Garage Door Makes Cracking Sound Painted

If your garage door makes a popping sound when opening it could be the torsion springs.

Garage door makes cracking sound painted.

Garage door making popping sound when opening. Over time the coil of a spring can lock preventing smooth operation and causing a popping noise. This is an easy fix. This loud unsticking door opening noise doesn t seem like a big problem and i suppose it isn t but since i m a night owl so when i open doors it tends to wake my wife up.

With the door open lubricate the spring generously with motor oil and a clean dry cloth. The spring coil over time can lock and prevent smooth operation. To help open the door many garage doors come with big torsion springs. The garage door noise you are hearing may simply be due to the fact that the door and track supports have loose or missing track bolts and screws causing the door to rattle in its rails.

It s almost as if the paint isn t cured since the sound seems to come from the contact area around the frame where the door touches the doorframe but this house has not been painted in 5 years. Lubricate the torsion springs. The spring coils have rusted and are rubbing together. Many garage doors use large torsion springs to assist in opening the door.

Simply buy some oil based lubricant from your local garage door specialist and apply it to the metal parts the springs the rollers and the hinges.