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AfterCGI Custom Windows & Doors in Miami Beach: What to Know First
We provide independent CGI custom windows and doors service across Miami Beach, from Custom Shape Windows and Architectural Grilles to oversized glass panels and commercial storefront work. Most CGI jobs are quoted within one business day and completed in a single visit, with both warranty layers registered in writing before our truck leaves the driveway. We are not the low bid, and we do not pretend to be. We are the crew you call when the window has to be right the first time and the company standing behind it has to answer the phone ten years from now. This page is for CGI owners in Miami Beach who need straight answers on repair, replacement, and real pricing. Call (386) 406-9359 for a free estimate.
How CGI Products Fail - and How We Fix Them
CGI builds a serious impact product. The frames are heavy aluminum, the glass is laminated, and the hardware is cut for coastal duty. But after enough Miami Beach salt seasons, even the best extrusion shows its age in predictable places. Here is what we see most often on CGI windows and doors, and what we actually do about it.
- Stiff or binding casement cranks on the Estate Collection. The gear in a CGI casement operator is built tight, which is a good thing until salt fog and fine sand settle into the grease. The symptom is a crank that turns hard, then harder, until the homeowner is afraid the handle will snap. We strip the operator, clean the gear teeth with a solvent that will not attack the housing, repack it with a marine-grade lubricant, and set the sash back to square. On units where the gear is already chipped, we replace it with the CGI-spec part rather than filing it smooth and hoping.
- Sagging slider panels on older CGI 8600 Series doors. A three-panel CGI slider carries real weight, and the original rollers were not always kind to it. When a panel drags on the track or lifts unevenly at the handle, the cause is usually a collapsed roller bearing, not a bent frame. Homeowners will sometimes ask if they can shim the track. Do not. The fix is a roller swap and a track cleaning, then a squareness check on the panel so the interlock hooks land where they were designed to.
- Fogged laminated glass in CGI fixed units and Custom Shape Windows. Miami Beach humidity finds any path into a failed edge seal. On a trapezoid or radius CGI lite, the glass is not a stock shelf item anywhere; it is cut to the opening and ordered through a fabricator we trust with CGI spec lamination. We remove the old lite, measure the sightline in three places so the replacement lands dead in the channel, and set it with new setting blocks. A fogged CGI lite will not clear up on its own, and leaving it wet will eventually ghost the interlayer.
- Hallway noise or drafts around fixed storefront frames. We see this on Miami Beach condos where the original CGI storefront was glazed with a dry gasket that has since shrunk to the consistency of a cracker. Air moves around the glass edge, the lite rattles in a wind gust, and the owner thinks the whole frame needs replacement. Most of the time it does not. We pull the stops, clean the glaze pocket, install fresh wedge gaskets sized to the actual lite thickness, and shim the lite true before the stops go back in. The pane does not move. The draft stops.
- Failed interlock weatherstripping on CGI HInged or French door units. The astragal on a CGI French door carries a vinyl fin that flattens after years of sun and door slams. The symptom is a sliver of daylight at the meeting stile and water on the floor in a driving rain. The repair is not a $12 adhesive strip from a hardware store. We spec the correct CGI interlock profile, replace it in the full length, and adjust the door so the two panels meet flush without binding at the head.
Our CGI Custom Windows & Doors Process
We do not guess, and we do not quote over the phone without seeing the unit. Here is how a CGI job goes at TruePane Windows & Doors.
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Call and talk to a person. A live person answers (386) 406-9359 any hour, including weekends. No voicemail tree. You describe the symptom; we ask a few specific questions about the unit and the weather exposure. If it sounds like an emergency, we tell you exactly what to do in the meantime.
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Site visit and measurement. A background-checked, uniformed technician comes to the property at the scheduled time. We measure the opening twice, check the reveal on all four sides, and look for the second problem that often hides behind the first one. Miami Beach buildings settle; an opening that was square in 2004 is not guaranteed to be square today.
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Side-by-side parts and glazing quote on paper. We show you the OEM part price and the quality aftermarket option if one is appropriate for that unit, with the warranty difference stated plainly. No fine print. No “we will know the price when we open it up.”
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The work. We execute the repair or replacement, setting the glass or hardware to spec, shimming and leveling as needed, and cleaning the job site before we leave. On a replacement, both manufacturer warranty layers are registered in writing, and the durations are written on your paperwork.
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Test and walkthrough. We cycle the window or door in front of you, check the interlock, the drain weep, and the seal, and hand you the paperwork. If it is not right in the opening, it is not right. We do not leave until it is.
What CGI Custom Windows & Doors Costs in Miami Beach
Real numbers, based on what we have quoted across Miami Beach over the past several seasons. A CGI casement crank rebuild with cleaning and lubrication runs $185-$265. A slider roller replacement with track service runs $240-$380, depending on panel count and roller condition. A replacement laminated lite for a custom CGI shape ranges $450-$900 installed, driven by glass size, shape complexity, and whether the lite is clear or tinted. Full replacement of a single CGI casement window in an existing opening runs $1,400-$2,600; a storefront glass replacement runs $900-$2,200 depending on lite size and access. What moves the price is glass area, shape, frame condition, floor level, and whether the original installation left anything we have to correct. We quote a fixed number before the work begins, in writing, and the number does not change once we start. Call (386) 406-9359 for a free estimate on your specific unit.
Why Miami Beach Homeowners Call TruePane Windows & Doors for CGI Work
We have been working on Miami Beach window and door openings for more than twenty years, and Dale Kessler grew up in the Normandy Isles section of this city, where the salt air off the Intracoastal teaches you exactly what a poorly sealed frame looks like after two hurricane seasons. Our work on CGI units is shaped by that experience. Every job carries our Done Right Promise: if it is not done right, we make it right, with no paperwork fight and no arguing. Both manufacturer warranty layers are registered in writing before the truck leaves the driveway, and the durations are stated on your estimate. We are also an authorized installer for more than a dozen other manufacturer lines including, and PGT, so if a CGI unit is beyond sensible repair, we can show you honest side-by-side replacement options on paper, with prices, not sales language.
FAQs
As an independent CGI service provider, we cannot extend CGI’s own manufacturer warranty, but we do register all replacement manufacturer warranty layers in writing and cover our workmanship for 90 days under the Done Right Promise. Where the repair uses a CGI-spec or OEM part, the part itself usually carries its own manufacturer coverage. We will tell you exactly what is covered, what is not, and for how long, on paper, before we start. Call (386) 406-9359 to discuss your specific unit.
The honest answer depends on the frame condition and what is failing. A worn operator, roller, or gasket is a repair. A lite with a failed seal is usually a glass-only replacement, even if the frame is perfectly sound. But a twisted frame, a cracked weld corner, or a unit that has been caulked closed by three different hands is a replacement candidate, and we will tell you that to your face rather than taking the repair money. A free estimate answers the question. Call (386) 406-9359.
Yes. Custom Shape Windows are templated from the existing opening or from the frame itself when the glass is out, so the replacement lite lands true in the original channel. We measure the sightline in three places on every lite, and we do not accept a fabricator’s tolerance if it will not set square. If the pane is not true in the opening, it goes back. Call (386) 406-9359 for an exact quote on your shape.
Common parts like operators, rollers, interlock weatherstripping, and balance assemblies are usually available in one to three business days through our supply channels. Custom laminated glass takes longer, typically one to two weeks, because it is cut to shape and laminated to spec, not pulled from a shelf. We will give you a straight timeline when we quote, and we will not leave you with a tarped opening while you wait. Call (386) 406-9359 to check availability on your unit.
It covers our workmanship, plain and simple. If the window or door we touched is not functioning the way it should within 90 days of the completed job, we return and correct it at no charge. No paperwork fight, no “that is not covered by the fine print,” no arguing. We stand behind it, in writing. Call (386) 406-9359 for a free estimate and the exact terms on paper.
Written by Dale Kessler, Owner, TruePane Windows & Doors at TruePane Windows & Doors, serving Miami Beach and nearby areas.
Six Reasons Homeowners Choose TruePane Windows & Doors
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