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CGI Sliding & Patio Doors: The Fort Lauderdale Owner’s Guide

We stock and install CGI-compatible sliding and patio door parts across Fort Lauderdale, with most roller, lock, and handle replacements running $180 – $390 installed and full panel replacements typically landing between $1,400 and $3,200 depending on glass package and size. Most CGI slider repairs are done same-day when we have the part on the truck, which we usually do for the common failure points. The way most Fort Lauderdale homeowners discover a failing part is gradual: the door starts dragging, the lock doesn’t catch, or the panel suddenly won’t stay on its track after a storm.

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Before you start guessing at model numbers, here’s what actually matters: CGI sliding doors share hardware families across their estate and custom lines, but the roller assemblies and lock sets are not universal, even between doors that look identical from six feet away. Getting the wrong roller means shaving the track or shimming the panel, and that’s a shortcut we won’t take.

Which CGI Models This Applies To

CGI’s sliding and patio door lines include the Estate Series, Tropic Series, and the custom and architectural lines specified on higher-end Fort Lauderdale builds from Victoria Park to Rio Vista. Most of what we replace on these doors falls into four categories: rollers and carriages, multipoint lock sets, interlock weatherstripping, and track caps. The compatibility gotcha with CGI is the stile width: estate and custom doors often use a 1-1/4-inch roller housing where the Tropic Series uses a narrower 7/8-inch carriage. If you pull a roller out and measure the housing width, that single number eliminates most ordering mistakes.

You’ll find a small CGI label on the door panel edge, usually on the lock stile, listing the series and glass configuration. If that label is long gone, measure the visible glass width from interlock to jamb and the stile width at the lock. We can match from those two measurements about 90% of the time.

On OEM versus aftermarket: CGI-branded hardware carries the manufacturer’s spec, but several quality aftermarket roller assemblies from Prime-Line and Truth Hardware meet or exceed the original nylon wheel durability. For locks and handles, we recommend staying OEM when the door is under warranty. For rollers and weatherstripping on older doors, aftermarket is usually the better dollar-per-year value. We’re an independent service provider, not affiliated with CGI, so our recommendation is based on what lasts in South Florida conditions, not on what keeps a warranty department happy.

Signs Your CGI Sliding & Patio Doors Is Failing

• The door drags or needs a shoulder to move. This is almost always a flattened roller wheel or a worn carriage bearing. In Fort Lauderdale, salt air and fine sand work their way into the roller housing and grind the nylon down until the panel rides on the housing itself, which then scores the track.
• The lock lever won’t throw fully, or it throws but the door still moves. The multipoint lock rod has come out of alignment with the keeper on the jamb, or the gearbox inside the handle has stripped. Forcing the lever is how you end up locked in or locked out with a deadbolt you can’t retract.
• You feel air or see daylight at the interlock where the two panels meet. The interlock weatherstripping has compressed or torn. On a CGI panel, this is a replaceable bulb seal, and leaving it failed is how you end up paying for conditioned air you’re not keeping.
• The panel rocks or feels loose at the top when closed. The adjustable top guide rollers have worn or drifted. This is a five-minute fix with the right guide, but if ignored, the panel starts eating the top track.
• Water pools on the interior track after a heavy rain. The track weeps are clogged with debris, or the sill cap has a crack. On CGI doors, the sill cap is sacrificial by design; it cracks before the structural sill does, and it’s a replaceable part.

Replacement Cost & What’s Included

Here’s what we quote in Fort Lauderdale every day. Roller and carriage replacement runs $180 – $290 per panel, including both rollers, cleaning the track, and adjusting the panel. Multipoint lock set replacement runs $240 – $390, including the handle, gearbox, rods, and re-timing the lock to the keepers. Interlock weatherstripping runs $90 – $160. A full CGI slider panel replacement, which comes up when the glass is compromised or the frame is bent, runs $1,400 – $3,200 installed depending on glass package, size, and finish.

Every price above is a written quote before work starts, and it stays that number. No change orders because we found something once the panel was off. The work is covered by our 365-Day Done Right Promise, which is 365 days, parts and labor, in writing. If a roller we installed fails within that year, the second visit is free. No charge, no argument.

DIY or Call Us?

You can safely check three things: whether the track is clean, whether the weep holes are clear, and whether the lock lever moves smoothly without forcing it. Those three checks cost you nothing and tell us a lot on the phone. What you should not do is pull the sliding panel off its track without help. A CGI slider with impact glass weighs between 200 and 400 pounds, and when it tips, it goes fast and does not stop for drywall, tile, or ankles. Replacing rollers means lifting that panel out, and it’s a two-person job with real risk if it’s done wrong. That’s the part where we’d rather you called us. The actual roller swap takes about an hour, and you’re paying for the know-how of doing it without damaging the track or the frame. Call (754) 354-1396 and we’ll walk through what you’re seeing.

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