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PGT Impact Garage Doors: The West Palm Beach Owner’s Guide

TruePane stocks and installs PGT-compatible impact garage doors and parts throughout West Palm Beach, with most complete door replacements running $3,800 to $7,200 installed depending on size, series, and track condition. We keep common PGT rollers, hinges, bottom seals, and spring components on the truck, but full door systems are ordered to spec and typically take one to two weeks from order to install. The way most owners discover a failing PGT garage door is gradual: it binds in the heat of a July afternoon, the bottom seal has cracked away from the slab, or the door sounds heavier than it did last hurricane season.

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Which PGT Models This Applies To

PGT builds impact garage doors under a few distinct series, and the parts are not always interchangeable between them. The most common lines we service in West Palm Beach are the PGT 2200 series, the heavier 2500 series rated for higher wind zones, and older WinGuard-era doors still holding up in homes built in the 1990s and early 2000s. Each series uses its own track profile and roller sizing, so a door that takes a 2-inch nylon roller on the 2200 may require a 3-inch steel-bearing roller on the 2500. The fastest way to identify what you have is to look at the manufacturer sticker on the inside edge of the door section, or along the left track rail. If the sticker has baked away in the Florida sun, we measure the track opening and roller stem length on site and match from there.

On the OEM-versus-aftermarket question, we are direct about it: PGT’s OEM rollers and hinges are well made, but the bottom seal is one place where a quality aftermarket replacement often outperforms the original. The factory seal on older PGT doors hardens into a brittle ridge within six or seven years of South Florida exposure. We carry an aftermarket vinyl-and-EPDM seal that stays flexible longer and seals the slab better than the original, and we tell customers exactly which one we are quoting so they can compare.

Signs Your PGT Impact Garage Door Is Failing

• The door shudders or jerks when opening. This is usually worn rollers or a track that has come slightly out of alignment, often from years of humidity working on the fasteners. It will only get worse, and the longer it runs, the more it wears the hinges.
• You can see daylight under the closed door. The bottom seal has shrunk or cracked, which matters more on an impact door than a standard one. A gap at the slab is a gap for wind-driven rain, pests, and in a storm, pressure.
• The door is noticeably heavier to lift manually. Torsion springs lose tension as they age. In West Palm Beach, the salt air and humidity take about a year or two off a spring’s useful life compared to inland Florida.
• Grinding or metal-on-metal noise from the track. That is a roller bearing that has given up, and a steel roller running dry will score the track. Left alone, a scored track eventually needs replacing, which is a bigger job than the roller that started it.
• The door sags on one side when it is halfway up. This points to uneven spring tension or a cable that has stretched. On an impact door, which is heavier than a standard door, this is a sign to stop using the door until it is looked at.

Replacement Cost & What’s Included

For a complete PGT impact garage door replacement in West Palm Beach, plan on $3,800 to $7,200 installed. A single-bay 8×7 in the 2200 series usually lands between $3,800 and $5,400. A heavier 2500 series door, or a two-car 16×7, runs between $5,600 and $7,200. What moves the number is the series rating, the size, whether the existing track and springs can be reused, and whether the opening itself is square. After decades of setting doors across Palm Beach County, I can tell you that openings on older West Palm Beach homes are rarely square, and that matters more on an impact door than on a standard one. Our quote includes the door, new track and hardware where needed, spring assembly, weather sealing, haul-away of the old door, and both warranty layers registered in writing before we leave. A repair call for rollers, hinges, or a bottom seal is usually $180 to $420, and the $50-off-any-repair-over-$250 offer applies when the ticket qualifies.

DIY or Call Us?

There are two parts of a PGT impact garage door you can safely inspect yourself, and two you should not touch. You can look at the bottom seal and the visible rollers and hinges without risk, and you can clean the tracks with a rag and check for loose bolts. What you should not do is touch the torsion spring assembly or the lift cables. Those springs are under enough tension to cause serious injury if they let go, and on an impact door they are heavier than standard residential springs. This is not a warning to upsell you. It is the same thing we tell our own family members. If the spring has snapped or the door will not lift evenly, call (561) 264-1279 and let a trained technician look at it.

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