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CGI Impact Garage Doors: The Plantation Owner’s Guide

CGI impact garage doors in Plantation typically run $3,200 to $7,800 installed, depending on the door width, panel profile, and whether you’re keeping the existing tracks or replacing them. We stock CGI-compatible sections, rollers, hinges, bottom seals, and opener reinforcement kits on our trucks, so most single-door swaps are done in one visit. What we see most often in Plantation: a panel bowed or delaminating from years of direct sun on a west-facing elevation, or a bottom seal that’s petrified and letting water pool under the door every time it rains.

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If your CGI door still opens and closes but the panel has gone soft, or you’re hearing a grind from the rollers, you’re in the right place. This page covers what we’ve learned working on CGI doors across Broward County for the better part of two decades.

Key Takeaways

• TruePane installs and services CGI impact garage doors as an independent provider, not a CGI factory affiliate.
• Most CGI door issues in Plantation are panel degradation, roller failure, or seal breakdown, not track or opener problems.
• We carry OEM CGI-compatible parts and quality aftermarket equivalents on the truck for same-visit repairs.
• Every job is covered by our Done Right Promise and The Keystone Standard: both warranty layers registered in writing before we leave your driveway.

Which CGI Models This Applies To

CGI’s impact garage door line spans a few core series. The most common doors we service in Plantation are from the CGI Sentinel line, which covers many of the single-car and double-car impact doors installed in mid-2000s and newer Broward County homes. We also work on CGI’s Estate and Custom series, which pair with their impact window and door packages on higher-end builds.

Here’s the compatibility gotcha we see repeatedly: CGI panel thicknesses and center stile spacing vary between the Sentinel and Custom lines, and a panel ordered by “look” rather than measured spec is the single most common reason a replacement section arrives wrong. Before we order any section, we measure the slab thickness, the stile-to-stile spacing, and the top panel’s top rail height. CGI stamps a small model code on the inside of most end stiles, usually on the top panel near the roller bracket. If it’s legible, we photograph it and cross-check before we cut anything.

On the OEM-versus-aftermarket question for CGI doors specifically: the panels themselves should be OEM-compatible because the impact rating depends on the lamination and the structural seams. We use genuine CGI panels or manufacturer-approved equivalents and can walk you through the Florida Product Approval documentation on the replacement section before we do the install. Hardware is less sensitive. High-quality aftermarket rollers, nylon hinges, and bottom seals perform as well as OEM for most homeowner applications and often carry better weather tolerance for Florida humidity.

Signs Your CGI Impact Garage Doors Is Failing

• The bottom panel feels spongy or soft when you press on it from inside. This is lamination failure from moisture intrusion. Impact-rated doors are laminated like impact windows, and once the seal fails, the core absorbs humidity and starts to break down.
• You hear a metal-on-metal grind when the door moves. That’s a roller coming apart. The nylon sleeve has cracked and the steel wheel is running bare on the track. Left alone, it carves a groove into the track and turns a $40 repair into a track replacement.
• The bottom seal has gone hard and shiny or is flaking off in chunks. In Plantation, a bottom seal on a west-facing door bakes in direct sun. Once it’s petrified, water wicks under the door in every summer downpour and leaves a soft spot right where your car sits.
• The door hesitates or shudders as it passes the curve in the track. This usually means a hinge is binding or a section has lost its alignment. It’s a warning sign that the door is working against itself, and the opener motor is taking the strain.
• You can see light through the top seal when the door is down. The top and side weatherstripping on a CGI door is dense, but after a decade of Florida heat it compresses and loses its shape. You’ll feel it as a hot draft in the garage and see it as a higher cooling bill.

Replacement Cost & What’s Included

In Plantation, a single replacement panel on a CGI impact door runs $450 to $950 installed, depending on the panel size, lamination type, and whether we’re color-matching a paint or a finish. Full door replacement ranges from $3,200 to $7,800 installed. Where you land in that range depends on the door’s width (8-foot doors cost less than 16-foot doubles), the panel profile (flush panels cost more than raised), and whether we’re reusing the existing tracks or installing new.

What’s included in our pricing: the parts, the labor, the haul-away of the old section, re-hanging and leveling, and a written line-item quote before we start. No change orders unless you ask us to do something different. You’ll get both warranty layers registered in writing before we pull out of the driveway: the manufacturer’s warranty on the part, and our Done Right Promise on the labor.

Call us at (772) 577-2915 and we’ll give you a firm number on the phone, not a range with a hedge.

DIY or Call Us?

Two things an owner can safely check without touching a wrench: whether the bottom seal has hardened or cracked, and whether you can see visible light or gaps around any of the panels. Both are diagnostic observations. They’ll tell you whether you need to call, and they’ll help us give you an honest quote over the phone.

Here’s where we draw the line. Garage door springs, even on a heavier CGI impact door, are under enough tension to seriously injure or kill a person who doesn’t know exactly what they’re doing. Do not attempt to adjust, replace, or even inspect springs yourself. Same goes for cable work and any adjustment to the torsion bar. Those are trained-professional jobs, and we say that not to sell you a service call but because we have seen what a failed spring does to a garage ceiling and a hand. Rollers and hinges are less dangerous but still mean working with the door under tension. If you are not sure, call us. If you are sure, we’d still rather take the call. That’s what we’re here for.

For anything beyond the visual checks: call (772) 577-2915. We’ll tell you over the phone whether it sounds like a simple parts swap or a full panel replacement.

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