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CWS Sliding & Patio Doors: The Palm Beach Owner’s Guide

We stock and install CWS-compatible sliding and patio door parts across Palm Beach, with most roller, track, lock, and handle replacements running between $180 and $520 installed. Same-day service is available when we have the part on the truck, which is most of the time for common CWS hardware. Most Palm Beach homeowners discover a failing part the same way: the door starts dragging mid-panel, the lock stops catching, or the handle goes loose after ten years of salt air working on it.

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Winslow Windows & Doors is an independent service provider, not affiliated with CWS. That matters because we’re not here to sell you the brand line. We’re here to tell you what’s actually wrong, whether the original part is worth paying for, and whether a quality equivalent makes more sense for a door that’s already seen a few hurricane seasons.

Which CWS Models This Applies To

CWS sliding and patio doors appear across a range of Palm Beach homes, from 1970s coastal condos to newer waterfront builds. The parts we install most often fit CWS architectural sliding doors, multi-panel lift-and-slide models, and the standard two-panel patio doors found in older Palm Beach County subdivisions. The useful thing to know: CWS hardware is not one-size-fits-all. Roller diameters, track profiles, and lock lengths vary by series and by year, so matching a part without checking the door’s label or measuring the existing hardware is how people end up with a part that fits almost but not quite.

Here’s what to check before you call us: look for a small sticker or etched label on the door’s edge or top rail, often carrying a series code and manufacture date. If the label is gone, take a photo of the existing roller or measure the handle’s screw spacing. Those two details tell us most of what we need. For CWS doors specifically, the OEM hardware is solid but expensive, and for doors past their fifteenth year, we’ll often recommend a quality aftermarket roller or lock that matches the spec and costs 40 to 60 percent less than the branded original. Ed’s rule on that: if the aftermarket part won’t outlast the door, we don’t install it.

Signs Your CWS Sliding & Patio Doors Is Failing

• The door drags or grinds when you open it. This is almost always a roller issue, and in Palm Beach it’s usually because ocean air has corroded the bearing or flat-spotted the wheel. Grinding is the sound of a roller that’s done.
• The door lifts when you pull it, then drops. That little hop is a worn roller dropping off its track. Left alone, the panel starts eating the track itself, and then the repair bill gets friendlier with your wallet.
• The lock doesn’t catch without jiggling. CWS lock cases wear at the hook and keeper, especially on doors that get slammed against the wind coming off the Intracoastal. A loose lock is also a security issue if the door faces a street or canal.
• The handle works but the door won’t stay closed. That’s often the latch stile or the keeper plate out of alignment from a settling concrete slab, which is practically a Palm Beach tradition on older homes.
• You feel a draft or see daylight at the meeting rail. Weatherstripping on sliding doors breaks down fast in Florida sun and salt. Daylight means the seal is gone, and your AC bill notices even if you don’t.

Replacement Cost & What’s Included

Here’s what we tell homeowners in Palm Beach before they spend a dollar. Roller replacement for a standard two-panel CWS door typically runs $180 to $260 per panel, including parts and labor. Track repair or replacement runs $200 to $380 depending on the track profile and whether we’re replacing a section or the full run. Handle and lock sets run $140 to $280 installed, and full hardware refreshes on a large multi-panel door land between $420 and $520.

What drives the range: door size, how many panels, whether the track is bent or just dirty, and whether we’re using OEM CWS hardware or a quality equivalent that we’ve verified against the door’s spec. Every quote is a written line-item quote, fixed, with no change orders. If the job takes longer than we said, that’s our problem, not yours. Our workmanship warranty applies to every part we install, and our $40 off any repair over $200 takes the edge off the bill.

DIY or Call Us?

You can safely clean your track with a dry rag and a soft brush, and you can check for visible roller damage by shining a light into the track. What you shouldn’t do is unclamp a CWS door panel off its track yourself. Sliding glass panels weigh 150 to 300 pounds, and when they come off the track with a worn roller, they go exactly where physics says they’ll go. We’ve repaired enough cracked frames in Palm Beach to know that a “gentle lift” looks easy right up until the glass starts leaning toward you.

Doors have high-tension balance mechanisms and heavy glass. A slipped panel is a hospital visit. Call us at (561) 782-7525 and we’ll send a background-checked technician in uniform who does this every week. Free estimate, no trip charge in our home county.

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