CGI Door Installation Nationwide

CGI Door Installation: The Orlando Owner’s Guide

CGI door installation in Orlando typically runs $850 to $2,400 installed, depending on whether we’re swapping hardware, replacing a threshold assembly, or setting a new impact-rated slab into an existing frame. Most CGI door hardware and threshold work is completed the same day we arrive, since our trucks carry common CGI series components. The usual path to this page is a door that started sticking in June humidity, a threshold that’s letting afternoon thunderstorms weep water across the tile, or a handle set that finally gave up after ten years of daily Florida use.

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Westlight Windows Orlando is an independent installer, not a CGI factory affiliate. That matters because we can tell you honestly when the right fix is a CGI-manufactured part and when a quality aftermarket equivalent will hold up just as well in a Kissimmee summer.

Which CGI Models This Applies To

CGI manufactures impact-rated doors across several series lines, but in Orlando we mostly see three: the Estate Collection, the Harmony series, and the commercial-grade Sentry line. Each series uses slightly different hardware geometry, which is the single most common compatibility gotcha. A hinge from an Estate door will not align cleanly on a Harmony frame without re-mortising, and the roller assemblies are sized differently between residential and commercial Sentry units.

How we identify the right part: Every CGI door carries a label on the hinge-side edge of the slab, usually silver with the series name and a manufacturing code. If that label is worn off (sun and salt air eat adhesive here faster than anywhere in the state), we measure the door thickness and the distance between hinge screw centers. Estate doors are standard 1¾-inch slabs. Sentry doors are 2¼-inch thick. That alone tells us 90 percent of what we need to know before we ever open a parts catalog.

For OEM versus aftermarket: CGI’s own hardware is well-built and matches perfectly, but it carries a factory premium and can take two to three weeks to arrive from their Florida distribution arm. For most Orlando homes, a quality aftermarket equivalent from a brand like Prime-Line or Ultra Hardware installs cleanly, meets the same wind and corrosion standards, and saves $80 to $200 per component. We stock both and tell you the price difference before any work starts.

Signs Your CGI Door Installation Is Failing

• The door drags or catches at the top corner when you open it. In Orlando, this is usually hinge wear accelerated by humidity cycling, not a foundation problem. CGI’s steel-reinforced hinge pockets hold up, but the hinge pins themselves develop play over time and let the slab settle.
• Water appears on the interior floor after a heavy storm, even with the door closed. This points to a failed threshold cap or a compressed sill gasket. CGI thresholds are aluminum with a vinyl thermal break; the vinyl gap seal hardens in Florida UV and stops rebounding after about six to eight years.
• You can see daylight through the weather stripping when the door is latched. The door has dropped, the frame has shifted, or the sweep has worn flat on one side. CGI uses a proprietary dual-fin sweep on impact doors; aftermarket generics do not seal the same channel.
• The handle set feels loose and the deadbolt no longer throws fully into the striker plate. This is a door alignment issue, not a lock problem. When a CGI slab settles out of square, the latch and deadbolt sit just low enough to bind. Tightening handle screws alone won’t fix it.
• Closing the door requires a hard pull to get it past the latch. The reveal between the slab and the jamb has tightened on the latch side. In Orlando’s wet season, this often follows months of slow hinge-pin wear that went unnoticed during the cooler, drier months.

Replacement Cost & What’s Included

Here’s what CGI door installation work runs in the Orlando market, based on the jobs we’ve priced across Winter Park, College Park, Kissimmee, and the Dr. Phillips corridor:

• Handle set and deadbolt replacement: $130 – $380 installed, depending on whether the door needs re-alignment for the deadbolt to throw cleanly.
• Threshold and sill gasket replacement: $220 – $520 installed, including removal of the old threshold, fastener replacement, and a new exterior sealant bead.
• Hinge replacement (3-hinge set) and door re-alignment: $180 – $410, including adjusting the reveal so the slab sits square in the frame.
• Full slab replacement (new CGI impact door, existing frame): $1,800 – $2,400 installed, which includes shimming, hardware transfer, and weather seal replacement at all three sides.

Every price is written down before we start. You’ll see the part line items and the labor separately, and that number does not change at the door. The work carries our Kingswell Guarantee, and if something fails inside the one-year window, we come back and fix it at no charge. That’s not a prorated credit or a phone-tree runaround; it’s a return visit, scheduled, on our dime.

DIY or Call Us?

You can safely check three things yourself. Look at the gap between the door and the frame on the latch side; it should be even top to bottom. Examine the sweep under the door; if the vinyl fin is curled or torn, that’s a replacement item. Test the handle latching with the door open; if it latches cleanly out of the frame but binds when closed, the problem is alignment, not hardware.

But when a threshold has to come out, the old silicone has to be cut cleanly, the new assembly seated level, and the door re-hung to match it. We’ve seen homeowners half-remove a CGI threshold, discover the screws are corroded into the concrete subfloor, and end up with a door that won’t close for three days. If you’re not sure whether your issue is hardware, weather seal, or slab alignment, call (850) 493-7894 and describe what’s happening. We’ll tell you over the phone whether it’s a job for us or something a screwdriver and ten minutes can solve.

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