CGI Windows & Doors in Palm Beach Shores, FL

CGI Windows & Doors in Palm Beach Shores, FL | TruePane Windows & Doors

We provide independent CGI windows & doors service throughout Palm Beach Shores, from Palm Beach Shores Window Installation for single units to full frame replacements on mid-century cottages and condos. The one thing that makes our CGI work different here is simple: we’ve spent more than a decade watching what salt air from two directions does to these specific aluminum frames, and we plan every repair around that reality. If you need a CGI window or door looked at, call (954) 280-4413.

Call (954) 280-4413

TruePane Windows & Doors is not a CGI dealership and we’re not manufacturer-affiliated. We’re an independent service provider, which means we fix what’s failing without pushing you toward a replacement you don’t need yet. Dale Kessler founded this company on a rule he keeps on the whiteboard: if the pane is not true, the job is not done. That applies whether we’re resetting a single casement or tearing out a rotted rough opening on a 1960s bungalow two blocks from the inlet. Our full CGI sales & service operation covers everything CGI makes for coastal installations, and we know this town’s housing stock well enough to spot the failure before it becomes a leak. Palm Beach Shores service area coverage includes every street from the inlet south to the town line.

Why Palm Beach Shores Residents Choose Us for CGI Service

Most window companies in Palm Beach County treat CGI as just another brand on their list. We don’t, because a CGI Estate casement on Singer Island isn’t the same piece of equipment as a CGI unit sitting five miles inland in West Palm Beach. The frames are the same coming off the truck. What happens to them here isn’t. We keep Palm Beach Shores-specific corrosion and hardware degradation data for CGI’s product lines, so we can identify failure points before they become active leaks. A homeowner calls us because their slider binds in July. We show up knowing the rollers on the lagoon side are probably gone, because that’s what we’ve seen on forty other units within a quarter mile of the same water.

Our techs are background-checked and uniformed. They measure twice before a truck moves. And they’ve spent years working glass and framing in South Florida’s coastal corridor, from Coral Ridge to Dania Beach. Dale learned the trade the hard way, growing up in Sailboat Bend watching his father reseal jalousie windows in ninety-degree humidity, then through the construction and building trades program at McFatter Technical College in Davie. He’s been in impact-rated units long enough to know that what works in Dania won’t always survive on a barrier island with a lagoon on one side and the Atlantic on the other.

Common CGI Windows & Doors Problems We Solve in Palm Beach Shores

Here’s what we actually see on service calls in this town, and how the local environment causes each one:

• Anodized aluminum frame pitting along ocean-facing and lagoon-facing edges. This starts within two to four seasons on Singer Island. The west-facing lagoon side is often worse than the ocean side, which surprises homeowners until they realize the Intracoastal pushes salt-laden air against their glass all day long. Once the anodized layer is breached, the aluminum underneath corrodes and the frame loses structural integrity.
• Weep hole clogging and seal delamination in double-pane units. Barrier-island humidity means constant condensation cycling. The weep holes that are supposed to drain moisture get crusted shut with salt, water backs up, and the seals between panes fail. You’ll see fogging, then staining on the interior sill, then water in the drywall below the window.
• Roller and hinge corrosion on sliding and casement windows. Original CGI hardware that wasn’t marine-grade stainless starts binding within a few years here. Sliding doors grind instead of glide. Casement cranks get stiff and eventually snap. The mechanism isn’t bad; it’s just not built for this particular salt load.
• Full frame corner seal failure on original CGI units. Older installs, before improved marine-grade glazing tapes became standard, lose their corner seals. Water works its way in at the jamb base and along the sill. You get staining first, then soft drywall, then mold in the wall cavity if nobody catches it.
• Rotted rough openings behind corroded frames. Palm Beach Shores homes built in the 1950s through 1970s frequently still have their original aluminum-frame windows. By the time we’re called, the frame has been pitted for years, and water has been getting into the rough opening the whole time. The CGI unit might be repairable, but the framing around it often needs structural remediation before anything new goes in.

CGI Service in Palm Beach Shores: What Local Conditions Mean for Your Equipment

Palm Beach Shores is the only municipality in Palm Beach County where every residential lot sits within 1,500 feet of both the Atlantic Ocean and Lake Worth Lagoon, which is why Palm Beach Shores Door Installation here requires specialized corrosion protection. That’s not an interesting piece of trivia. It’s the reason we spec dual-grade corrosion protection on both the ocean-side and lagoon-side hardware for every CGI install here. We don’t have to write that spec for neighboring Riviera Beach or even for most Singer Island addresses outside the town limits. The geography puts this entire town in a wind-driven salt bath from two directions, with no inland buffer. Hardware that would last fifteen years in Palm Beach Gardens lasts five here if it’s not marine-grade stainless, and a frame that’s only anodized on the visible face will pit from the back side where nobody looks until the leak shows up indoors. Locals on Coconut Lane and Hummingbird Way know this. The lagoon-facing windows fail nearly as fast as the ocean-facing ones, because the Intracoastal never stops delivering salt into the air. If your CGI unit is original to a house built before the 1980s, there’s a good chance the frame is already compromised even if the glass looks fine.

On Coconut Lane, our crew replaced a 1970s-era CGI Sentinel single-hung that had lost its weep holes to salt crust and was draining water inside the drywall. The original aluminum frame was pitted so deep on the lagoon side that we set a full-frame replacement with a new CGI Estate impact unit and upgraded the jamb hardware to stainless steel. Two seasons later, the customer’s neighbor on Hummingbird Way called us for the same failure on their ocean-facing picture window.

CGI Models & Products We Service in Palm Beach Shores

We service the full CGI lineup you’re likely to find on Singer Island: the Estate Collection casement and awning windows, the Sentinel Series single-hungs and picture windows, and the Targa Series impact sliders and doors. Most of the original units in Palm Beach Shores homes are Sentinels from the post-war building boom, but we see plenty of Estate casements going into the newer and renovated condos along the inlet.

On parts, our approach depends on the unit’s age and warranty status. For any CGI product still under warranty, or where an exact color and finish match matters, we use OEM seals, rollers, and hinges. When the warranty’s done and the salt has already eaten one set of hardware, we upgrade to marine-grade stainless aftermarket parts. That hardware beats the salt-air failure cycle instead of just resetting the clock on it. We stock common CGI parts locally so Palm Beach Shores turnaround doesn’t wait on a warehouse in Doral.

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Service Areas Near Palm Beach Shores

We service Palm Beach Shores and the surrounding coastal communities, including homes along the inlet and down toward Acacia Villas. If you’re just across the bridge or a few minutes south, we’re already working in your area. For customers further down the coast, we also offer CGI service in Palmetto and CGI service in Palmetto Bay.

Book Your CGI Service in Palm Beach Shores Today

If your CGI windows or doors are showing signs of salt damage, don’t wait for the next storm to find the weak spot. Call (954) 280-4413 to schedule a free estimate. We answer the phone with a live person, and we’ll be there when we say.

Written by Dale Kessler, Owner at TruePane Windows & Doors, serving Palm Beach Shores since 2008.