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I’m trying to eliminate as much sound and vibration as possible since I have a bedroom above the garage. The opener is mounted with angle iron directly to floor joists. the ceiling is plaster and filled with cellulose insulation. I was thinking maybe putting rubber grommets in the mounting holes of the angle iron to reduce vibration? any ideas would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. -Ed
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There are a variety of rubber bushings that can be used for this application. You just have to be sure they are able to withstand the pull the opener will exert on them. My heating guy uses some (gets them at a really good hardware store) to mount HVAC equipent to the joists in the basement.
*Graingers has a variety of isolation mounts for motors and such, some of which are for large application. Typically they are two threaded metal bits imbedded in hard rubber.If you can't find anything substanial enough, you could mount a 4'x4' or 4'x8' piece of plywood using numerous smaller mounts and then mount the GD opener to the plywood.What about using resilent channel (which is used to reduce sound transmission through drywall) to mount a sheet of plywood below the drywall? The stuff is designed to hold up 4x8 sheets. -David
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I'm trying to eliminate as much sound and vibration as possible since I have a bedroom above the garage. The opener is mounted with angle iron directly to floor joists. the ceiling is plaster and filled with cellulose insulation. I was thinking maybe putting rubber grommets in the mounting holes of the angle iron to reduce vibration? any ideas would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. -Ed