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CGI Sliding & Patio Doors: The Royal Palm Beach Owner’s Guide

We stock and install CGI-compatible sliding and patio door parts across Royal Palm Beach, with most roller, track, and handle replacements priced between $185 and $575 installed depending on the series and what’s worn. If you call before noon on a weekday, we can usually have a technician out the same day with the right part on the truck. Most owners discover the problem the same way: the door that used to glide with two fingers now takes a shoulder, or the handle that locked tight for fifteen years suddenly spins without catching.

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This page is written for the homeowner who already knows they have a CGI product and wants the right part matched to it, priced honestly, and installed without a second appointment. If that’s you, you’re in the right place. Dale Kessler grew up off Crestwood Boulevard and has been setting and servicing impact doors across Palm Beach County for close to three decades.

Which CGI Models This Applies To

CGI sliding and patio doors in Florida split into two main lines: the Estate Collection and the Tropic Series. The Estate line runs heavier, with wider stiles and a thicker aluminum wall, and was common on waterfront and second-story openings built between 2005 and 2018. The Tropic Series is the newer line, often specified on newer construction in Royal Palm Beach, and uses different roller assemblies and a lower-profile track than the Estate.

Here’s the compatibility gotcha that costs owners money: CGI rollers are not interchangeable between series, and we’ve pulled apart doors where a handyman forced a generic roller into an Estate door and the wheel sat 3/16″ out of plane. The door binds, the track grooves, and the repair doubles. If you’re not sure which series you have, look at the inside edge of the door panel for a small CGI sticker with a series code, or measure the roller housing height – Estate rollers measure 1-1/4″ tall, Tropic Series measure 1″ on the nose. We carry OEM CGI rollers and handles for both series on the truck, plus quality aftermarket equivalents where the OEM part is discontinued or six weeks out. We’ll show you both options on paper and let you choose.

TruePane is an independent service provider, not affiliated with CGI. But after years of service in this community, we’ve learned which parts fail and which ones hold.

Signs Your CGI Sliding & Patio Doors Is Failing

• The door takes real effort to move. This is almost always the rollers – specifically the sealed bearings on the bottom rollers corroding in Florida humidity. Royal Palm Beach sits close enough to the coast that salt air accelerates this. We see it most on west-facing doors where the afternoon heat bakes the track.
• The handle spins but won’t latch. CGI doors use a mortise-style multi-point lock. Over time, the gear inside the lock body strips, especially if the door has ever been forced or slammed. This is a safety issue if the door is your primary entry – the deadbolt isn’t engaging the jamb, even if it feels like it is.
• You hear a grinding sound when the door moves. That’s a failed roller bearing, not a dirty track. Cleaning the track gives you a day of relief at most. The roller needs replacement before the wheel flattens and cuts a groove in the aluminum track.
• The door sags or catches at the latch side. On a CGI Estate door, this often means the adjustment screws on the bottom rollers have stripped, or the roller housing itself is cracked. It’s not just an alignment issue – it’s a load-bearing part that’s given up.
• Water pools at the threshold after a heavy rain. CGI door thresholds have a weep system that drains water through small channels. When those clog with debris or the threshold gasket compresses, water has nowhere to go but inside. In Royal Palm Beach’s summer downpours, this shows up fast.

Replacement Cost & What’s Included

For Royal Palm Beach homeowners, here’s what we typically see on CGI sliding and patio door parts, installed:

• Roller replacement (both panels): $185 - $325, depending on series and whether the track needs dressing
• Handle and lock body replacement: $225 - $420, OEM vs. aftermarket hardware
• Threshold and gasket replacement: $275 - $475, including leveling and resealing
• Complete door panel reworking (rollers, handle, weatherstripping, track): $575 - $850

Every quote is parts plus labor, written out line by line before we start. You know what you’re paying before the first screw comes out. The work is backed by our Done Right Promise. If something’s not right, we make it right – no arguing, no fine print. We register both warranty layers on the replacement parts in writing before the truck leaves your driveway. That’s The Keystone Standard, and it applies to every repair we do in Royal Palm Beach.

DIY or Call Us?

Here’s the honest split. You can safely clean the track with a stiff brush and check whether the door is visibly misaligned. Spraying silicone on the track can buy a few days – but know that the problem is the roller, not the dirt. The panel itself is heavy. A CGI Estate door panel with laminated impact glass can weigh north of 250 pounds. Removing it requires two people, the right lifting technique, and knowing exactly how the roller adjustment works without stripping the housing.

We’ve been called out to fix more than one DIY attempt where the owner dropped a panel off its track and cracked the bottom rail. That’s a $1,200 mistake that started as a $245 repair. Glass work on these doors is also not a job for a homeowner – the interlayer and frame tolerances mean a wrong cut or a hard set can create a stress point that fails under storm pressure. If the pane is not true, the job is not done. If you’re not sure what you’re looking at, call (386) 251-6745 and we’ll walk you through it.

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