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CGI Door Replacement in Los Angeles: What to Know First

CGI door replacement in Los Angeles typically costs between $2,800 and $7,500 per opening, depending on the series, size, and whether you need a full frame swap or a slab-only replacement. We complete most single-door CGI replacements in one day once the door arrives. You’ll get a written price before any work starts, not a guess that drifts upward at the door.

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This page is for homeowners in Los Angeles who already own a CGI door, have a familiarity with its impact-rated stiffness and weight, and need it replaced the right way. Whether your current CGI is rusting along the bottom rail, the hardware is sloppy from a decade of coastal air, or a hinge-side jamb is pulling loose, we’ll walk you through what’s actually wrong, what it costs, and when a replacement beats another repair. Call (682) 281-2168 and we’ll give you a straight answer.

How CGI Products Fail – and How We Fix Them

CGI builds impact-rated doors that take real abuse. They’re heavy, they’re rigid, and in Los Angeles they face a specific set of problems: coastal salt, hard sun, and settling stucco. Here’s what we actually run into:

• Bottom rail corrosion on CGI Estate Collection doors. The Estate and Elegance lines have aluminum bottom rails that hold up well inland but suffer in beach-adjacent neighborhoods like Playa del Rey or San Pedro. Salt works its way into the weatherstrip kerf and eats the rail from the inside out. By the time you see bubbling paint, the rail is often too thin to reuse. We replace the slab when the corrosion has compromised the structural lip that holds the sweep; we’re not going to patch aluminum that’s 40% gone and call it done.
• Hinge-side sag on heavy CGI Tuscany Series doors. Doors north of 150 pounds depend on the hinge screws holding into the rough opening framing, not just the jamb. In older Los Angeles homes, especially 1920s-era Spanish revivals in Los Feliz, the king stud behind the hinge side is often undersized or softened from past termite work. We inspect the framing before we hang a new slab. If it’s compromised, we reframe the rough opening on the hinge side, plate it with pressure-treated lumber, and only then set the door.
• Fogged glass units in CGI 850 Series doors. The insulated glass units in the 850 and 950 series will fog when the desiccant inside the spacer reaches saturation; in Los Angeles we see this most often on west-facing doors that bake all afternoon and then cool dramatically at night. The seal fails, condensation builds, and the glass goes hazy. The fix is a new glazing assembly. We source OEM glass when it’s available without a six-week lead, and we’re transparent when an aftermarket IG with the same U-factor and performance rating cuts the wait by two-thirds.
• Roller and track wear on CGI sliding glass doors. The 9200 and 9300 sliding product lines run on stainless rollers, but the Los Angeles dust is fine enough to wear the bearing races before the stainless ever rusts. You’ll hear a gravelly drag or feel a hard spot mid-track. Replacement of the entire carriage assembly is straightforward; what matters is matching the roller height to the original so the panel doesn’t drop and scalp the track. We measure the old carriage and match it exactly, and we install new stainless tracks when the original shows grooving.
• Multipoint lock misalignment after house settling. Los Angeles sits on shrink-swell clay; in neighborhoods like Eagle Rock and Highland Park the ground moves seasonally and takes door frames with it. A CGI Tuscany or Bordeaux door with a multipoint lock that won’t throw cleanly is often a symptom of the frame having moved, not the lock failing. We re-square the frame to the slab, adjust the lock points, and only replace the hardware if the gearbox is genuinely shot. If we replace it, we replace it with a real multipoint assembly that matches the original’s bolt pattern, not a single-point deadbolt that turns an impact-rated door into a decoration.

Our CGI Door Replacement Process

We treat CGI doors like the engineered systems they are. Here’s how a replacement actually goes, from the first call to the walkthrough:

1. 1
   You call, we listen. You describe what’s wrong, we ask specific questions: which panel, what direction it faces, how long the problem’s been there. We’ll tell you if it sounds like a repair is still on the table or if replacement is the honest call.
2. 2
   We measure in person. Either I’m on the job or one of our senior techs is. We measure the slab, the jamb depth, the rough opening, and the reveal. We’re checking for settling, water damage, and framing issues that will affect the new door.
3. 3
   Parts decision, in writing. We spec OEM CGI parts when availability and lead time support it, and we give you the trade-off on quality aftermarket parts in plain terms. You see the options, the prices, and the lead times before you commit. The written quote is the price. It doesn’t move.
4. 4
   Removal and prep. We pull the old slab or full frame, repair any framing damage, flash the opening correctly, and set the new door. We don’t bury rot and we don’t shim sloppy work.
5. 5
   Adjustment and test. We set the reveals, adjust the multipoints, level the panel, and operate the door thirty or forty times. We test the locks, the sweep, the weatherstrip. Then we run it again.
6. 6
   Walkthrough and paperwork. We show you what we did, explain what we replaced and why, and hand you a digital invoice on the spot. Your 365-Day Done Right Promise is in writing, covering parts and labor for a full year.

What CGI Door Replacement Costs in Los Angeles

Here’s what we’re telling Los Angeles homeowners when they ask, because “call for pricing” with no numbers wastes everyone’s time:

• Slab-only replacement (existing frame is sound): $2,800 to $4,200 for most CGI models, including new hardware and weatherstripping.
• Full frame replacement (jamb is damaged or you want a new threshold): $4,500 to $6,800, depending on size, swing, and series.
• Sliding glass door replacement (9200 or 9300 series): $3,500 to $7,000, including new rollers, track, and panel glass.
• Impact-rated full assembly with tint or laminated glass upgrades: $6,000 to $7,500 or more on larger openings; we’ll line-item it for you.

What moves the price: opening size, whether the frame is reusable, glass package, finish, and lead time if we’re ordering OEM CGI. We’ll line-item everything on the written quote before we start. The estimate is free. Call (682) 281-2168 and we’ll put the number in your hands.

Why Los Angeles Homeowners Call Juniper Windows & Doors for CGI Work

We’ve been doing windows and doors in Los Angeles for well over a decade, and we’re part of the Relay Home Co. family that’s been at this since 2001. CGI doors are in our wheelhouse, and so are the brands around them, PGT, CWS, ES Windows, and ECO Window Systems, which matters when you’re weighing a CGI replacement against a comparable impact-rated door from another line.

Every job gets a written price before a screw turns. If it’s not right, the 365-Day Done Right Promise covers it: parts and labor, in writing, for a full year after installation. The tech on your job is background-checked and uniformed. You get a live arrival time you can track, before-and-after photos, and a digital invoice you can pay from your phone. Call (682) 281-2168 and a live person picks up. Every time.

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