Hush, Garage Door! How to Make Your Garage Door Whisper-Quiet.

Every situation is different. when I first realized they were making quieter garage door openers, i wondered why. Thinking back to my childhood it was always helpful to know i had 30 seconds before mom came in. LOL.

I’m more impressed that this man can walk around a clean garage

Just did exactly what you did on my single car garage, and the difference is staggering. My door went from waking the whole entire neighborhood at 5am to the smoothest door ive ever opened

Great job here. Similar ideas in some cases (replacing with nylon rollers), but thank you for taking your project a step further and showing additional, effective steps (tape and shrink on the roller axles as well as the pool noodle “tensioning bushings”). Truly a special, and successful, take on quietening noisy garage doors.

Another garage door tip not related to noise. Thieves will slide a coat hanger through the top crack between the door and the header and snag the release cord for the trolley. Once they're in the garage they have total privacy to to get your walk door open... If you remove the Tee handle from the cord they can't snag it.

WHOA!!!!!! The noise difference is WILD!!!

Jay, I just finished quieting my garage door, as your genius video showed. I did run into 4-5 rollers that would not fit into the hinge after I added the heat shrink tubing. Even after cleaning the hinge with my .45 barrel brush and carb cleaner, then lubing with WD-40, I still had to remove about 2" of the tubing, then force/tap the roller into the hinge and It finally fit. My door is now amazingly quiet!! Many thanks for your video.

I tried your sugestions and most were successful. I have a new garage door on a two car size garage, so it is big and heavy. I live in Florida so the door is hurricane resistant too. I bought the materials that you suggested. I found that I could not use the double stick tape on the roller shafts. They were already pretty snug. I did use the heat shrink tubing and that was able to fit in but only when I let it cool down from using the heat gun. Lubrication of the torsion spring made the biggest difference in sound reduction. Thanks for posting this video.

Definitely going to try this on the one in my parents house after I get super stoned

I received a quote of $25 per roller to make my doors quieter with "silicone" rollers. My door already has nylon rollers as it is just 6 years old.. I declined and Im glad, now that I watched your video. The shrink tubing is a clever idea if it holds up

One of the things I noticed in your video was the use of a chain drive opener unit. The chain drive units are the noisiest type. Either a screw or even belt drive opener will be much quieter and cause less vibrations. :)

TY I used your links to order the shrink tubing and tape. I already replaced the rollers with the ones you suggested and already made a large difference.

I just recently used the Owens Corning garage door insulation kit on my door, not only did it help insulate the garage it also made the door much quieter when it’s operating.

Woww, I'm pretty good around all aspects of home improvement, but this one sticks out to me. Very good, thank you Jay!

Excellent video! Great ideas that I’m eager to try on my very noisy garage door.

Great tips! Also, I had a Craftsman chain driven opener for over 20 before I had to replace it. Installed a Genie belt driven opener and was really surprised at how much quieter it was than the chain. A huge difference! 🙂

That is a impressive noise reduction, more than I expected. I have a belt drive and it is not so quiet but I guess I need nylon rollers and heat shrink

Hey Jay this is Casper. Our new garage door is very noisy so I will be checking this fix out very soon. Thank you.

Great idea! I think I'll try it! Thanks for sharing...

Thanks for the video. I lube the door hardware twice a year. Including the spring. Clean the tracks with an old rag and wd-40 and live well with the noise.