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CGI Door Installation: The Fort Lauderdale Owner’s Guide

CGI door installation in Fort Lauderdale typically costs $1,850 to $4,200 fully installed, depending on the door line, size, and whether you’re replacing a single panel, a full system, or upgrading hardware after wind damage. We stock CGI-specific hinges, roller assemblies, weatherstripping, and heavy-duty tracks on our trucks, so most jobs in Fort Lauderdale wrap up the same day we diagnose the problem. Where owners usually catch it first: a door that drags on the track after a summer of salt air and humidity, or a latch that no longer seats cleanly against the strike plate after years of micro-shifting in the frame.

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Which CGI Models This Applies To

CGI’s Florida lines split into two main families: the Sentinel series (mid-range impact doors, common in condos and older single-family homes across Fort Lauderdale) and the Estate and Titan series (heavier extruded-aluminum frames, bigger panels, often specified on waterfront properties). The hardware is not interchangeable across all three. A Sentinel roller assembly will not carry a Titan panel safely, and using estate-series hinges on a Sentinel slab creates a bind at the top corner within months. The surest way to match the part: look for the CGI label etched on the door’s hinge edge or top rail. It will show the series, the panel width, and the manufacture date. If the label is gone, we measure the stile thickness and the track profile, not just the panel height and width. That gets it right the first time. For replacement parts, we strongly prefer OEM CGI components where they are available. We will use a quality aftermarket equivalent only when CGI has discontinued a part and the aftermarket piece carries the same wind-load rating for the specific series. On CGI doors in Fort Lauderdale, an aftermarket part with a lower pressure rating is not a savings. It is a liability in a storm event.

We are an independent service provider, not affiliated with CGI. We carry and install CGI-compatible parts because we have worked on enough of their doors across Broward County to know the product line cold.

Signs Your CGI Door Installation Is Failing

• The door drags or scrapes at the bottom edge. The lower roller assembly has worn or the track has settled. In Fort Lauderdale, we see salt-laden humidity corrode roller bearings faster than inland, and once a bearing seizes, the panel’s weight starts grinding the track profile flat.
• The latch misses the strike plate or requires lifting the handle to close. The hinges have sagged, usually the top hinge, because the frame has racked slightly or the hinge screws have pulled. On CGI doors, we see this most after a hurricane season where sustained winds pushed the frame just beyond its original tolerance.
• You hear a grinding or popping when opening the door. That is a collapsed ball bearing inside the roller or hinge, not a lubrication issue. Lubricating a seized impact-door roller buys you a week and then the wheel flat-spots anyway.
• Daylight shows at the top or side weatherstripping, or water stains the interior track after heavy rain. The weatherstripping has compressed and lost its memory, or the door has fallen out of plane. In Fort Lauderdale’s summer downpours, the water pressure will find whatever gap exists and introduce it to your floor trim.
• The panel is visibly bowed or the glass is pulling from the frame. This is not a hardware issue. It is structural, usually from an impact that did not fully break the glass but permanently deformed the panel. The door needs replacement, not a hardware swap.

Replacement Cost & What’s Included

Here is what we quote in Fort Lauderdale, and we put every number in writing before any work starts.

• Roller assembly replacement (per panel): $180 to $340, including the parts and labor. We replace both rollers on a panel, never just the bad one, because the other is the same age.
• Hinge replacement (per hinge): $95 to $160, including matching the CGI hinge profile and resetting the door plane.
• Full weatherstripping replacement (top, sides, bottom sweep): $240 to $420, depending on panel size and the specific CGI seal profile.
• Track replacement or realignment: $350 to $700. We shim and re-secure rather than bend, because a shimmed track stays put through the next storm.
• Full door installation (new CGI panel, frame, hardware, and hardware re-use where sound): $1,850 to $4,200, driven by series, size, and whether the existing frame needs re-anchoring.

Every repair we perform includes a written guarantee. If a repair fails, the second visit is free. Every job, from a hinge swap to a full door replacement, gets a written price before we pick up a tool. No change orders mid-job and no surprise line items on the invoice. Windows and doors work carries a one-year guarantee under our 365-Day Done Right Promise; Spencer Odell has long backed window and door work with a ten-year labor guarantee because he learned early that a warranty means nothing if the company will not still be there to honor it. “If I wouldn’t put it on my own house, I won’t sell it to yours.”

DIY or Call Us?

CGI impact doors are heavy. A single Titan panel can weigh over 250 pounds. The hardware is under load even when the door is closed, and the tracks and frames are engineered to carry that weight through a wind event. What an owner can safely do: look for the label, note the symptoms, and test the lock action. Do not remove a panel from the track to inspect rollers. Do not attempt to re-shim the frame or adjust hinge screws on a racked door. A panel that drops off a track can crush a hand or a foot, and a panel re-hung incorrectly is a false sense of security come hurricane season. We have shown up to Fort Lauderdale homes after DIY roller replacements where the wrong wheel profile wedged the door so hard it took two people and a pry bar to free the panel. At that point, the repair cost more than calling us the first time would have. If your CGI door is dragging, grinding, or not latching cleanly, call us at (754) 354-3671. We will tell you over the phone whether it sounds like a part we can swap today or a frame issue that needs a site visit. The estimate is free.

FAQs

Ready to Get Your CGI Door Working Right?

Tell us what it is doing: dragging, grinding, not latching. We will give you a straight answer and a written price before anyone picks up a tool. Every technician who comes to your door in Fort Lauderdale is background-checked, identity-verified, photo-badged, and pre-announced by name and photo before the visit. You will know exactly who is at the door before you open it. Call (754) 354-3671 to schedule your free estimate. We also carry parts and service for PGT, CWS, and ES Windows doors, so if your home has more than one impact door line, we can handle the whole property in one trip.

Written by Spencer Odell, Owner, Hale Windows Fort Lauderdale at Hale Windows Fort Lauderdale, serving Fort Lauderdale and nearby areas.