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CWS window and door service in Tequesta is work we know down to the frame extrusion, because our crews see more salt-damaged CWS units along the Loxahatchee canal network in a single season than most shops see in a year. We’re TruePane Windows & Doors, an independent CWS service provider with many years in Palm Beach County, and we handle everything from our Window Installation in Tequesta to a stuck 5000 Series slider or a full 9000 Series impact replacement. We’re not manufacturer-affiliated, which means we diagnose honestly and repair what’s worth repairing. Call (772) 794-8169 for a straight answer on your CWS equipment.
Why Tequesta Residents Choose Us for CWS Service
Dale Kessler grew up off Northlake Boulevard, went through the building construction program at Palm Beach State College, and spent his early years cutting his teeth on impact glazing installations up and down the Treasure Coast. That’s the lens we bring to every CWS window and door we touch in Tequesta. We’ve worked on CWS units in hundreds of Tequesta homes, from early 2000s builder-grade to current architectural series. Our techs know which CWS extrusions hold up on Riverside Drive and which ones fail early on Seabrook Road. When you call, a live person answers. When we show up, we’re uniformed, background-checked, and we measure twice before we commit to anything. That’s not marketing language, it’s how a second-generation glazier runs a crew.
We also give you something a franchise shop won’t: CWS sales & service depth without the pressure to replace. If the frame is sound and the hardware can be brought back to tolerance with OEM parts, that’s what we recommend. If replacement is the honest answer, we’ll quote CWS lines side by side on paper so you see exactly what you’re buying.
Common CWS Windows & Doors Problems We Solve in Tequesta
Here’s what we actually see on CWS units in this village, street by street, season by season:
- Salt-air pitting on aluminum frames and sill tracks. Canal-front and river-front homes in Tequesta take the worst of it. The tidal Loxahatchee pushes salt-laden air straight into the frame, and over decades that turns a smooth sill into a pitted track that binds the sash. We see it most on CWS 7000 Series units from the 1990s.
- Failed or fogged insulated glass units on original non-impact CWS windows. The desiccant inside a 1990s IGU saturates fast in this humidity, especially when the seal was never made for tidal air. Once the glass fogs between panes, the unit is done. We replace the IGU, not the whole window, when the frame is still serviceable.
- Debonded glazing tape and failed exterior sealant on pre-2010 CWS impact units. Water finds its way in at the frame-to-wall interface on older impact installs. In Tequesta’s salt environment, that failure accelerates. We remove the old sealant, clean the perimeter, and re-bond with materials rated for marine exposure.
- Worn or stripped roller assemblies and interlock hooks on CWS sliding glass doors. Salt corrosion works on the hardware just as hard as it works on the frame. A sagging door panel in a Tequesta canal-front home is often a stripped roller in a pitted track. We replace rollers with OEM or corrosion-tested equivalents.
- Fused sill tracks from salt wicking into the CBS block below. This is the failure mode that shows up on Tequesta home inspections and triggers insurer demands. The aluminum frame corrodes so severely at the track that the door panel won’t move, and the frame has debonded from the substrate. That’s replacement territory, not a hardware fix.
CWS Service in Tequesta: What Local Conditions Mean for Your Equipment
Here’s something specific to Tequesta that you won’t hear about CWS service from a shop in Jupiter or West Palm Beach: the village’s canal network is fed by the tidal Loxahatchee River, and that tidal exchange pushes salt-laden air directly into homes along streets like Riverside Drive and Seabrook Road. We’ve documented CWS aluminum frames on those streets showing measurable pit corrosion up to three times faster than identical units one mile inland. Same extrusion, same install year, wildly different wear. If you own a CWS window or door on a canal-facing lot in Tequesta, your maintenance schedule isn’t a suggestion at the national level, it’s driven by tide cycles and prevailing wind off the inlet. That’s why we tell Tequesta CWS owners to have their sill tracks, roller assemblies, and exterior sealant inspected before hurricane season, every year without fail. A frame that’s fine in June can be a binding, fused mess by September.
CWS Models & Products We Service in Tequesta
We service the full CWS line we encounter in Tequesta’s 1960s through 1980s housing stock and newer builds alike, including our Door Installation in Tequesta for the 5000 Series, 7000 Series, 8000 Series, and 9000 Series. That covers original single-pane aluminum units still in service, early impact-rated installs, and current architectural series with impact glazing. We use OEM CWS parts whenever they’re still available, especially rollers, locks, and weatherstripping, because their tolerances match the original extrusions. For obsolete hardware on discontinued series, we source high-quality aftermarket equivalents we’ve tested for fit and corrosion resistance in coastal conditions. We recommend full replacement only when the frame itself is compromised beyond safe repair. We keep the most common CWS hardware stocked locally so a Tequesta service call doesn’t turn into a two-week parts wait.
CWS Service Pricing in Tequesta
CWS repair work in Tequesta typically runs between $180 and $340 for common service calls like roller replacement, weatherstripping, or latch adjustment. Full frame replacement on a CWS sliding glass door or window runs higher, driven by the cost of impact-rated glazing and the labor of properly sealing the new frame against salt intrusion. Here’s what shapes the number:
- Hardware repairs: $180-$340 for rollers, locks, weatherstripping, and alignment on CWS sliders and single-hung units.
- IGU replacement: quoted per unit, based on glass thickness and whether the frame is salvageable.
- Full frame replacement with CWS impact-rated glazing: quoted per opening, includes tear-out, new buck if needed, marine-grade perimeter sealant, and debris removal.
We give written, line-item estimates before we start. No change orders that show up after the fact. Call (772) 794-8169 to schedule a free estimate, and we’ll walk your CWS equipment with you and tell you what’s repairable and what isn’t.
Serving Tequesta, FL - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Tequesta area and know this community well. Use the map below to see our service coverage - if you’re nearby, we can almost certainly help.
FAQs - CWS Windows & Doors in Tequesta
No. Original CWS units from the 1990s were not impact-rated, and Tequesta falls under Florida Building Code requirements mandating impact-rated or protected glazing for all replacement windows and doors. There’s no grandfathering provision when a unit is replaced. If your 1990s CWS windows are still in place, they may function, but insurance carriers in coastal Palm Beach County increasingly require impact-rated glazing before renewal. Call (772) 794-8169 for a straight assessment of what your policy actually demands.
Repairable corrosion is surface-level pitting that hasn’t eaten through the extrusion’s structural web. If a technician can clean the track, install new rollers, and restore smooth operation without the frame flexing or cracking, repair makes sense. When the sill track has corroded through or the frame has debonded from the substrate, as we see on Tequesta canal-front homes where salt wicking has done decades of damage, repair becomes unsafe and replacement is the honest recommendation.
Yes, for most 8000 Series units still in production or recently discontinued. We match frame color, glass pattern, and hardware finish as closely as the current CWS catalog allows. For a full frame replacement, you get a clean match and improved thermal and impact performance. For partial replacement, there will be slight differences between 20-year-old weathered finishes and new extrusions, and we’ll tell you that before we order anything.
Heat expansion, combined with salt corrosion on the aluminum track, is the usual culprit in Tequesta. Aluminum expands in high heat, and if the track already has pitting from salt air, the clearance that was fine in January disappears by August. Sometimes it’s a matter of cleaning and lubricating the track. More often, the roller assemblies have worn and the door panel is dragging. We’ll tell you which one after we look at it. Call (772) 794-8169 to schedule a diagnostic before the next heat wave.
It can, if the prep work skips corrosion treatment. Paint over active salt pitting traps moisture and makes the corrosion worse underneath. Proper prep in Tequesta means stripping the failed finish, treating the bare aluminum, priming with a corrosion-inhibiting primer, and top-coating with a marine-grade finish. Done right, repainting extends the life of serviceable CWS frames. Done wrong, it hides damage until the frame fails. We’d rather tell you to replace than sling paint over a problem.
Service Areas Near Tequesta
We handle CWS windows and doors across Tequesta service area and the surrounding communities. If you’re in CWS service in Palm Beach Gardens, we can help. Same goes for CWS service in Jupiter, Juno Beach, Lake Park, or North Palm Beach. Our crews know these streets and the CWS units that show up on them.
Book Your CWS Service in Tequesta Today
If your CWS windows or doors are binding, fogged, or failing at the seal, don’t wait until the next storm season to find out what you’ve got. Call (772) 794-8169 to schedule a free estimate. We’ll send a crew that knows CWS extrusions and Tequesta salt air. If the pane is not true, the job is not done, and we’ll be there when we say.
Written by Dale Kessler, Owner at TruePane Windows & Doors, serving Tequesta since 2008 with years of community-rooted glazing craft.
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