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CGI Door Installation: The Coral Springs Owner’s Guide

CGI door installation in Coral Springs typically runs $850 to $2,400 installed, depending on the door model, the frame condition, and whether it’s a slab swap or a full frame-out. We stock the common CGI hinge sets, sweep assemblies, and frame components on our trucks, so most jobs are finished in one visit. Most Coral Springs homeowners learn they have a failed CGI door the hard way: the slab starts dragging against the jamb in August, or the deadbolt no longer lines up with its strike plate after a rain storm. That is the frame or the hinges telling you something moved.

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Let’s be honest about what a CGI door is and what it is not. CGI, based in Miami, builds hurricane-rated doors engineered for South Florida’s wind codes. They make a serious product, and when the rough opening is out of true or the install was rushed, that product fails in specific, predictable ways. We are an independent service provider, not affiliated with CGI. Our job is to match the right part, set it true, and register the warranty layers before we leave the driveway. Dale Kessler grew up in the Ramblewood neighborhood of Coral Springs, watching his father reseal jalousie windows before every summer storm. He has been reading rough openings for over four decades, and he will tell you the same thing on every job: measure it right the first time, and the rest of the job takes care of itself.

Which CGI Models This Applies To

CGI’s product line includes the Estate Collection, the Tribute Series, and the Classic line, along with their newer Sentry impact-rated doors. The hinge geometry and frame depth differ between series, which is a compatibility gotcha that catches a lot of people. A hinge from the Estate Collection will not seat properly on a Tribute Series jamb, even though both doors are 1¾ inches thick. It looks close until you try to close the slab and the reveal goes uneven.

Identifying your CGI door is straightforward if you know where to look. The manufacturer label is on the hinge edge of the slab, about a foot up from the bottom, and it carries the model number and the wind-load rating. If that label is gone or faded past reading, measure the slab thickness, the hinge spread, and the frame depth, and bring us those numbers or a photo. For most CGI hardware, we start with OEM parts because the hinge and lock geometry is spec’d to within a few thousandths of an inch. There are quality aftermarket equivalents for sweeps, rollers, and weatherstripping, and we will quote those side by side on paper so you see exactly what you are buying. South Florida is hard on exterior doors, and the salt and humidity here in Coral Springs punish poor hardware fast. A door that closes tight in January will bind in July if the frame was set wrong or the hinges were undersized for the slab weight. Years of local service, we have seen every variation of that failure.

Signs Your CGI Door Installation Is Failing

• The slab scrapes the threshold on the latch side. This is almost always a frame settlement or an oversized slab torquing on hinges that were never rated for the weight. In Coral Springs, the summer moisture cycle swells the frame, and the scrape shows up first on the strike side.
• The deadbolt no longer throws true. When the strike plate and the bolt do not line up, the frame has shifted or the hinge screws have wallowed out their holes. It is not just a nuisance; it means the door is no longer sealing or locking the way CGI engineered it.
• You feel light or see daylight at the top corner. A torch, a laser line, or just a thin strip of daylight means the reveal has moved. The weatherstripping cannot compensate for a frame that is out of square, and the leak is costing you conditioned air.
• The door swings closed or open on its own. Gravity always wins. When a slab drifts, the frame is out of plumb. That is a hinge and jamb issue, not something shims will fix long-term.
• You hear a metallic groan or pop every time the door moves. That is the hinge knuckle or the pin binding. Ignore it and you will be replacing the leaf, not just adjusting it.

Replacement Cost & What’s Included

In Coral Springs, a hinge and realignment service comes out to around $850 to $1,200 when the frame is salvageable. Full slab replacement with new hardware and weatherseal runs $1,800 to $2,400. If we have to pull and reset the frame because the rough opening was never right, you are at the top of that range or a little beyond, because that is the job where all the hidden trouble lives.

Every quote is a line item. Part cost, labor hours, disposal, and the hardware you chose. No change orders because we read the opening before we quote it. Both warranty layers, the manufacturer’s and ours, get registered in writing before our truck leaves your driveway. Our workmanship is protected by the Done Right Promise, because if the pane is not true, the job is not done, and the same rule applies to every CGI door we hang.

DIY or Call Us?

You can safely check the reveal with a tape measure, tighten the hinge screws, and feel for air leaks around the weatherstripping. That tells you what you are dealing with. What you should not do is pull hinge pins out of a 200-pound impact-rated slab while the door is still hanging. Those doors are heavy, the hinge tension is real, and a slab that kicks off the jamb can take a person down with it. We have made that tight-rope repair more than once, and we would rather explain it on the phone than watch someone get hurt in their own garage.

The honest split is this: if the door scrapes, sags, or the deadbolt will not throw, you are not going to fix it with a screwdriver. The frame needs to be read, the hinges matched to the slab weight, and the whole assembly set plumb and square. That is our work, and we will be there when we say. Call (727) 261-2215 for a straight answer and a free estimate.

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