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PGT Roof Replacement & Installation in West Palm Beach: What to Know First

We replace and install PGT roof products across West Palm Beach as an independent PGT service provider, and most roof replacement jobs run one to three days once materials are on site. Roof replacement is not a $200 repair and nobody should tell you it is. A straightforward PGT roof panel replacement in West Palm Beach typically runs $2,800 to $6,400 depending on span and framing condition, and full tear-off and new PGT roof installation starts around $9,500 and climbs from there. This page is for homeowners who own PGT roof products, want to know what is actually failing, what it costs, and whether the job needs a repair or a full replacement. Call (561) 264-1279 and a person answers.

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Key takeaways:

• PGT roof products fail in specific, identifiable ways in West Palm Beach’s salt air and hurricane-driven rain.
• OEM parts preserve warranty; some aftermarket parts are fine; we will tell you the difference in writing.
• Most PGT roof jobs we handle are repairs done in a day or two, not full replacements.
• You get a line-item quote before work starts. No change orders slipped in later.

How PGT Products Fail - and How We Fix Them

• PGT WinGuard roof panels: sealant failure at the mullion joints. WinGuard impact roof panels, the kind you see on West Palm Beach pool enclosures and covered lanais, develop hairline gaps where two panels meet a mullion. The factory sealant breaks down after eight to twelve years in Florida sun, and capillary action pulls water into the channel. This is not a panel failure. It is a sealant failure. We cut out the old bead, clean the channel, re-seal with a marine-grade product, and the panel is set for another decade. The tricky part is doing it without scratching the glass, which is why we mask every edge.
• PGT Architectural Series roof glazing: weep holes clogged with pollen and salt film. PGT’s Architectural line drains condensation through small weep holes at the bottom frame. In West Palm Beach, those holes fill with a paste of pine pollen, salt, and dust inside three seasons. Water backs up, sits against the glazing bead, and eventually migrates into the interior drywall. The fix sounds small but saves thousands: we clear every weep, flush the frame rail, and replace the sweep gaskets. If the drywall is already stained, we will tell you before we touch anything else, so you are not surprised mid-job.
• PGT PremierVue roof sections: frame squareness drift after years of expansion and contraction. PremierVue is a clean, minimal sightline system that a lot of West Palm Beach architects specified in the 2010s. What happens over time is thermal cycling: the aluminum frame expands in August and contracts in January fast enough that the corner welds or mechanical fasteners can move by a few millimeters. Once the frame is out of square, the panel no longer seats correctly, and the roof starts to leak at the corners. We re-square the frame before we set a single panel. That is step one, not step four.
• PGT thin-line skylights: cracked glass from a poor original underlayment. Skylights we see in older West Palm Beach ranch-style homes were often set on rolled asphalt underlayment that has since dried and cracked. Water gets under the flashing, pools at the curb, and now the glass is carrying mechanical stress it was never meant to carry. A cracked PGT skylight is rarely from impact; it is from support failure below. We pull the skylight, rebuild the curb with proper flange and waterproofing, then reset the glass. If the glass is cracked but the curb is sound, we replace the glass only and preserve the frame.
• PGT SunWash roof glass: hard water spotting that looks like glass failure but is not. SunWash glass is common in West Palm Beach sunrooms, and owners call us convinced the glass has failed because it looks cloudy and dull from the inside. What they are actually seeing is mineral deposition on the exterior surface from irrigation overspray and coastal air. The glass is fine. The coating is fine. The surface needs a professional cleaning with the right chemistry, not a scouring pad, which scratches the low-E surface permanently and voids nothing but ruins the appearance. We have spent too many afternoons restoring glass that somebody else scoured.

Our PGT Roof Replacement & Installation Process

1. 1
   The call. You call (561) 264-1279 and a person answers. We schedule a time when you will be home. No window of 9 to 1. We arrive when we say we will.
2. 2
   The diagnostic. A uniformed, background-checked technician measures every opening twice and gets eyes on the actual failure: glass, frame, seal, or flashing. This is where we tell you if it is a $600 repair or a $9,000 replacement, and why.
3. 3
   The parts decision, in writing. We quote OEM PGT parts when they are available and when the warranty depends on them. When a quality aftermarket part does the same job for less without touching the warranty, we quote both side by side on paper and let you decide. You see exactly what you are buying.
4. 4
   The work. We remove the old roof section, repair or rebuild the curb and framing, set the new PGT panels square and true, and seal every joint. “If it is not square, plumb, and sealed, it is not done.” That is Dale Kessler’s rule, and it governs how we set every roof section.
5. 5
   The test. We water-test the repair before we clean up. No contractor should hand you a roof repair that has not been tested. We do it every time.
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   The cleanup and the guarantee. We leave the job cleaner than we found it, register both warranty layers in writing before we leave, and cover the workmanship with our Done Right Promise. No paperwork fights. No arguing.

What PGT Roof Replacement & Installation Costs in West Palm Beach

These are honest ranges based on PGT jobs we have completed in West Palm Beach over the last several years. The biggest cost variables are the condition of the existing curb and underlayment, and whether the frame has drifted out of square. We give you a line-item quote before any work starts, and fixed pricing means no change orders unless you ask for extra work. Call (561) 264-1279 to schedule a free estimate.

Why West Palm Beach Homeowners Call TruePane Windows & Doors for PGT Work

TruePane has served West Palm Beach and the surrounding communities since 2008, and Dale Kessler grew up here in Northwood Hills. We are a second-generation glazier’s company, not a franchise playbook, and our technicians treat every PGT roof job the way we would treat our own mothers’ house. That is not a slogan. It is how we train apprentices into journeymen, and it is why the phone is answered by a live person twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. We are an authorized installer for more than a dozen manufacturer lines, and when a PGT roof needs work we handle PGT properly. When the right solution is a different brand, we quote CGI, CWS, ES Windows, and ECO Window Systems side by side on paper so you can compare. Every job carries our Done Right Promise and includes both warranty layers registered in writing before the truck leaves your driveway. If the pane is not true, the job is not done.

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