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Originally Posted by Byte1
Attaching insulation to the door panels will quieten it down a bit. Also, you can purchase rubber pads and bushings to put on the bolts that hold the ceiling mounts to the motor. But, the belt driven garage openers really are the quietest. I won't be changing mine out to a belt driven installation until my original opener finally gives up it's ghost. I am waiting for my new bottom door weather stripping to arrive from Amazon so I can replace it. Didn't realize how bad off it was until I noticed the new one a neighbor just installed. The nylon rollers are much quieter than the original steel ones.
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Yes, the belt drives really are quieter, even hard to hear when you are standing in the garage. I had new wheels put in along the tracks, and that helped a little. The vinyl strips along the sides and top of the garage door also get sticky as they are altered by the UV light, and replacing them means it’s much easier for the garage door motor to get the door started. (You can have a company replace these strips for about $350, or you can buy the strips at Lowes or Home Depot for less than $100 and install them yourself. Don’t remove the old ones. Just cut off the vinyl with a box cutter and tack the new strips to the old ones with the appropriate nails.) Replacing the garage door opener with a new one that has belt drive is quite expensive, even though it only takes an hour. I think mine was $700. (Plus the new wheels and new door strips purchased earlier.) But the old garage door opener kept failing to work, and I’d have to hold the button in the garage down until the door was closed, then go out the front door, so it needed to be replaced anyway. But I do love the new quiet door. The old one could be heard several houses away.