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PGT Window Installation: The West Palm Beach Owner’s Guide

PGT window installation in West Palm Beach typically runs $85-$220 per window for a standard sash, balance, or weatherstrip replacement, with full frame installs landing between $300 and $600 depending on the series and opening size. If your PGT window is sticking, sagging, or letting daylight through the seals, we usually fix it same-day because our trucks carry the most common PGT parts for the WinGuard, SpectraGuard, and 7700 series lines. You’ll notice it first as a window that won’t stay open or a room that suddenly feels ten degrees warmer at 2 p.m. That’s Florida telling you the window is done, and ignoring it means higher electric bills and a bigger job later.

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Which PGT Models This Applies To

We work on the full PGT residential lineup: WinGuard aluminum and vinyl, SpectraGuard, ClassicVue, and the 7700/770 Series. The model number is on a silver or white sticker on the frame edge, usually near the top of the sash. Peel it back gently and you’ll see a code like “PGT-5500” or “WINGUARD 7700” followed by the size in inches. Write that down before you call us; it saves you a trip charge and saves us the guesswork.

Here’s the compatibility gotcha most West Palm Beach homeowners don’t know: PGT changed their balance and pivot shoe design around 2014, so a part from a 2009 WinGuard won’t necessarily fit a 2019 one even if the window looks identical. The pivot shoe depth differs by 1/8″ between generations, and forcing an older shoe into a newer frame either shatters the corner or voids whatever warranty was left. For PGT specifically, we lean OEM for anything structural (sashes, balances, interlock assemblies) and use high-grade aftermarket for wear items like weatherstrip and glazing bead, where the aftermarket material often handles salt air better than the original. We’re an independent installer and repair shop, not a PGT dealer or factory service center, which means we’ll tell you when aftermarket is genuinely equal and when it isn’t.

Signs Your PGT Window Installation Is Failing

• Sash won’t stay up, or drops the second you let go. The spring balance inside the side jamb has snapped or fatigued. In West Palm Beach humidity, the steel inside the balance tube corrodes faster than manufacturers admit, and once it binds, the window becomes a deadweight.
• The window takes real effort to slide or crank. Dirt and salt film build up in the track, but if cleaning doesn’t fix it, the pivot bar or shoe is wearing out. Forced operation strips the keeper and turns a $40 balance job into a $160 tear-out.
• Visible daylight or a breeze coming through the closed sash. The weatherstrip has compacted or the interlock isn’t seating. With air conditioning running eight months a year, that gap is money leaving the house.
• The lock no longer lines up with the keeper. The sash has dropped on one side, usually from a failed balance. Locking a misaligned PGT window bends the locking cam and then you’ve got two problems.
• Water staining the stool or seeping under the frame after a storm. The glazing bead may have shrunk, or the installation flashing from the original job failed. On impact-rated PGT frames, water intrusion often means the sealant bed has aged out, and that’s a call you don’t want to put off until August.

Replacement Cost & What’s Included

Here’s what we charge for common PGT window installation work here in West Palm Beach:

• Balance or pivot shoe replacement: $85-$130 per window, parts and labor
• Weatherstrip and seal replacement: $65-$110 per window
• Sash replacement (OEM PGT): $190-$340 per sash
• Full window install, standard size: $300-$600 per opening
• Full install for large or custom geometric PGT windows: $600-$1,100 per opening

The final number depends on the series, the size, and whether the frame itself is still sound. Every estimate is line-itemed before work starts, so the price we quote is the price you pay, no change orders because a tech “discovered” something mid-job. Every repair carries our workmanship warranty, and the parts carry their manufacturer warranty. Our technician shows up in a uniform, with the parts on the truck, and you’ll know what the job costs before the first tool comes out.

DIY or Call Us?

You can safely clean the tracks, clear the weep holes, and check for a visible sticker to get your model number. Past that, PGT windows fight back. The balances are under spring tension, and on impact-rated models the sashes are heavy enough to break fingers if they drop while you’re working on them. We’ve had customers in West Palm Beach try a YouTube balance replacement with a flathead screwdriver and end up needing stitches and a new frame. It’s not worth it. Call (561) 660-9539, tell us the symptom and the sticker number, and we’ll send a background-checked tech who’s done this hundreds of times. Estimates are free, and there’s no trip charge inside our home county.

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