Essential Components for a Quiet Garage Door

Is your garage making noises? Is it louder than it used to be? Can your neighbors hear you coming home and opening the garage door to get inside? These are all indications that something could be wrong with your garage door, opener, or garage door parts. A loud garage door can indicate a problem. You can achieve a quiet garage door, we promise. Here are a few essential components for a quiet garage door.

If your garage door is loud enough to bother you, then it’s time to take a closer look. There are many moving parts, literally, when it comes to your garage. Ask yourself this question: When was the last time you replaced any parts, including rollers or springs. Have you lubricated any garage parts recently? These are all things to take a look at and maintain.

Take a closer look.

Go inside your garage with the door closed and the lights on. Take a notebook with you to write down anything you see that looks abnormal.

Start looking around and getting to know your garage from the bottom up. Does anything look loose or damaged? Is there sunlight coming in from outside? If the answer is yes to any of these questions, this could be part of the issue that’s causing the noise. It’s important not to have worn down parts inside the garage. Check all of the nuts, bolts, and moving parts.

Now look a little closer. What type of rollers do you have? Are they metal or rubber? There might be quieter roller options available for your garage door. It maybe time to replace them.

Look and listen to what’s happening when you open and close the garage door.

Now that you have looked around a bit, it’s time to listen closely to find the source of the noise. Don’t feel bad if you can’t tell, but give it a try just in case. However, this could be a job for a garage door expert.

Open your garage door several times to listen for noises that don’t seem normal. You might also consider looking or listening to a neighbor’s garage door opening and closing as well. If you can see and hear a difference, the issue might become more clear.

Is your garage door closing very forcefully? This could be a problem with the hinges or something more serious like the tension springs.

A garage door expert can help!

We can help you with all of this and more. Take the stress out of trying to figure out what’s wrong and let us handle it. You might want to try a few remedies first, but always know that we are a phone call away. Give us a call and you’ll have a quieter and more sound garage door in no time!

Call Overhead Door of Garden City

(620) 275-4602

for questions about your noisy garage door