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AfterCGI Sliding & Patio Doors in Davie: What to Know First
We repair and replace CGI sliding and patio doors throughout Davie as an independent CGI service provider, not a factory warranty center. Most sliding door service calls we handle are completed in a single visit, and we quote prices up front before any work begins, so you know the number before we touch the door. If you own a CGI sliding door in Davie and it is binding, leaking, or off its track, call (863) 208-5172 and a live person will answer, day or night.
This page is written for homeowners in Davie who bought CGI products because they wanted impact protection that holds up in a coastal climate. We will walk through how CGI sliding doors actually fail around here, what it costs to fix them, and why we approach every CGI job with a specific set of habits the box stores and handymen do not follow.
How CGI Products Fail - and How We Fix Them
- Roller assemblies wear unevenly on CGI Estate and Targa series sliders. The original rollers that ship with many CGI sliding doors are nylon-tired and ride on aluminum tracks that collect sand grit from Davie’s dry-season wind. We see doors in Cooper City and western Davie where the roller on the strike side wears flat, dropping the panel just enough to scrape the track. We replace the rollers with sealed stainless-steel bearing assemblies and re-square the panel, rather than forcing an out-of-alignment door to slide on worn hardware.
- Interlocking stiles bind after the slab settles. Davie sits on a mix of muck and sand, and older homes in the Ridgewood and Forest Ridge areas shift more than people expect. When a concrete slab settles a quarter inch at the threshold, the interlock between the fixed and active panels on a CGI sliding door starts to catch. The door still slides, but it requires a shoulder, and that force eventually bends the interlock. We shim and re-level the frame, then adjust the panel so the interlock engages cleanly without forcing.
- Weep holes clog and the track fills during summer storms. CGI frames are engineered to drain, but Davie’s afternoon thunderstorms drop enough rain fast enough to overwhelm a track with plugged weeps. The water sits, the roller bearings rust, and the door starts to grind. We clear the weeps, flush the track, and check the drainage slope on every CGI service call, because a dry track is the difference between a door that lasts twenty years and one that corrodes in five.
- Handles and mortise locks on older CGI doors lose their indexing. The multi-point lock on a CGI sliding door ties the handle to shoot bolts at the top and bottom of the panel. After years of use, the gear inside the handle wears and the bolts no longer fully throw, which means the door is not actually secure, even when it feels locked. We replace the worn gear with new hardware rather than adjusting around it, because a lock that does not fully engage is a false promise.
- The fixed panel seal degrades and the door loses its impact rating. The glazing gasket that holds the glass in the frame is what makes a CGI door impact-rated. South Florida UV breaks that gasket down over time, and once it cracks, the door is no longer performing to the standard you paid for. We reglaze the panel with the correct Shore hardness gasket, re-set the glass, and bring the door back to its original design intent.
Our CGI Sliding & Patio Doors Process
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You call, a person answers. We take your address, the symptoms you are seeing, and the CGI model if you know it. We schedule a time and we show up when we say we will.
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Our technician diagnoses the door on site. We measure the reveal, check the panel square, run the door through its full travel, inspect the rollers, interlock, weatherstripping, and the track condition, and we look at what Davie’s climate has done to the frame.
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We decide on parts together. For CGI doors, we use OEM parts when the warranty is still in play or when a specific profile is only available from CGI. For out-of-warranty doors, we offer quality aftermarket parts where they match or exceed the original spec, and we put both options on paper so there is no mystery about what you are buying.
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The repair is done on the spot. Most CGI sliding door repairs happen in the same visit because we stock common rollers, locks, and seals in our trucks. We do not leave a door half-apart and promise to come back.
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We test everything before we leave. The door gets cycled a dozen times, locked and unlocked, hosed down if the weather allows, and checked with a level across the top jamb. If the pane is not true, the job is not done.
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The warranty is registered in writing before we pull out of the driveway. Both manufacturer warranty layers get registered with the durations stated, and our Done Right Promise covers the workmanship, no fine print and no arguing.
What CGI Sliding & Patio Doors Costs in Davie
CGI sliding door work in Davie falls into a few predictable ranges. Roller replacement on a single panel runs $180 to $340, depending on whether the door is an Estate or Targa series and how many rollers are worn. Multi-point lock replacement runs $240 to $420. Full track cleaning with weep clearing and re-lubrication runs $90 to $140. Re-glazing a fixed panel with new gasket material runs $600 to $1,100, depending on panel size and glass type.
What moves the price is mostly parts availability and panel access. A second-floor balcony door that needs a ladder and two techs costs more to service than a ground-level slider. We will not quote a price over the phone without seeing the door, because guessing is how surprise line items end up on a bill. Call (863) 208-5172 for a written, no-obligation estimate.
Why Davie Homeowners Call TruePane Windows & Doors for CGI Work
Dale Kessler grew up off Orange Drive near the old Davie Arena and learned the trade the hard way: on job sites, in South Florida weather, fixing other people’s mistakes. We have been serving Davie and Broward County since 2008 through a second-generation glazier’s craft tradition. If it is not right on paper, it will not be right in the wall, and that rule governs every CGI job we take.
We stand behind the work with the Done Right Promise and The Keystone Standard: both warranty layers registered in writing, durations stated, before the truck leaves your driveway. Our technicians are background-checked, uniformed, and trained to treat your home the way they would treat their own mother’s. We also service Andersen, Pella, and PGT products, so we can put a CGI quote side by side with other lines and show you exactly what you are paying for. A live person answers the phone 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. No voicemail tree, no callback form, no regional call center.
FAQs
Yes, as an independent CGI service provider, we repair doors that are still under factory warranty, but you should know that the workmanship portion of the warranty generally sits with the original installer, not with us. We will walk you through what your warranty actually covers and register both warranty layers in writing when we complete the job. Call (863) 208-5172 for a straight answer on whether your repair is a warranty claim or an out-of-pocket job.
Common parts like rollers, locks, and weatherstripping are on our trucks most weeks, so many Davie repairs are same-visit jobs. For less common CGI-specific extrusions or hardware, parts typically arrive within five to ten business days. We will tell you honestly which category your door falls into before you commit to anything.
If the frame is square, the glass is intact, and the failure is in the rollers, lock, or weatherstripping, repair is almost always the better financial decision. If the frame has corrosion or the slab has shifted enough to pull the jamb out of square, replacement starts making more sense. We will show you the numbers for both options and let you decide. Call (863) 208-5172 for an honest assessment.
No. We quote the job before we start, and the number on the written estimate is the number on the bill. The only time we revise a quote is when a door is hiding something we could not see during diagnosis, and if that happens, we stop and talk to you before any additional work is done. No surprise line items, no second appointment left hanging.
Written by Dale Kessler, Owner, TruePane Windows & Doors at TruePane Windows & Doors, serving Davie and nearby areas.
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