Garage Door Making Grinding Noise
The garage door producing loud grinding, scraping, or squealing sounds when opening or closing.
What Is Causing This?
- 1Rollers dry or worn out
- 2Hinges stiff and needing lubrication
- 3Track dirty or misaligned causing friction
How Urgent Is This?
This is a cosmetic issue. It is not causing damage and can be addressed in your own time.
What Needs to Be Done
A garage door specialist will lubricate all moving parts, replace worn rollers and hinges, and realign the track if needed.
How Much Will It Cost?
National average estimate
Labour: £120 – £317 | Materials: £207 – £1,083
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Ask a QuestionHow to Prevent This
Lubricate rollers, hinges, and springs every 6 months. Clean the tracks with a damp cloth. Replace nylon rollers when they show flat spots.
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Other Garage Door Specialist Problems
The garage door will not open, either manually or with the electric opener, leaving the car trapped inside.
The garage door has come off its guide track on one or both sides, hanging at an angle or stuck partway.
The electric garage door opener does not respond to the remote control or wall switch.
A loud bang heard from the garage followed by the door becoming very heavy or impossible to lift.