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CGI Door Installation: The Oakland Park Owner’s Guide

CGI door installation in Oakland Park typically runs $1,400 to $3,800 depending on door width, panel profile, and whether we’re replacing the slab or the entire frame assembly. We keep the most common CGI-compatible components on our trucks, so most jobs are done in a single visit. The way most Oakland Park homeowners discover they need this work is not dramatic: a door starts dragging on the threshold in August, a lock stops aligning cleanly, or water shows up at the sill after a hard rain.

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If you’re reading this, you probably have a CGI product that has served you through enough hurricane seasons to earn a repair or replacement conversation. What matters now is matching the existing door correctly, because CGI’s product line has real variation between series, and a mis-matched panel or threshold will never sit right.

Which CGI Models This Applies To

CGI builds impact-rated doors under several product families, and the installation details change from one to the next. The lines we work with most often in Oakland Park are the Estate Collection, the Sentinel series, and the Tuscany line. The Estate Collection and Sentinel doors share hinge prep and frame dimensions in most widths, but the Tuscany panels run a slightly thicker stile, which changes how the slab sits in the rough opening and which threshold profile works.

If you don’t know which series you have, check the hinge side of the door slab near the bottom corner. CGI stamps a label there with the series name, manufacturing date, and the Miami-Dade NOA number. That NOA number matters more than most homeowners realize: it ties your door to a specific approval drawing, and matching the replacement panel or hardware to that drawing is what keeps your impact rating intact. If the label is gone or painted over, measure the slab thickness. A true CGI impact door measures 2-1/4 inches thick at the stile, not 1-3/4. That quarter-inch difference eliminates a lot of mis-matches before we even open the wall.

On parts: we install OEM CGI hardware and sag-resistant hinges when the door’s impact rating is still active, and we’re direct about when a quality aftermarket equivalent makes sense instead. Threshold caps and weatherstripping, for example, are often better sourced from aftermarket suppliers who build them in marine-grade aluminum that holds up to Oakland Park’s humidity. We lay these options out side by side on paper, with prices, so the decision is yours in plain language.

We also stock compatible hardware for Andersen, and Pella doors, but when you have a CGI door, matching CGI-specific dimensions and fasteners is where the work actually succeeds or fails.

Signs Your CGI Door Installation Is Failing

• The door binds at the top corner in summer. This is usually the frame losing its anchor in the rough opening, often because the original installer shimmed it tight instead of leaving the 1/4-inch reveal CGI’s drawings call for. Heat expansion does the rest. In Oakland Park, we see this most on west-facing doors that take direct afternoon sun.
• You can see daylight through the weatherstripping. When the door panel is no longer square to the frame, the compression seal opens up at one corner. That’s not just a draft in July; it’s how wind-driven rain finds its way onto your floor during a storm.
• The threshold flexes when you step on it. A CGI threshold should feel solid. Flex means the support under it has rotted or compacted, which is common in Oakland Park homes where irrigation overspray has been hitting the same door for fifteen years.
• The latch no longer lines up with the strike plate. Doors settle, but when a CGI door drops enough that you have to lift the handle to lock it, the hinges are worn or the frame has shifted. Riding on a misaligned latch accelerates wear on the multipoint mechanism, which is expensive to replace.
• Water pools at the sill after a normal rain. This points to a failed sill pan or a threshold cap that has separated from the frame. On an impact door, that gap is also a pressure weak point. Water and wind rating go together.

Replacement Cost & What’s Included

What you’ll pay in Oakland Park depends on whether we’re hanging a new slab in an existing frame or pulling the entire frame and resetting it. A slab replacement on a standard 36-by-80 CGI door, with new hinges and weatherstripping, typically lands between $1,400 and $2,200 installed. A full frame-and-slab reset, which includes removing the old frame, correcting the rough opening, installing a new sill pan, and re-anchoring everything to the original Miami-Dade approval, runs $2,400 to $3,800.

Every quote we write includes the part, the labor, the fasteners, the sealant, and the disposal of the old door. No separate line for “miscellaneous.” We pull permits when the municipality requires them, which in Oakland Park is standard for exterior door replacement, and we don’t treat that as an add-on. The work is covered by our Done Right Promise, and both manufacturer warranty layers are registered in writing before we leave the driveway.

DIY or Call Us?

What you can safely check yourself: open and close the door slowly with your hand on the slab near the latch. Feel for drag, listen for scraping, and watch the gap between the door and frame as it closes. Those observations help us diagnose faster when you call.

What you should not attempt: removing a CGI impact door from its frame. These doors weigh substantially more than standard slabs, the frame anchors are under tension, and the panel’s NOA rating only holds if the reinstallation follows the original approval drawing. A door that comes off the hinges can injure someone, and a door that goes back in wrong will be out of square in twelve months. This is not a place to save a Saturday. Call us at (863) 264-3649 and we’ll look at it the right way the first time.

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