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PGT Bathroom Remodeling: The Fort Lauderdale Owner’s Guide
A full PGT bathroom remodel in Fort Lauderdale typically runs $9,000 to $28,000 installed, depending on whether you’re replacing a shower enclosure, converting a tub, or gutting the whole room. We stock PGT-compatible replacement parts and finish materials on our trucks, so most component swaps happen the same day. Homeowners usually call us after a PGT shower door loses its seal, a sliding track starts grinding, or water begins pooling outside the enclosure and soaking into the drywall.
If you’ve got a PGT product that’s failed or failing, you want a straight answer about whether it’s a part swap or a bigger job. Here’s what we’ve learned running bathroom remodels across Fort Lauderdale neighborhoods like Victoria Park and Coral Ridge: the PGT hardware itself is solid. What fails first is almost always the seal, the roller assembly, or the frame caulking, and most of that is fixable without tearing out the tile.
Which PGT Models This Applies To
PGT manufactures a range of impact-rated and standard bathroom enclosure products common in South Florida homes, including sliding shower doors, pivot doors, and fixed panel systems. The compatibility gotcha we see in Fort Lauderdale is this: PGT enclosures installed after 2015 typically use a different roller wheel diameter than pre-2015 units, and swapping in the wrong size causes the door to sit crooked and leak at the bottom track. You can identify your model by looking for a small white sticker on the door’s bottom rail or the hinge plate, which lists the series number and glass thickness.
For PGT products, we recommend OEM parts when the component affects the water seal or structural frame, because PGT sizes their extrusions and gaskets to match their own glass thickness. For cosmetic pieces like towel bars and handle sets, quality aftermarket equivalents work fine and cost about 40% less. We’ll show you both options and let you decide. Mason Remodeling Co Fort Lauderdale is an independent service provider, not affiliated with PGT, which means we can source whatever fits your enclosure best without being locked into one parts channel.
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Signs Your PGT Bathroom Remodeling Is Failing
- Water pooling outside the shower door. This is almost always a worn bottom sweep or a door that’s drifted out of alignment, and it’s the first sign that the seal has compressed past the point of doing its job.
- The door grinds or sticks when you slide it. Roller bearings corrode fast in Fort Lauderdale’s salt air and humidity. Once the bearings go, the wheel stops rolling and starts dragging, which scores the aluminum track.
- Discoloration or softness in the drywall near the enclosure. That means water has been getting past the frame caulk for a while. In Fort Lauderdale homes, we regularly open these walls and find mold behind the tile that the homeowner couldn’t see from the outside.
- The glass is cloudy no matter how often you clean it. Hard water etching builds up over time, but if the cloudiness is between the panes, the seal on an insulated unit has failed and the glass needs replacing.
- The door no longer stays closed or swings open on its own. The hinge tension block or the detent roller has worn out. It’s a small part, but left alone it lets the door slam and chips the glass edge.
Replacement Cost & What’s Included
For Fort Lauderdale PGT bathroom work, here’s what we quote:
- Full PGT bathroom remodel: $9,000 – $28,000, covering demolition, new enclosure or tub/shower system, tile, vanity, fixtures, and finishes.
- Walk-in PGT shower installation: $4,500 – $12,000, depending on glass panel count and whether we’re building a new pan or reusing the existing base.
- PGT shower door replacement only: $800 – $3,000, including haul-away of the old unit and new hardware.
- Track and roller rebuild: typically $150 – $400 in parts and labor, done in a single visit.
Every quote includes the parts, the labor, and the cleanup. You’ll get a written price before any work starts, and the price you sign is the price you pay. If something changes behind the wall, we tell you what we found, what it takes to fix it, and what it will cost, before we touch a thing.
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Some PGT maintenance is safe to handle yourself: cleaning the track with a soft brush, checking that the bottom sweep isn’t cracked, and tightening a loose handle screw. That’s about where we’d stop. Replacing a sliding door roller involves lifting a glass panel that can weigh 60 pounds or more, and if the glass drops or torques wrong, it shatters into thousands of pieces. The high-tension hardware and glass handling are genuinely dangerous. If your PGT enclosure is sagging, leaking, or grinding, call (754) 354-3720 and we’ll send a technician who does this every week, not once every five years.
FAQs
In Fort Lauderdale’s humidity and salt air, a well-maintained PGT enclosure should last 12 to 18 years before the frame and seals degrade enough to need replacement. Rollers and sweeps go sooner, usually around the 5- to 7-year mark. Call (754) 354-3720 if yours is leaking and you want an honest read on whether it’s a repair or a replacement.
Yes, rolls, sweeps, hinge blocks, and track guides can almost always be replaced without touching the glass or tile. If the frame itself is corroded or bent, or the glass is etched or delaminated, replacement makes more sense. We’ll show you the worn part and explain what’s fixable before quoting anything.
Most roller, sweep, and hinge replacements take 60 to 90 minutes on site. A full shower door or enclosure install runs half a day, including haul-away and cleanup. Call (754) 354-3720 and we’ll give you a written time window before the technician arrives.
We stock common PGT roller assemblies, sweeps, and handle sets on our trucks, plus hardware that fits other brands we service like KraftMaid, Cambria, and Silestone. If your model needs a special-order piece, we’ll tell you the lead time before any work is scheduled, and the estimate stays the same.
Call Mason Remodeling Co Fort Lauderdale for Your PGT Bathroom Remodeling
You’ll get a live person on the phone when you call (754) 354-3720, not a call tree. We’ll walk you through what you’re seeing, help identify your PGT series, and set up a free estimate with a written price before any work starts. Isaac Pruett still checks every quote that leaves our Fort Lauderdale office, and he’s been known to show up with a level and a flashlight to see a problem in person before anyone touches a fixture.
Written by Isaac Pruett, Owner, Mason Remodeling Co Fort Lauderdale at Mason Remodeling Co Fort Lauderdale, serving Fort Lauderdale and nearby areas.
