thick rubber gaskets (wherever it bolts to the walls) anywhere the mechanism touches the garage.
Took out a lot of the vibration and killed most of the noise...looked good to me.

 

[LeadDoggy]

have you tried to lubricate the rolls, chain and lifting spring. My door was very noisy and not always closing all the way down. After applying some lube on everything and adjusting the current limiter on the opener, everything working great and it's also alot quieter......

 

[ovilla]

When greasing the chain, also grease the sprocket. You may also need to tighten the chain if it has too much play. Anyway, I also went from a Craftsman screw drive to a Liftmaster 3800 and can attest to the 3800 being extremely quiet. It's no joke, my LM 3800 is no louder than someone manually opening the door. Honestly, you'll make more noise closing your car door.

 

[IDASHO]

get a liftmaster 3800 opener. it's STEALTH quiet.

Also there are rollers you can get that are teflon with bearings in them, that will make the DOOR itself roll quieter. I would imagine you could buy them separately and add to an existing door.

Personally, I have all three, an LM3800, an LM belt-drive, and an LM chain drive. The 3800 with the teflon/bearing rollers is scary-quiet.

I'm over by the Mall of Georgia, PM me if you want to swing by and compare it for yourself.

Ive got the latest Lift-master jackshaft unit, and while it is VERY quite in the garage (cannot even hear the motor over the teflon rollers), if I am in the house next to the wall that the garage shares, the noise is quite evident.

The motor simply transfers a good deal of vibration from the garage structure to the house thru the framing.

 

[Dave K]

I just watched something...can't remember where...but they attached thick rubber gaskets (wherever it bolts to the walls) anywhere the mechanism touches the garage.
Took out a lot of the vibration and killed most of the noise...looked good to me.

I saw this done on "Ask this old house" they used rubber grommets to isolate the motor from the hanger and it cut out about 75% of the noise and vibration. I am thinking of doing the same thing to mine.

Good luck

 

[Flatmotor]

Rubber grommets worked well on my three sears chain drives. Be sure that the shank of the Lags/Bolts are also isolated from the angle brackets. After that I cut some small pieces of 1/8" vacuum hose split lengthwise mounted at four places to isolate the buzzing lens on the light. Bill