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CWS Door Installation: The West Palm Beach Owner’s Guide

We install and replace CWS door hardware, panels, and full door systems across West Palm Beach, with most CWS door installation jobs running between $850 and $2,600 installed depending on the part and door model. We stock the most common CWS replacement parts on our trucks, so homeowners usually get same-week service, often same-day when it’s a roller, hinge, or lock swap. The call usually starts the same way: a door that suddenly drags, won’t latch, or has a handle that spins without catching, and that’s how we know we’re talking to a CWS owner before they even say the brand name. CWS is a respected South Florida impact door manufacturer, and Ed Winslow has been working with their hardware for years. Winslow Windows & Doors is an independent service provider, not affiliated with CWS, but we know their products inside out because West Palm Beach is full of homes that depend on them.

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Key Takeaways:

• Most CWS door installations in West Palm Beach run $850 to $2,600 installed, with hardware swaps at the lower end and full panel or frame work at the higher end.
• We stock common CWS hinges, rollers, locks, and sweeps on the trucks, so a single-call fix is the norm, not the exception.
• Every CWS door job is covered by our Done Right Promise and a free estimate before any work begins.

Which CWS Models This Applies To

CWS manufactures several impact-rated door lines, and the hardware specs vary between them, which is where we see a lot of homeowners get tripped up. The company’s door systems generally split into three categories: in-swing and out-swing hinged doors, sliding glass doors, and multi-slide door systems. Within those categories, CWS uses different roller assemblies, track profiles, and lock geometries depending on the series and the year the door was made. A roller from a 2016 CWS slider will not seat correctly in a 2019 track in most cases, and forcing it is how you end up with a scored track and a $400 problem instead of a $40 one.

Here’s the compatibility gotcha we see most often in West Palm Beach: CWS doors manufactured before roughly 2018 use a different hinge stack height on their out-swing models than newer production. If you buy a replacement hinge based on the door’s visible dimensions alone, you’ll find yourself drilling new mortises, and on an impact-rated door that is a structural mistake, not a cosmetic one. We identify the exact part by reading the label on the door edge or the header sticker, then cross-referencing the series number, and if the sticker is gone (salt air does a number on them), we go by the glass etching and the hinge pocket measurement. For hardware, OEM CWS parts are our default. For rollers and weatherstripping, we carry quality aftermarket equivalents that match or beat OEM wear life in Florida conditions, and we’ll tell you which is which and why before we quote.

Signs Your CWS Door Installation Is Failing

• The door drags or scrapes when you open it. Usually a worn roller or a hinge that’s lost its bearing. On impact doors, the added weight means even slight wear translates into visible sag within weeks of the bearing failing.
• The handle turns but the latch won’t retract. This is a broken tailpiece inside the lock body, common on CWS doors that have seen a decade of daily use. The handle isn’t the problem; the internal mechanism is, and replacing the handle alone won’t fix it.
• You can see daylight or feel air at the threshold. The sweep or the threshold cap has compressed, or the door has settled out of plane. In West Palm Beach humidity, this is also how you get moisture wicking under the door and into the subfloor.
• The door won’t stay open or slams shut on its own. On hinged CWS doors, it’s the closer or the hinge tension. On sliders, it’s a track that’s out of level, which is either an adjustment issue or a sign the track itself has moved.
• The lock is stiff, or the deadbolt only throws halfway. This is usually lock body wear combined with misalignment at the strike plate. Left alone, it’s a security issue, and on an impact door, a lock that doesn’t fully throw means the door isn’t doing its rated job during a storm.

Replacement Cost & What’s Included

The range comes down to your door’s series, the part that failed, and whether the surrounding components have taken damage along the way. Every quote we give is a written, line-item price before we touch the door, so the number we quote is the number on the invoice. We pull permits when the job calls for it, and a failed inspection means we redo it at our cost, that’s the Done Right Promise Ed Winslow built this company around. The work is warrantied, and if something we installed fails because of our workmanship, we come back. No ticket number, no phone tree. You call, a live person answers.

DIY or Call Us?

There are things worth checking yourself: a dragging door might just have debris in the track, and a stiff lock sometimes improves with a quick clean of the strike plate. But here’s the honest line, CWS impact doors are heavy, and when a hinge fails or a roller binds, the door can drop hard and fast. We have seen fingers and hands injured by an impact slider that came off its track because someone tried to muscle it open once too often. If the problem is a hinge, a track, or a lock body, call us. High-tension and heavy-panel work on impact doors belongs with someone who does it every week. We’ll come out, give you a straight answer on the problem and the price, and there’s no trip charge inside our home county. Call (561) 660-9539 and you’ll get a person, not a voicemail.

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