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CGI Window Installation: The West Palm Beach Owner’s Guide

CGI window installation in West Palm Beach typically runs $300 – $700 per window installed, depending on frame condition and which CGI series you have. Most single-unit swaps wrap up in one visit. Owners usually find out a part failed when the sash won’t seal flush, the crank binds at the halfway point, or water shows up on the interior sill after a hard rain.

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We’re Meridian Windows and Doors West Palm Beach, an independent service provider, not affiliated with CGI. We stock CGI-compatible hardware on the truck and in the shop because our customers in neighborhoods from Northwood Hills to CityPlace don’t want to wait a week for a window that won’t close. A meridian is a fixed line you measure everything against. That’s what the name means and how we run every install.

Which CGI Models This Applies To

CGI builds several product lines that show up in West Palm Beach homes. The main ones we see are the Estate Collection, the Sentinel series, and the Targa line, each with different hardware tracks and balance systems. The part you need depends on the series, and the series is printed on a white label on the edge of the sash or on the head jamb. Slide the sash open and look up, or read the etching on the glass corner if the frame label is gone.

Here’s the gotcha most homeowners run into: CGI’s older Estate series used a 1/2-inch pivot channel, while the newer production runs moved to a 9/16-inch channel. A pivot bar from the wrong generation will bind or pop out within a few months. It looks close enough until it isn’t. We measure the channel, not just the brand name.

For replacement hardware, we install genuine CGI-match components when the part is load-bearing (balance systems, pivot bars, hinge tracks) and quality aftermarket equivalents for wear items like glazing beads and weatherstripping. The aftermarket weatherstripping we use holds up to South Florida humidity better than the original in our experience, because it’s a denser closed-cell foam that doesn’t flatten after two summers. We tell you which one we’re quoting before the work starts.

Signs Your CGI Window Installation Is Failing

• The sash drops slowly when you let go. The balance system has lost tension. In West Palm Beach, salt air accelerates spring fatigue faster than inland Florida. If one side holds and the other gives, the window is racking and the track will start to strip.
• You have to lift or shove the sash to get it to latch. The pivot bar slipped out of the channel or the keeper plate migrated. Forcing it tears up the track over time. The latch should engage with light finger pressure.
• Water appears on the interior sill after rain, but only at the corners. The corner gasket or glazing bead failed. Older CGI beads shrink with heat cycling and leave a hairline gap at the miter joint. That gap is enough for wind-driven rain to get through.
• The window is harder to crank than it was last year. On Targa casements, the operator gear strips when grit from landscaping or the beach builds up in the track. A hard crank is a warning sign, not a design feature.
• You hear rattling when the wind hits the glass from certain angles. The anti-rattle clips or the weatherstripping is shot. This is the one symptom most owners ignore for months, because the window “still works.” It’s also the one that causes the most frame damage by the time we see it.

Replacement Cost & What’s Included

In West Palm Beach, a single CGI window installation with parts and labor runs $300 – $700. Where you land depends on three things: which CGI series you have, whether the frame needs re-shimming, and whether we’re replacing one component or the full balance-and-pivot set. Here’s the line-item reality:

• Pivot bar and keeper replacement: $75 – $140 installed per window
• Balance system replacement (both sides): $160 – $280 installed per window
• Weatherstripping and glazing bead set: $90 – $180 installed per window
• Full hardware set (pivot, balance, latch, weatherstripping): $300 – $500 installed per window
• Stripped track repair or frame re-shim: $400 – $700 installed per window

Every price goes on paper before any work starts, and it does not move at the door. No change orders, no “we found extra damage” phone call that doubles the bill. The quote you approve is the price you pay. Every installation is covered by our 365-Day Done Right Promise in writing: if it fails within a year, we return at no charge. That includes the second visit, unconditionally.

DIY or Call Us?

You can safely check a few things on your own. Remove the sash (most CGI single and double hungs tilt in for cleaning) and look at the pivot bar ends. If they’re rounded over or bent, that’s your culprit. You can also check the label on the jamb to confirm your series name before you call anywhere. That saves everyone time.

What you should not do is replace the balance system yourself. A loaded spiral balance is under constant tension even when the window is closed. Releasing it wrong sends a steel rod flying into whatever is in front of it, and in a garage or a child’s bedroom, that’s a serious risk. We use the right tooling to take the tension off safely and set the new balance to the sash weight. The job takes our technician under an hour per window on most single-family homes in West Palm Beach, and it’s done right the first time. Call (728) 728-9381 and we’ll get you on the schedule.

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