• Overview



  • In this video, This Old House general contractor Tom Silva explains how to muffle a noisy garage-door opener.


    Steps:

    1 Unplug the motor of the garage-door opener.
    2 Place stepladder under garage-door opener motor; set wood block on top of ladder.
    3 Unbolt and lower motor from mounting straps; set motor on top of wood blocks.
    4 Disconnect door-track mounting bracket from wall.
    5 Place rubber pad behind mounting bracket and reattach it to the wall.
    6 Hang the motor from the mounting straps using rubber pads.
    7 Remove the stepladder and wood blocking.
    8 Test the operation of the garage-door opener.
    • Difficulty: Easy to moderate
      This no-sweat upgrade requires no special tools or skills

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      1. Dense rubber pads,

      used to dampen vibration and noise from garage-door opener



      2. Stepladder,

      two required



      3. Wood blocks,

      are placed on ladder to support motor of garage-door opener