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AfterCGI Windows & Doors in Fort Lauderdale, FL | Winslow Windows & Doors
We provide independent CGI windows and doors service across Fort Lauderdale - repairs, rebuilds, and full replacements on everything from 8700 Series horizontals to Classic 3-Lite sliders. The one thing that makes our CGI work here different is that we actually understand Broward County’s High-Velocity Hurricane Zone rules, because Ed Winslow has been installing and repairing impact-rated product along the Las Olas corridor and the canal grid for the better part of two decades. If your CGI window is binding, leaking, or failed a post-storm inspection, call (904) 913-5886 and a live person answers - any hour, any day.
Why Fort Lauderdale Residents Choose Us for CGI Service
Most Fort Lauderdale Window Installation companies can order a CGI product. Fewer can rebuild one correctly when salt air has done its work. We’ve taken apart enough seized 8700 Series rollers and rebuilt enough 7700 Series balances to know exactly which components fail first on canal-front homes and which aftermarket shortcuts cause a window to fail an HVHZ water test a year later. Ed learned the construction trades at Miami Dade College, then spent years in the field before putting his own name on a truck - and that name goes on every job we do in Fort Lauderdale, from Sailboat Bend to Coral Ridge.
We’re CGI sales & service specialists, but we’re independent. We don’t wear a manufacturer’s badge and we don’t answer to a franchise office in another state. We answer to you, and to the city inspector who’s going to pull up the permit on the e-portal. That’s why we spec OEM CGI hardware for critical HVHZ components - interlocks, corner keys, balances - and why we’re straight with you when a repair doesn’t make financial sense versus a new HVHZ-rated insert.
Every technician who shows up at your door is background-checked and in uniform. You’ll know who’s coming before the truck pulls up. And if you call at 2 a.m. with a post-storm worry, a person picks up. Not a voicemail loop.
Common CGI Windows & Doors Problems We Solve in Fort Lauderdale
- Salt pitting on 8700 Series horizontal tracks. Canal-adjacent homes in Fort Lauderdale see aluminum tracks pit and rollers bind within five to seven years if the tracks aren’t rinsed monthly. We pull the sash, strip the old wool pile, and rebuild with marine-grade extrusion and stainless rollers so the window slides with two fingers again.
- Jalousie-to-CGI conversions with out-of-square openings. Progresso Village and Sailboat Bend are full of 1950s CBS ranch homes originally built with jalousie louvers. Those old frames settle out of square, and a CGI 7700 Series single hung installed without shimming the opening properly will drift within a season. We reframe and square the opening before the window goes in.
- Post-storm stress cracks at corner welds on 3-Lite sliders. We see hairline cracks radiating from the corner welds of Classic 3-Lite frames where the original install lacked HVHZ-rated anchors. That’s not a cosmetic issue - it’s a structural one that a Fort Lauderdale inspector will flag.
- Weathered wool pile in Estate Casement sashes. Coral Ridge and Lake Ridge sit in the path of constant onshore wind. The wool pile in casement sashes compresses under that pressure, and once it’s flat, salt spray reaches the locking mechanism and corrodes it from the inside.
- Hardware seized by marine corrosion. On homes along any of Fort Lauderdale’s roughly 165 miles of interior canals, standard fasteners and rollers simply don’t last. We replace them with stainless or marine-grade equivalents that are rated for the exposure.
CGI Service in Fort Lauderdale: What Local Conditions Mean for Your Equipment
Here’s the fact most homeowners don’t learn until the permit gets rejected: Fort Lauderdale sits inside Broward County’s High-Velocity Hurricane Zone, one of only two counties in Florida with that designation. Every replacement window or door installed here must carry a Miami-Dade Notice of Acceptance or a Florida Product Approval explicitly rated for HVHZ. A CGI window that’s perfectly legal in Orlando or Tampa - even if it’s Impact Windows in Fort Lauderdale rated - can be unpermittable in Fort Lauderdale. We’ve had homeowners bring us units they bought elsewhere, expecting a simple install, and we’ve had to explain the city’s e-permitting portal will bounce the application. That’s not bureaucracy for its own sake. That’s what keeps a window attached to your house when a Category 3 pushes off the Atlantic. We only install products whose approvals we can resolve with Fort Lauderdale’s system before we ever cut an opening. And along streets like Coral Ridge where canal water meets onshore wind, we don’t even offer product that isn’t finished for marine exposure. Anodized or thermally broken aluminum and stainless fasteners aren’t an upgrade there. They’re the minimum.
CGI Models & Products We Service in Fort Lauderdale
We work on the CGI product lines most common across Fort Lauderdale’s housing stock: 8700 Series Horizontal Roller Windows, 7700 Series Single Hung Windows, Classic 3-Lite Sliding Glass Doors, and Estate Casement Windows. Our parts approach is simple - we spec OEM CGI hardware and weatherstripping for anything that affects HVHZ compliance or structural integrity. Interlocks, corner keys, balances: always OEM. When OEM is backordered, we’ll use a marine-grade stainless aftermarket roller or fastener rather than leave you waiting through hurricane season, and we’ll tell you that’s what we’re doing before the part goes in. For faster turnaround on the coast, we keep a working stock of common CGI weatherstripping profiles and stainless hardware for the models we see most in Fort Lauderdale homes.
CGI Service Pricing in Fort Lauderdale
CGI repair work in Fort Lauderdale usually falls between $180 and $2,500, depending on the scope. A simple roller and track rebuild on an 8700 Series horizontal might run $180-$400. A full sash rebuild with new balances and weatherstripping on a 7700 Series often runs $600-$1,400. Replacing a failed 3-Lite slider with a new HVHZ-rated CGI unit - including full frame replacement and permit work - typically lands between $4,000 and $12,000, with the spread driven by opening size, marine-grade finishing, and what the existing frame looks like once we open it up. We give you a written line-item quote before work starts, and our price doesn’t change once the job is underway. Standing offers apply to every job: $40 off any repair over $200, a free second opinion on any written estimate, no trip charge inside Broward County, and a 10% discount for seniors and veterans. Call (904) 913-5886 for an exact quote - the estimate is free.
Serving Fort Lauderdale, FL - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Fort Lauderdale area and know this community well. Use the map below to see our service coverage - if you’re nearby, we can almost certainly help.
FAQs - CGI Windows & Doors in Fort Lauderdale
Check the product label or the paperwork from the original install for a Miami-Dade NOA number or a Florida Product Approval number that explicitly lists HVHZ compliance. The label is usually on the frame or the edge of the sash. If you can’t find it, we can look up the model against the approval databases and tell you what the city’s e-permitting portal is going to accept. A window that’s impact-rated but lacks the HVHZ designation won’t pass a Fort Lauderdale permit review, no matter how well it’s installed. Call (904) 913-5886 and we’ll help you sort it out before you pull anything.
Usually, yes - if the frame is still square and the corrosion hasn’t eaten into the structural corners. We rebuild 8700 Series horizontals regularly on Fort Lauderdale canal homes by replacing the track with marine-grade extrusion, swapping in stainless rollers, and rebuilding the locking mechanism with OEM CGI parts. If the mullions are corroded through or the frame has shifted out of square, rebuild costs can exceed a new HVHZ-rated insert, and we’ll tell you that honestly. Call (904) 913-5886 for a free assessment.
Those 1950s jalousie frames leave openings that are almost never square, and they often have non-standard rough opening dimensions. Installing a CGI 7700 Series single hung into that opening without reframing stresses the balances and causes sash drift within the first year, sometimes sooner. We square and reframe the opening, flash it properly for the HVHZ, and then install. It’s more work, but the alternative is a window that binds and a failed inspection. Call (904) 913-5886 for a quote on a full-frame CGI conversion.
Estate Casement windows seal tighter than sliders under wind load, which is a real advantage on exposed canal-front lots in Coral Ridge and Lake Ridge. The tradeoff is that the wool pile in casement sashes wears faster under constant onshore wind, so the weatherstripping needs replacement more often than it would a few miles inland. If you want low maintenance on a canal home, a horizontal roller with marine-grade track is the easier living choice. We’ll spec whichever fits your elevation and exposure.
It depends on the age of the unit and the original installation. Cracks radiating from corner welds usually mean the frame took stress the anchors weren’t rated for - often an original install that lacked HVHZ-rated fasteners. If the product is still under CGI’s warranty window, we can document the damage and work through the claim with you. If it’s out of warranty, we’ll give you a straight cost to repair versus replace. Call (904) 913-5886 and we’ll take a look; a second opinion on any written estimate is free.
Service Areas Near Fort Lauderdale
Our Fort Lauderdale crews cover the full Fort Lauderdale service area - from Sailboat Bend up through Coral Ridge - and we cross the county line when needed. If you’re down in Hollywood, see CGI service in Hollywood. West toward the subdivisions, we also run CGI service in Pembroke Pines. We take calls from Miramar, Pompano Beach, and Coral Springs too, and the same live-answer promise applies everywhere we work.
Book Your CGI Service in Fort Lauderdale Today
If your CGI windows or doors are binding, leaking, or flagged after a storm, don’t wait for the next inspection to force your hand. Call (904) 913-5886 and talk to a person who knows this work. Free estimates, upfront line-item pricing, and Ed’s name on the door - the one down the road.
Written by Ed Winslow, Owner at Winslow Windows & Doors, serving Fort Lauderdale since 2011.
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