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CGI Door Installation: The Westchester Owner’s Guide

CGI door installation in Westchester typically runs $450-$1,100 installed for a full door replacement, with most jobs completed in a single day once the unit arrives. We stock CGI-compatible hardware components on our trucks, and our crew handles the removal, square-checking, reinstallation, and weather sealing so the door operates like it did the day it left the CGI factory. Most Westchester homeowners discover the problem the same way: the door suddenly binds halfway open, the threshold corrodes after a hard rainy season, or the impact glass shows hairline cracks around the frame after a storm. That’s the moment the door stops being a door and starts being a liability.

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Which CGI Models This Applies To

CGI manufactures several impact door lines, and the installation requirements shift depending on which one you own. The CGI Estate Collection and CGI Classic Collection are the two series we see most often in Westchester homes built or renovated after 2002, when Miami-Dade’s impact code updates pushed builders toward sturdier openings. The Estate line uses a thicker frame profile, typically 4-9/16 inches, while the Classic runs closer to 3-1/4 inches, and that measurement changes everything about how the door seats into the rough opening.

Here’s the compatibility gotcha most homeowners never hear about: CGI doors installed before 2010 often used a proprietary hinge-backset pattern that is not compatible with aftermarket hardware. If your door has the original manufacturer’s label on the hinge edge, take a photo before you call anyone. If that label is gone, we measure the backset and hinge spread on-site to determine whether you need OEM CGI hardware or a quality aftermarket equivalent like Truth or Prime-Line. Winslow Windows & Doors is an independent service provider and not affiliated with CGI, but Ed Winslow has been measuring, ordering, and installing these doors for Westchester clients long enough that we can identify the series from a few photos and one measurement.

Signs Your CGI Door Installation Is Failing

• The door scrapes or binds on the threshold. In Westchester’s humidity, galvanized steel thresholds oxidize faster than most owners expect. Once the metal swells or the screws strip loose from the concrete sub-sill, the door loses its seal and the binding begins. We see this most often in homes along SW 8th Street where morning dew sits heavy on the slab.
• You feel air movement or see daylight around the frame. This usually means the weatherstripping has compressed or the original installation shimmed the frame out of plumb. A CGI door only performs to its wind-load rating when the frame is square and the seals make full contact. Gaps also invite moisture into the rough opening, which rots the wood buck over time.
• The door won’t latch without lifting the handle. This is a hinge and alignment issue, not a lock problem. Florida’s seasonal movement, especially the wet-dry cycles that run from May through November in Miami-Dade, causes the slab and lintel to shift just enough that the strike plate drifts. Forcing the handle strips the multi-point lock gears on CGI doors, which turns a small adjustment into a full hardware replacement.
• Water stains appear on the interior drywall near the door corners. This is the one symptom that spells real trouble: it means the flashing tape or the pan sill detail from the original install has failed, and water is traveling behind the frame. Westchester homes on canal-adjacent lots see this faster than inland blocks.
• The impact glass shows stress cracks or the frame powder coat is flaking. CGI’s laminated glass can handle a lot, but once the frame’s protective coating fails, the aluminum underneath starts pitting from salt air. Hairline cracks near the corners of the glass indicate the frame is twisting under load, and that door needs to come out and be reinstalled after the opening is corrected.

Replacement Cost & What’s Included

For a complete CGI door installation in Westchester, our installed prices fall into this range:

• Full door replacement, single panel, impact-rated: $450-$850
• Full door replacement, double door or French pair: $800-$1,100
• Frame correction and reinstallation of existing door: $250-$500
• Hardware and threshold replacement parts: $80-$300 depending on the CGI series and hardware pattern

The range depends on whether the rough opening needs correction, whether your existing frame is salvageable, and which CGI series you own. Every estimate is a written, line-item quote, so you see the parts cost and the labor separately. If the opening is out of square, we tell you before we start, not after. And every install carries the Done Right Promise: if it’s not right, Ed’s name is on it, and he comes back and fixes it.

DIY or Call Us?

You can safely check three things yourself: whether the door is visibly sagging from the latch side, whether the weatherstripping is compressed flat, and whether any screws on the hinge plates are loose. Tighten hinge screws with a hand screwdriver if they’re loose, not a drill, since over-torquing strips the door’s wood core. That’s the safe line.

What you should not attempt is removing a CGI impact door from its frame. These doors carry laminated glass that weighs more than standard panes, and the frame is under load from the building’s weatherproofing. One wrong move with a pry bar and you crack the glass, strip the mounting anchors, or throw the frame out of square enough that the door never seats again. That’s a $400 mistake on a $700 door. If the door is binding, leaking, or sagging, call (850) 721-1218 and we’ll schedule a time to look at it. The trip charge is waived inside our home county.

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