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PGT Door Installation in Wellington: What to Know First

PGT door installation in Wellington runs most homeowners between $400 and $2,800, depending on whether we’re setting a new single swing door, a French door pair, or a custom arched unit. We’re an independent PGT service provider, not a PGT factory affiliate, and we typically turn a standard door installation around within one visit. If you own a PGT door that needs setting, squaring, or replacement, this page is for you. Call (561) 349-4826 for a free estimate and we’ll tell you over the phone what you’re likely dealing with.

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The homeowners who call us about PGT doors usually fall into two camps: those with a door that has never sat right since the day somebody else installed it, and those whose PGT door worked fine for fifteen years and has started to drag, bind, or leak. Both groups want the same thing: a door that closes square, seals tight, and still performs the way PGT engineered it. That is the job we take on.

How PGT Products Fail – and How We Fix Them

PGT builds a solid impact door. We have pulled enough of them apart to know exactly where they’re strong and where they give up after years of Florida humidity and afternoon thunderstorm cycles. Here are the failure patterns we see most often on PGT door installations in Wellington homes:

• PGT WinGuard and PremierVue hinge sag on the hinge-side panel. These are heavy laminated glass units, and when a door slab starts to drop even three sixteenths of an inch, the keyed lock stops lining up with the strike. Homeowners assume they need new hardware. What actually happened is usually the jamb screws backed out of unshimmed framing or the factory hinges are carrying more weight than they were set for. We reseat the jamb, shim it properly at each hinge point, and check the reveal all the way around with a level before we call it done.
• Sidelite glass on PGT 2500/5500 series entry systems develops cracks at the corner of the door rabbet. This comes from the slab being installed slightly out of plane, so every time the door closes, the edge of the door transmits stress into the glass edge, not the frame. It looks like a manufacturing defect, but it is almost always an installation problem that eventually kills the unit. That’s the one we warn Wellington homeowners about most, because it’s the one that is never covered under the PGT warranty when it comes from a bad set.
• Weatherstripping on PGT sliding and French doors compresses unevenly and channels water into the threshold track. You’ll see a rust-colored streak at the bottom corner of the panel. Wellington’s afternoon downpours come hard off the Everglades, and a threshold that is shimmed even a quarter inch low on one side will let water find its way in. We pull the panel, level the sill with hard shims, and replace the threshold gasket rather than caulking over the problem.
• PGT rolling screen assemblies on double French doors bind halfway across the track. This is usually not the screen’s fault. The track was mounted with a slight bow in the middle, or the two door panels were set with the bottom track out of level by a degree or two. The panel will still close and latch, but the screen will always fight you. A proper reset fixes both.
• Multi-point locking systems on PGT WinGuard doors fall out of sync and the top or bottom shoot bolt stops engaging. When a three-point lock only grabs at the handle, that means the door shifted or the floor settled and the keepers no longer line up with the shoot bolts. The fix is not a bigger strike plate. It is correcting the door geometry and then adjusting the lock actuator rods so all three points engage in order. If a security door is only locking at one point, it is not a security door.

These are the fixes we have done dozens of times in Wellington, from the homes in Olympia to older ranch houses off Greenbriar Boulevard. PGT doors have their own quirks, and the technician who knows them is the one you want on the job.

Our PGT Door Installation Process

Here’s what a PGT door installation looks like when TruePane handles it, from the first call to the last sweep of the driveway:

1. 1
   Call and tell us what you’re seeing. We’ll ask a few questions: which PGT line the door is from, how long it’s been acting up, whether you’ve had another company look at it. The person answering our phone is a live human, not a voicemail tree, and we’ll know by the end of the call whether this needs replacement or a rebuild.
2. 2
   Site visit and measurement. We measure the opening twice, check the floor with a level, and look at how the jamb is sitting in the framing. Every opening is different after twenty years of settling. We write down numbers, not guesses.
3. 3
   Options on paper, not over the phone. We quote PGT replacement lines side by side with comparable options from CGI, Andersen, and Pella if you’re open to alternatives. You see the model, the warranty duration, and the price before you commit to anything.
4. 4
   The install. We set the new door, shim the jamb at every hinge point and lock point, level the threshold, and set the reveal even all the way around. If there is an old unit to haul away, we take it.
5. 5
   Warranty registration and testing. Before we leave your driveway, both warranty layers are registered in writing with PGT, with durations stated on your paperwork. We test the door ten times, lock it and unlock it, and check the seal with a flashlight from the outside. If the pane is not true, the job is not done.
6. 6
   The 90-day follow-through. If anything shifts or settles in the next three months, we come back and make it right. No charge, no paperwork fight, no arguing.

What PGT Door Installation Costs in Wellington

The biggest variable in PGT door installation is whether the door slab is salvageable or the whole unit needs replacing. A new PGT single entry door, installed, runs from around $1,800 to $4,500 depending on the series and glass package. A PGT French door pair with impact-rated laminated glass lands between $3,500 and $8,000 installed. Double doors and custom arched units run higher, particularly in Wellington communities like Grand Isles or Versailles where opening sizes are not standard.

Installation labor itself on a standard PGT door runs roughly $400 to $900, and that covers removal of the old door, shimming, leveling, hardware adjustment, and threshold sealing. If extensive framing or concrete work is involved because the opening has shifted over the years, the number moves. You’ll know before we start. We do not do jobs where the price changes once the work begins. A square deal means the number on the paper is the number on the bill.

Call (561) 349-4826 for an exact quote. Estimates are free, and you’ll get a number you can hold on to.

Why Wellington Homeowners Call TruePane Windows & Doors for PGT Work

Dale Kessler grew up in Wellington’s Paddock Park neighborhood watching half the houses on his father’s route leak through aluminum jalousie windows every time a storm rolled in off the Everglades. He’s been setting, squaring, and sealing doors in Palm Beach County for going on three decades, and it shows in the way our technicians work. We measure openings twice. We quote side by side on paper so you see the full cost before you sign. We register every warranty layer in writing before the truck leaves your driveway. And if it is not right within 90 days, we make it right without asking you to fill out forms or argue with anybody.

Our techs are background-checked, uniformed, and trained on impact door geometry the way an apprentice should be trained: slowly, thoroughly, and on real jobs in real Wellington houses. We are not a franchise playbook. We are a local crew that plans to be here in thirty years. If it’s not right on the paperwork, it won’t be right on the wall.

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