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AfterCGI Sliding Glass & Patio Doors in Plantation: What to Know First
TruePane Windows & Doors provides independent CGI sliding glass and patio door service in Plantation, from roller and track work to full door replacements. Most sliding door repairs take one visit, and we quote the job side by side on paper before any work begins so you know exactly what you’re paying for. We’re not the cheapest bid in Plantation, and we don’t try to be. Call (772) 577-2915 and a live person answers, day or night.
This page is for homeowners in Plantation living with CGI sliding glass doors or patio doors that bind, stick, leak, or no longer lock square. If you bought a CGI door ten or fifteen years ago and it’s starting to fight you, this is written for you. We service CGI doors as an independent CGI service provider, which means we answer to you, not to a manufacturer’s installation quota.
How CGI Products Fail - and How We Fix Them
CGI builds a serious impact door. But South Florida humidity, salt air, and a decade of daily use find the weak points in any sliding door, and CGI has its own patterns. Here’s what we actually see in Plantation homes:
- CGI Estate Series rollers flatten and the door drops. The Estate Series uses a heavy extruded frame paired with roller assemblies that carry a lot of weight. After eight to twelve years, the roller bearings wear flat on one side and the panel sags just enough to drag across the track and chew up the sill. We pull the panel, replace both roller assemblies with OEM or a matched aftermarket set, and reset the panel square so the lock stile meets the jamb the way it did new.
- CGI Targa and Sentinel interlock seals harden and tear. The interlock, the vertical seam where the sliding panel meets the fixed panel, relies on a flexible vinyl seal. Broward County sun bakes that seal until it turns brittle, and once it tears, you get air, water, and bugs coming through the center of the door. The fix is a new interlock seal sized to the CGI profile, not a generic weatherstrip cut from a roll.
- CGI Sentry single-hung and sliding door tracks pit from salt air. If you’re east of University Drive, salt in the air settles on the aluminum track and starts pitting it. A pitted track grinds rollers down fast and makes the door feel like it’s rolling over gravel. We clean and resurface the track when we can, and when the pitting is too deep, we replace the track section rather than letting the new rollers die in six months.
- Impact glass fog between the panes on older CGI doors. Fogg, the white haze inside the insulated glass unit, happens when the seal around the glass fails and moisture gets trapped between the lites. On a CGI impact door, that means the laminated glass unit has done its structural job, but the cosmetic clarity is gone. We replace the glass unit with a new CGI-spec insulated laminated unit and set it in the existing frame, which keeps the Florida Product Approval valid.
- Multi-point locks on CGI patio doors drift out of alignment. The multi-point lock on a CGI patio door is precise hardware. When the house settles, even a sixteenth of an inch shifts the door and the lock points stop lining up. You’ll feel the handle fight you, or the lock only throws halfway. We realign the panel and the strike points so the handle throws clean and the door locks the way CGI designed it to.
Our CGI Sliding Glass & Patio Doors Process
Here’s how a CGI sliding glass or patio door job runs start to finish with TruePane Windows & Doors:
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You call (772) 577-2915. A live person answers, 24/7. We ask about the door, the symptoms, and the house. No voicemail tree.
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We schedule the visit and measure twice. Our technician arrives in uniform, background-checked, and measures every opening and every component before quoting anything.
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We quote you on paper, side by side. If parts are needed, we show you the CGI OEM option and any quality aftermarket alternative, with numbers, so you choose with your eyes open.
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We do the work with the panel off when it needs to come off. Rollers, seals, track work, lock realignment, or glass replacement, the job is done to the manufacturer’s profile and spec.
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We test the door with you standing there. It rolls. It locks. It seals. If it doesn’t, the job is not done.
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We register both warranty layers in writing before the truck leaves the driveway. That’s The Keystone Standard, and it covers every CGI door we touch, with a Done Right Promise on the workmanship.
What CGI Sliding Glass & Patio Doors Costs in Plantation
Here are honest numbers for Plantation, based on the CGI sliding and patio door jobs we actually do:
- CGI sliding door roller replacement: $180 to $340 per panel, including both roller assemblies and resetting the panel square.
- CGI interlock or weather seal replacement: $120 to $260, depending on the door model and how much of the seal line needs replacing.
- CGI track resurfacing or replacement: $200 to $450, depending on track length and pitting depth.
- CGI multi-point lock realignment or repair: $150 to $380, depending on whether we’re realigning or replacing lock hardware.
- CGI insulated impact glass unit replacement: $600 to $1,800 per panel, driven by glass size, lite configuration, and panel color match.
- Full CGI sliding glass or patio door replacement: $2,800 to $9,500, depending on the CGI series, size, framing work, and permitting requirements in Plantation.
What moves the price: panel size, how much corrosion has set in, whether the frame is still true or the opening needs re-framing, and whether we’re matching a discontinued CGI color. You’ll always see itemized numbers before we start. Call (772) 577-2915 for a free estimate. We also take a free written repair estimate, and seniors and veterans always get 5% off.
Why Plantation Homeowners Call TruePane Windows & Doors for CGI Work
We’ve been serving Plantation and the surrounding communities since 2008, rooted here since Dale Kessler started TruePane in 2008. Our technicians know CGI framing well enough to take the panel off without trashing your track, and honest enough to tell you when a door can be repaired for $200 instead of replaced for $3,000. We also work on PGT, CWS, ES Windows, and ECO Window Systems, so when a door on the back of the house needs a decision, we can talk about what else fits the opening and the budget.
Every job carries the Done Right Promise and The Keystone Standard. If the pane is not true, the job is not done. That rule names the company, and it governs every CGI door we touch in this city. A live person answers every call, 24/7, because a sliding door that won’t lock at ten at night is an emergency, not a callback form.
FAQs
Most CGI sliding glass doors can be repaired, not replaced. Roller failures, worn seals, pitted tracks, misaligned locks, and fogged glass units all have repair paths that keep your existing frame. We recommend replacement when the frame itself is corroded through, badly out of square from settlement, or when the door is old enough that the glass no longer meets current Florida impact standards. Call (772) 577-2915 for an honest read after we look at the door.
No. As an independent CGI service provider, we use CGI-spec parts and follow the door’s original profile and installation geometry. Using non-CGI parts does not void a CGI warranty by itself, and we always offer both OEM and quality aftermarket options in writing. What actually voids warranties is installing parts incorrectly or altering the frame, which we never do.
Most roller, seal, and lock repairs are done in a single visit, usually an hour or two. Glass unit replacement typically takes one to two weeks from the day we confirm the panel dimensions, because the insulated laminated unit is ordered to spec. We’ll give you a clear timeframe before any work begins. Call (772) 577-2915 and we’ll schedule the visit.
Yes. When a full door replacement requires a permit in Plantation, we pull it, do the work to code, and pass inspection. We won’t slide a permit under the rug to save you $200 and leave you holding the liability. That’s part of the Keystone Standard: everything in writing, everything by the book.
If the door rolls rough but the track looks clean, the rollers are likely flattened or seized. If the door rolls smooth after cleaning the track but sticks a week later, the track is pitted and eating the rollers. Either way, we can tell you in one visit and fix it the same day in most cases. Call (772) 577-2915 for a free estimate.
Written by Dale Kessler, Owner, TruePane Windows & Doors at TruePane Windows & Doors, serving Plantation and nearby areas.
Six Reasons Homeowners Choose TruePane Windows & Doors
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