CGI Windows & Doors in Fort Lauderdale, FL

CGI Windows & Doors in Fort Lauderdale, FL | Winslow Windows & Doors

We provide independent CGI windows and doors service across Fort Lauderdale, from Coral Ridge to Rio Vista. The one thing that makes our CGI work different here is simple: we know which CGI series can legally stay in your concrete-block home under Broward County’s High-Velocity Hurricane Zone rules, and which ones need a full-opening swap before an inspector ever walks the job. If you own CGI windows or doors in Fort Lauderdale and something’s failing, call (904) 893-3309 for a straight answer and a free estimate. We’ve been cutting out and anchoring CGI products in Fort Lauderdale’s CBS homes for over a decade, working as an independent service provider, not a manufacturer affiliate.

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Why Fort Lauderdale Residents Choose Us for CGI Service

Most window crews in South Florida can hang a replacement sash. Few can tell you why a 2004 CGI 900 Series window on a Coral Ridge ranch behaves differently than the same model on a Palm Beach County house twenty miles north. That difference is the Miami-Dade Notice of Acceptance, the NOA. Fort Lauderdale sits entirely inside the HVHZ, which means every replacement window and door has to carry a Miami-Dade NOA. A lot of impact-rated products sold legally one county north don’t meet that bar here. We carry factory-trained knowledge of CGI’s 900, 700, and 600 series pressure ratings, going back to the pre-PGT acquisition era. That matters when a 2004 condo needs a matching retrofit instead of a modern product swap. Ed Winslow grew up in Miami and learned the trade at Miami Dade College’s Building Construction Technology program, where a poorly sealed window wasn’t just an eyesore, it was a liability in South Florida weather. His name is on the trucks and on the business, so every frame, seal, and hinge his crew touches gets the same standard: if it’s not done right, we come back. Our 36500-Day Done Right Promise isn’t marketing copy. It’s a century-long standard of accountability no national chain can match. When you call (904) 893-3309, a live person answers, day or night.

Common CGI Windows & Doors Problems We Solve in Fort Lauderdale

CGI builds a strong product, but Impact Windows in Fort Lauderdale face salt air, UV load, and thermal cycling that find the weak points faster than most places. Here’s what we see weekly:

• Seized hinge pivots on canal-front casements and awnings. Within two hundred feet of saltwater, salt spray clogs the capillary slots on stainless steel hinge pivots and grinds the stainless-on-stainless joints until the sash won’t budge. Homes along the Las Olas Isles and Harbor Beach canals see this constantly.
• Bow-then-snap interlock hooks on west-facing units. Afternoon UV along Federal Highway, especially with dark mullion colors, causes the meeting rail to bow on CGI impact casements. The interlock hook takes the stress and eventually snaps under wind load, even on a clear day.
• Delaminating butyl-glazed corners on 1990s stationary windows. Original CGI non-impact stationary windows with butyl-glazed corners fail at the inside lower rail on houses with unvented closet walls. Condensation rots the wood buck and the glass pack drops, a problem we see repeatedly in Tarpon River and Edgewood homes from that era.
• Corroded bottom rail miters on CGI French doors. The old-style aluminum cladding corrodes at the bottom rail miter joint in brackish-water backyards, pinching the weatherstrip so the active leaf won’t seal. If your French door faces a canal or a saltwater pool, this is a matter of time.
• Vinyl frame distortion on second-story south-facing units. Fort Lauderdale’s daily thermal cycling, combined with intense UV, causes vinyl frames to warp and blister well ahead of manufacturer ratings, which are typically validated in cooler test environments. We’ll tell you honestly whether a bow is cosmetic or structural before quoting a fix.

CGI Service in Fort Lauderdale: What Local Conditions Mean for Your Equipment

Here’s something you won’t read on a generic CGI service page, and it’s the reason a Fort Lauderdale CGI job plays by different rules than one in Pompano Beach or Deerfield Beach. Fort Lauderdale is the only major Broward coastal city where the city’s own Historic Preservation Board keeps a standing review line item for “impact window mullion reversal.” That means on contributing homes in the Idlewyld and Colee Hammock historic districts, the board requires us to flip the vertical mullion profile to match the original 1950s jalousie sightlines. That single requirement changes which CGI series you can even order. A modern Sentinel Series might carry the right pressure rating, but if the mullion profile doesn’t match the board’s jalousie sightline standard, it won’t get approved. We’ve handled enough of these to know exactly which CGI lines pass the board’s review and which ones waste your money before the permit is even filed. If you live in a historic district, don’t order windows until someone who knows this rule has looked at your elevation drawings.

CGI Models & Products We Service in Fort Lauderdale

We service the CGI lines most common in Fort Lauderdale: the Sentinel Series impact windows, the Estate Series single-hung and picture windows, the 900 Series high-velocity hurricane windows, and the 700 Series horizontal rollers. More detail on our full CGI work is on our CGI sales & service page. Our parts approach is specific. For impact-certified sashes, we always try OEM CGI hinges, interlock hooks, and corner gaskets first, because aftermarket hardware breaks the Miami-Dade NOA continuity. For cosmetic parts like screen tracks or non-structural caps on pre-2010 units, we use quality marine-grade equivalents. If a project needs more than two structural replacements on one opening, we’ll push an honest full-opening swap rather than chasing rusted hardware on a frame that’s already sacrificed its pressure rating.

CGI Service Pricing in Fort Lauderdale

FAQs - CGI Windows & Doors in Fort Lauderdale

Do CGI windows installed in a Fort Lauderdale high-rise require a Miami-Dade NOA if the building is older than 1985?
Yes, a Miami-Dade NOA is required for any replacement window or door in Fort Lauderdale, regardless of the building’s age, because the entire city falls within Broward County’s High-Velocity Hurricane Zone. The post-Surfside milestone inspection law (SB 4-D) is pushing many older A1A condominium associations into full window and door replacement programs, and those projects must meet current NOA standards, not the standards that existed when the building went up. Call (904) 893-3309 for a compliance check on your specific unit.

Can you match the original cream-white color of my 1998 CGI double hung on a concrete block ranch in Coral Ridge?
Yes, we match older CGI cream-white finishes regularly on Coral Ridge homes and across Fort Lauderdale. Up to about 2008, CGI’s cream-white had a slightly warmer cast than today’s brighter white. We use a color match against the original frame, not the faded sash, so the replacement reads as intentional rather than patchwork. If your HOA has an approved palette, we’ll pull the specific paint code before ordering anything.

What causes the interlock hook on my impact casement window to snap in the middle of the day when no hurricane is present?
What you’re describing is almost always thermal bowing. Fort Lauderdale’s daily thermal cycling, especially on west-facing or south-facing windows with dark mullion colors, causes the meeting rail to bow under sustained UV exposure. The interlock hook, designed to take wind load, bears that bowing stress instead and eventually snaps. We replace the hook with an OEM CGI part and, where the frame has bowed beyond service tolerance, discuss whether a full sash swap makes more sense than repeated hook replacements.

How do I know if my horizontal roller from the 1980s on a canal-front house is PVC or aluminum glazed into the frame?
Take a look at the bottom rail where the wheel assembly sits. If you see a color change or painted surface that doesn’t match the rest of the frame, you’re probably looking at aluminum over a wood or composite buck. If the rebate is unpainted and feels plasticky to the tap, it’s a PVC track insert. On canal-front Fort Lauderdale homes, aluminum frames with PVC inserts fail faster because the salt air corrodes the aluminum and the PVC insert traps moisture. We’ll tell you which one you’ve got during a free estimate, and whether it’s worth salvaging or if a new CGI 700 Series horizontal roller makes more sense for the location.

If I only replace the glass in a broken CGI impact window, does the NOA stay valid?
Almost never. The NOA is tied to the full assembly: frame, sash, glass package, and hardware as they were tested together. Swapping glass alone, even with the exact same laminate, technically voids the NOA in the eyes of a strict HVHZ inspector. There are narrow exceptions for certain CID (chemically strengthened) units installed pre-2001, but we won’t tell you it’s fine unless we’ve verified it against the original installation record. For most Fort Lauderdale homes, the honest answer is a full sash replacement, not a glass-only fix. Call (904) 893-3309 and we’ll tell you where your unit falls.

Service Areas Near Fort Lauderdale

Winslow Windows & Doors serves Fort Lauderdale and the surrounding Broward County communities. See our Fort Lauderdale service area page for a full map of coverage. For CGI-specific work in nearby coastal cities, visit our CGI service in Deerfield Beach and CGI service in Pompano Beach pages. We also cover Coconut Creek, Margate, and Coral Springs.

Book Your CGI Service in Fort Lauderdale Today

If your CGI windows or doors are failing, don’t wait for the next storm to test the pressure rating. Call (904) 893-3309 for a free estimate. Ed’s name is on the door, and on every job we do. The one down the road.

Written by Ed Winslow, Owner at Winslow Windows & Doors, serving Fort Lauderdale since 2011.