I have two bedrooms above the garage. The occupants of which are requesting that I somehow do something to quiet the sound of the door opener when it runs.

The bracket looks like it screws directly into the studs/stringers, which I am sure helps transmit the sound into the bedrooms.

Even if I add some kind of rubber spacer between the bracket and the ceiling, the screw will still send the vibrations though.

Any ideas?

Dave

 

Is it a chain drive opener? Isolators and such on one of these is like putting lipstick on a pig, your just masking the problem.

Have you looked at just replacing them with either the belt or screw drive ones, I was playing with the display demos at Home Depot and they are MUCH quieter.

 

Earplugs.

 

Do those people pay rent or rent from you? If they pay rent its a reasonable request. If not, F-em, that is if they aren't family.

 

Agreed chain drives are loud, but if you don't want to fork over the cash for quieter units, put a thick piece of rubber, between the bracket, and the joist it attaches to, then put another one between the bolt/screw/etc that holds it in place with a nice wide washer, so that there is not metal to metal contact... This will help...

 

Saw an episode of Ask This Old House a couple of years ago where they had the same problem. Can't remember all the steps they did, but they managed to isolate the motor and other components to quiet it down. You might go to their web site to see if there is anything out there or contact them for information.
What they did seemed to work fairly well, as much as you can tell on TV.

Did a quick check of the site and found this.

http://www.thisoldhouse.com/toh/vide...631898,00.html

 

a screw driven opener will be much quieter.

check em out

if not, tell them to sleep with ear plugs in

 

I have a screw drive on one door, and the belt drive on the other side is much quieter......

 

Well I work at sears in the tool department and sell garage door opens.. I havnt heard of much you can do, might as well invest in a screw or better yet a belt drive its such a huge difference. I think our belt drive with 2 remotes and wireless keypad runs only like $170-180 on sale?

 

Get french doors or a slider. Problem solved.

 

I have a screw drive and it's pretty darned noisy. Of course a lot of the noise is the result of the rattly door itself and not the opener.

 

I think WMR hit it right. We have a game room/junk room/media room above the garages. When a door opened below, you heard all types of rattling, squeaking, and groaning. One of the pulley systems on a door finally broke. I called a repair shop. The guy came out, fixed the door and then serviced the other doors. He reminded me to shoot the pulleys, wheels, and roller springs every so often with WD-40. It is amazing how much quieter the doors are now. He also showed me how to "adjust" the rails with a large hammer every so often to keep the jockey wheels in line. Now, if you are upstairs you can barely hear the doors opening.
Best 75 dollars I ever spent!

BTW: My motors are hung from the garage ceiling by perforated, galvanized L brackets.

 

I have both, screw, and belt...both are noisy as hell.

If they are requesting a "quieter" door opener, you might wanna let em know that they are all going to make some sort of noise.

 

Another good point.

A little experiment:

Try releasing the mechanism and moving the door manually up and down. That is also just a noisy. Its Metal on Metal, it makes noise.

Like living next to a highway or train rails, you get used to it at some point.

 

We've 2 of these doors and openers for our poll barn from these people.

http://www.airliftdoors.com/

They are VERY quiet, fast, and they have the industries longest warranty. Not to mention, the quality that is invested into it is amazing.

These are fool proof door openers basically.