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

CGI door installation in West Palm Beach typically runs $850 to $2,400 installed, depending on the door model, frame condition, and whether we’re replacing a slab or the entire pre-hung unit. We stock CGI-compatible thresholds, sweeps, rollers, and hinge kits on our trucks, so most service calls wrap up in a single visit. What usually brings an owner to this page: a door that’s suddenly dragging across the threshold, a deadbolt that no longer lines up, or water finding its way under the panel after an afternoon storm.

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If you’re reading this, you’ve probably already figured out that a CGI door is not the same animal as a big-box exterior door. Good instinct. CGI builds impact-rated doors for South Florida’s wind codes, and that means every component, from the sill to the header, is spec’d differently. We’re an independent service provider, not affiliated with CGI, but we install and replace CGI products regularly and know where these doors succeed and where they start to fail in our climate.

Which CGI Models This Applies To

The compatibility question matters more with CGI than with most brands because the product line splits into two distinct families. The Sentinel Series covers most residential single-door and French door applications, while the Estate Collection and Trinity Series appear on higher-end custom and multi-panel openings. The hardware, threshold, and weatherstripping are not always interchangeable across series, even when the door slab dimensions look identical.

We identify the right parts by reading the label embossed on the door edge or hinge stile. CGI stamps a product code plus the glass type (usually “LMI” for laminated impact or “IG” for insulated glass in newer units) into the metal edge channel. If that label is painted over or worn, we measure the slab thickness at three points and match the threshold profile to the frame’s sill channel. A quarter-inch matters here, particularly on older CGI doors installed before the 2015 Florida Building Code update tightened sill anchoring requirements. We carry OEM parts for current-model Sentinels and use tested aftermarket equivalents for discontinued series, and we’ll tell you which is which before we order anything.

Signs Your CGI Door Installation Is Failing

• Door drags or binds at the threshold. This usually means the sill has settled or the hinge screws have lost bite in the frame. In sandy West Palm Beach soil, slab settlement is common, and a binding door will eventually warp the panel if it isn’t corrected.
• Water seeping under the door during heavy rain. CGI thresholds rely on a compression seal between the door sweep and the sill cap. Once the sweep hardens or tears, afternoon storms push water into the house. We see this most often in neighborhoods west of I-95 where drainage is slower.
• Deadbolt or latch no longer lines up. A strike plate that worked for years and suddenly doesn’t is usually a hinge problem, not a lock problem. The door has dropped a few millimeters, and forcing the lock is how you wear out a perfectly good deadbolt.
• Visible corrosion at the bottom rail or hinge stile. Salt air near the Intracoastal accelerates metal fatigue. If the bottom rail has pitting or rust stains bleeding through the paint, the structural channel is compromised and needs replacement, not repair.
• Glass shows moisture between the panes. On CGI doors with insulated glass, a failed seal lets humid air in, and you’ll see fog or water droplets you can’t wipe off. The impact glass still holds, but the energy efficiency and clarity are gone.

Replacement Cost & What’s Included

Here’s what we quote for West Palm Beach, and these numbers hold unless we find hidden damage behind the frame:

• Slab replacement only (door panel, hardware transferred, existing frame retained): $850 – $1,400
• Full pre-hung door installation (new slab, new frame, threshold, weatherstripping, hardware): $1,500 – $2,400
• Threshold, sweep, and roller replacement (repair-focused, no new slab): $185 – $420

The range comes from panel size, glass type (clear impact vs. decorative), and whether the rough opening needs shimming or repair. Every quote is written down before work starts, and it does not move at the door. Every CGI door installation we do carries the 365-Day Done Right Promise: if the install fails within a year, we come back and make it right at no charge. That’s in writing on the estimate.

DIY or Call Us?

A homeowner can handle a few checks: clean the threshold tracks, tighten exposed hinge screws, and replace a worn sweep if the screw holes are still clean. Those are fair game. What we’d caution against is anything involving lifting a full CGI panel off its hinges. These doors run 180 to 300 pounds depending on glass and size, and a dropped slab will do real damage to the frame, the floor, or whoever is standing under it. If the hinge screws spin without tightening, the frame substrate is failing, and that’s a two-person job with the right anchoring hardware.

If the door is dragging, leaking, or not latching and you’ve exhausted the simple fixes, call us at (728) 728-9381. We’ll tell you over the phone whether it sounds like a repair or a full replacement, and then we’ll send a background-checked technician with the parts on the truck.

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