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CGI Door Installation: The Columbus Owner’s Guide

CGI door installation in Columbus typically runs $180-$340 for labor when the slab, hinges, or threshold need professional setting, with most jobs completed the same day we arrive. We keep common CGI replacement hardware on the truck, so if your door has begun sagging, binding, or letting weather through the sill, the fix is usually one visit. What most Columbus homeowners notice first is a door that worked fine for fifteen years and now drags against the frame every July or lets a cold draft find the dining room every January.

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We’re an independent service provider, not a CGI factory affiliate, which means we match parts to your door without a sales script pushing a full replacement. If the door is worth saving, we say so and set it right.

Which CGI Models This Applies To

CGI doors are built in Florida for impact standards, and the hardware reflects that: heavier-gauge hinges, reinforced stiles, and thresholds designed to seat a hurricane-rated slab. In Columbus, we work on the full CGI line, from the Estate Collection to the Sentry and Classic series, plus the newer Tuscany and Barcelona models. The compatibility gotcha most owners hit is that CGI hinge mortises are cut to a specific depth and screw pattern that big-box replacement hinges don’t match. A hinge off by an eighth of an inch changes the door’s reveal and starts the bind-and-rub cycle within a season.

To find your model, check the hinge-side edge of the slab for a rectangular label with the series name and manufacturing date. If the label is gone, we measure the slab thickness, hinge spacing, and threshold profile to identify the part. For CGI specifically, we recommend OEM hinges and rollers where the door still carries its original geometry. Aftermarket parts are fine for astragals, sweeps, and weatherstripping, but the structural pieces set the door’s swing and seal. We quote both options on paper so you see exactly what you’re paying for.

Signs Your CGI Door Installation Is Failing

• The door drags on the threshold in summer. Columbus humidity swells wood frames and slabs; a door that clears in January and scrapes in August usually has a hinge that’s torqued or a threshold that was set too high originally. The fix is often a hinge adjustment plus a threshold shim, not a new door.
• You can see daylight under the sweep or through the weatherstripping. The vinyl bulb compresses over time, especially on a south-facing exposure, and once it’s flat, air and insects have a free run. This is the cheapest fix and the one most often ignored until the heating bill shows up.
• The door binds at the latch side but has a clean gap at the hinge side. That’s a hinge that’s worn or a screw that’s stripped out of the jamb. The door’s weight pulls it out of square, and no amount of latch adjusting fixes it until the hinge is reset.
• Condensation or frost forms along the bottom rail in winter. A failed threshold seal lets cold air under the slab, and with Ohio’s freeze-thaw cycles, that moisture works into the door’s edge. Left alone, it rots the stile from the inside and turns a $60 part into a slab replacement.
• The door doesn’t close all the way without a push. CGI doors are heavy by design, and when the hinges wear, the door settles. Every push you give it is the slab working against the frame, and eventually the latch stops lining up at all.

Replacement Cost & What’s Included

For Columbus-area CGI doors, most hinge replacements, threshold resets, and weatherseal installs land between $180 and $340 installed, including the part and labor. A full threshold replacement with the door pulled and reset runs higher, usually $350-$550 depending on the slab width and whether the subfloor needs leveling. What drives the range is the condition of the frame: if the jamb is solid and the slab is true, it’s a one-hour job; if years of drag have hogged out the screw holes, we reinforce them before anything gets reinstalled.

Every quote is line-item on paper before work begins, so the number we give you is the number on the invoice. The work carries our Done Right Promise, and both manufacturer warranty layers on any part we install are registered in writing before our truck leaves the driveway.

DIY or Call Us?

You can safely check the label, take a photo of the hinge pattern, and replace a worn sweep with a screwdriver and a hacksaw. That’s honest work any homeowner can handle. Where it goes wrong is when the door is heavy, the hinges are load-bearing, and the threshold is shimmed to a specific height. A CGI slab weighs more than a standard door, and if it comes off the hinges, it can take fingers or a foot with it. We’ve seen more than one Columbus homeowner try to reset a hinge with the door still hung and end up with stripped screws buried in a split jamb.

If the door is sagging, binding, or letting weather through, call (888) 635-0804. We’ll measure the reveal, check the threshold, and tell you what it actually needs, not what’s easiest for us to sell.

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