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We provide independent CGI window and door service across Lantana, from full-frame impact conversions on 1950s CBS homes to hardware and seal repairs on newer units. What makes our CGI work different here is that we treat every job as a structural retrofit, not a simple swap, because Lantana’s cast-in-place jalousie openings and double-sided salt air don’t allow for shortcuts. If your CGI windows or doors are failing, call (754) 238-2201 and we’ll send a tech who measures twice before touching anything.
Why Lantana Residents Choose Us for CGI Service
We’ve been working on CGI products long enough to know which model lines hold up on Lantana streets and which ones need extra attention. The CGI sales & service work we do isn’t guesswork: our crews understand the Estate Collection, Classic Impact Series, Sentinel Series, and Estate Casement Impact Series down to their extrusion profiles and hinge tolerances. Dale Kessler, our owner, has been measuring, sourcing, and setting windows in South Florida for going on three decades, and he still measures every job himself. Measure it right the first time, or plan on coming back.
We’re an independent CGI service provider. We are not manufacturer-affiliated, and we don’t pretend to be an authorized dealer. That independence means we recommend what actually works for your house, not what a franchise playbook tells us to push. For Lantana homeowners, that usually means addressing the masonry before the window.
Common CGI Windows & Doors Problems We Solve in Lantana
- Salt-air pitting on CGI aluminum sills and jamb flashings. Lantana sits between the Intracoastal and the Atlantic, so the onshore wind carries salt across every street in town, not just waterfront lots. Original CGI sills set into CBS walls without proper isolation start showing pinhole corrosion within a decade, especially where the louvered frames were cast directly into masonry.
- Weep-hole clogging from wind-driven salt and sand. We see standing water in CGI fixed-panel tracks all over east Lantana. When those weep holes clog, the seal fails and the track starts holding water against the frame. That’s a seal replacement and a track cleanup, not just a wipe-down.
- Racked CGI frames from jalousie-to-impact retrofits that reused the old aluminum buck. The original cast-in-place openings in Lantana’s CBS homes weren’t squared to modern unit tolerances. When a previous installer shimmed a new CGI impact unit into that old buck, the frame eventually racks and the fin seals tear. We see this on a lot of 1950s and 60s homes.
- Roller lift-off on CGI sliding glass doors. Fine salt grit packs into the bottom track, especially east of Dixie Highway where the ocean air reaches every elevation. Once that grit binds the rollers, the door starts dragging, then lifting off the track. It’s rebuildable if you catch it before the roller housing scores the track.
- Failed fin seals on full-frame CGI conversions where the rough opening wasn’t properly re-bucked. This is the one we see most often after someone else did the install. The window looks fine for a year or two, then the first summer storm drives water behind the stucco because the seal was never set square.
CGI Service in Lantana: What Local Conditions Mean for Your Equipment
Lantana’s entire municipal footprint sits inside the salt-air corrosion zone created by the Intracoastal on the east and the Atlantic less than a mile beyond. That’s not marketing language. The Florida Building Code wind-borne debris region for coastal Palm Beach County treats every structure here as a high-wind, high-corrosion site, which means non-impact glazing is essentially non-viable for replacement work. Layered on top of that, Lantana’s post-WWII CBS housing stock still carries a large share of original louvered jalousie windows with zero hurricane rating. A jalousie-to-impact swap here is never just a window job: the original louvered frames were cast into the CBS wall without a standard buck, so crews typically spend the first hour or two with a grinder and hydraulic hammer reshaping the masonry opening before a new CGI impact unit can even be test-fit. Homeowners on W Lantana Rd and the streets running east toward the water deal with this on nearly every quote. On one job off W Lantana Rd, we pulled a set of salt-pitted 1967 jalousie windows off a CBS wall and found their cast-in-place frames had no buck behind the exterior stucco. Our tech spent two hours with a grinder and hydraulic hammer squaring the openings, then set a full-frame CGI Estate impact unit with new masonry anchors and a corrosion-rated sill pan. That homeowner passed Palm Beach County wind mitigation inspection the next day. That’s what a real Lantana CGI job looks like.
CGI Models & Products We Service in Lantana
We service the full current-impact CGI lineup: the Estate Collection, Classic Impact (CI) Series, Sentinel Series, and Estate Casement Impact Series. On the parts side, we use CGI OEM extrusions, hinges, and balance hardware from our stock of current-impact product approvals whenever they’re available. For discontinued trim or fasteners on 1990s-era units, we move to corrosion-rated aftermarket parts only after our tech confirms the correct Florida Product Approval remains valid. That matters in Lantana, where a cheap non-rated screw will be rust-colored dust within five years. Our honest rule on repair versus replace: if the frame is pitted through at the sill or a jalousie opening requires a full buck, replacement costs less than repeated patch repairs.
CGI Service Pricing in Lantana
CGI service pricing in Lantana runs on the higher end for Palm Beach County because of the masonry rework most jobs require, so plan for structural labor on top of the Lantana Window Installation or door cost. A simple track rebuild or hinge replacement might run in the low hundreds; a full jalousie-to-impact conversion with a new buck, masonry anchors, and a corrosion-rated sill pan starts well over a thousand and goes up with the size of the opening and the condition of the block. What you’re paying for is the grinder time, the anchor work, and the fact that the opening gets squared to modern tolerances, not just shimmed. A free estimate from us includes a written line-item breakdown so you see exactly what’s structural and what’s product. Call (754) 238-2201 and we’ll walk the job with you.
Serving Lantana, FL - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Lantana 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 Lantana
Lantana is one of the only towns in Palm Beach County where the building department requires a site-specific masonry-rework plan on record for any jalousie-to-impact conversion, because the original cast-in-place openings don’t use standard window bucks. In most neighboring towns, the original rough opening is close enough to a modern unit size that an insert can be set with shims. Here, the opening has to be squared, patched, and re-bucked before the CGI unit goes in, and our permits reflect that structural work. Call (754) 238-2201 if you want to know what your specific opening will need, and we’ll tell you straight.
Yes, with one condition: the frame has to be isolated from the masonry and the sill pan has to be corrosion-rated. The CGI Estate Collection fixed units are impact-rated and built for coastal wind loads, but salt-air pitting attacks the aluminum where it contacts untreated concrete or sits in standing water, not the glazing itself. We set them with corrosion-rated pans and proper flashing, and we’ve seen those units hold up on east Lantana homes where older frames were already failing at ten years.
Usually, yes, as long as the masonry opening is properly re-bucked and the new unit is anchored to the block, not the old trim. The Florida Building Code wind-borne debris requirement cares about the glazing and the anchoring system, not the interior casing. But Lantana’s building department will want to see the masonry-rework plan and the Florida Product Approval for the specific CGI unit, and we handle that paperwork as part of every job. Call (754) 238-2201 for an exact assessment of your house.
That’s salt grit in the bottom track, and it’s worse east of US-1 because the onshore wind from the Atlantic carries fine sand and salt that settle into the roller channel. A mile inland, the same door doesn’t see that concentrated airborne salt, so the track stays cleaner. The fix is a proper track rebuild with the rollers cleaned or replaced, and we usually recommend a track cover or more frequent cleaning for east-facing Lantana homes that need Lantana Door Installation. If the binding has already scored the track, replacement may be cheaper than rebuilding.
That depends entirely on your HOA’s governing documents, and Lantana has enough small subdivisions that there’s no single answer. Some HOAs here require an architectural review for any change to the exterior window profile; others defer to Palm Beach County code and don’t care as long as the permit is pulled. We always recommend checking your HOA’s rules before we pull a permit, and we’ll provide the product specs and drawings if your board needs them. Call (754) 238-2201 and we’ll help you figure out what your HOA actually requires.
Service Areas Near Lantana
Our crews run CGI service calls throughout central and coastal Palm Beach County, and we’re familiar with the housing stock in every direction from Lantana. We take on work in Lantana service area, CGI service in Largo for homes further south, and CGI service in Lauderdale-by-the-Sea for coastal Broward. Each town has its own code quirks and corrosion profile, and we know them all.
Book Your CGI Service in Lantana Today
Call (754) 238-2201 for a free estimate on CGI service in Lantana. A live person answers the phone, day or night, and we’ll schedule a tech to measure, quote, and register both warranty layers in writing before the truck leaves your driveway. We’ll be there when we say.
Written by Dale Kessler, Owner at TruePane Windows & Doors, serving Lantana since 2008.
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