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PGT Kitchen Remodeling: The Fort Lauderdale Owner’s Guide
PGT kitchen remodeling in Fort Lauderdale typically costs $14,000 to $45,000 installed, depending on cabinet line, countertop material, and how much structural work the existing kitchen needs. Most PGT-equipped kitchens we see were built with impact-rated windows and sliders, which means the openings are already hurricane-ready, but the interior cabinetry and countertops are often original to the home and past their useful life. We match PGT window and door dimensions when we rebuild around them, so the glass stays put and the new kitchen fits true.
Most Fort Lauderdale homeowners contact us because they notice drawer fronts separating at the joints, cabinet boxes swelling from years of humidity, or countertop seams opening up near a PGT window where afternoon sun hits hard. Some call because they bought a home with PGT impact windows already in place and they want the kitchen to match that quality level instead of looking like a rental unit from 2003. Either way, the starting point is the same: we measure, price it in writing, and tell you exactly what has to happen around those window and door openings before anything gets ordered.
Which PGT Models This Applies To
PGT makes several window and door lines found throughout Fort Lauderdale homes: WinGuard, SpectraGuard, Eze-Breeze, and the newer 700 and 900 series sliders. Your kitchen likely has one of these in a fixed window, a sliding glass door to a lanai or patio, or a casement window above the sink. When we remodel a kitchen with PGT openings, we work from the existing rough opening measurements, not the glass dimensions, because the frame depth and mounting flange vary by series and by the year the home was built. Getting that measurement wrong means ordering cabinetry that covers a window trim or leaves a gap you can see from the driveway.
OEM PGT trim and mulling components are the right call when the window or door stays in place and we are building around it. But cabinets, countertops, and hardware are not PGT products, and that is where most of your budget lives. We install KraftMaid and Wellborn cabinetry, and Cambria, Silestone, or Caesarstone countertops. These are separate brands with their own warranties that layer on top of our written guarantee. If the PGT window itself needs service, we coordinate with a licensed window contractor rather than pulling the unit out and risking the impact rating.
Styles & brands we work with
Signs Your PGT Kitchen Remodeling Is Failing
- Cabinet doors no longer close square. In Fort Lauderdale, seasonal humidity lifts and settles every piece of wood in the house. When cabinet boxes were built from particleboard and the hinges have been adjusted twice already, the doors start rubbing or hanging crooked. The cabinet is not worth saving at that point; the hinge screws have lost their bite and the box is swelling.
- Countertop seams have turned dark or opened up. Seams near a PGT window get direct heat from the afternoon sun, expanding and contracting daily. Cheaper acrylic or laminate tops crack at those seams first. Quartz and granite hold up, but even they need the seam placed away from high-heat zones whenever the layout allows.
- Drawer slides stick or drop. Salt air near the Intracoastal and in neighborhoods like Victoria Park or Rio Vista accelerates corrosion in cheap slides. If a drawer needs a two-hand tug, the slide has failed and the drawer box has probably worn down the runner groove too.
- Water staining at the sink base cabinet. This is the one that tells you the original install didn’t seal around the sink properly or used a particleboard box instead of plywood. In Fort Lauderdale, a small leak under the sink turns into a swollen, musty cabinet within a season. Replacing the cabinet means pulling the countertop on that run, which is why we write the scope to include plumbing inspection before the new base cabinet goes in.
- The kitchen layout fights the PGT openings. You might have a slider that swings open into the refrigerator, or a window that the original builder boxed in with soffits so the light never reaches the counter. This is a design failure, not a part failure. The fix is a remodel that respects the existing openings and works around them with a layout that actually functions.
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AfterReplacement Cost & What’s Included
Kitchen remodels in Fort Lauderdale run $14,000 to $45,000, with smaller galley kitchens landing between $9,000 and $20,000. The range splits mostly on three things: cabinet line (stock vs semi-custom from KraftMaid or Wellborn), countertop material (laminate sits at the bottom, Cambria or Silestone quartz near the top), and whether the job requires moving plumbing, electrical, or taking a wall down to open the room around a PGT slider.
Here is how the pieces break out:
- Cabinet installation: $4,000 to $13,000
- Countertop installation: $2,000 to $6,500
- Backsplash installation: $800 to $2,500
- Kitchen island installation (if adding or replacing): $3,000 to $10,000
You get a written price before any work starts. Not a ballpark, not a verbal range: a number we can be held to. Every job includes our 365-Day Done Right Promise in writing. If something fails inside the guarantee period, we come back and fix it at no charge. If a repair fails, the second visit is free. No re-inspection fee, no service call charge, no excuses.
DIY or Call Us?
You can pull a drawer front off and check the cabinet box for swelling that tells you whether it is salvageable. You can also stand back and mark where the PGT openings are so you understand what the layout has to work around. Those are useful, free things to do before anyone gives you a quote.
But cutting countertops to fit around an impact window frame, moving a gas line for a range, or rebuilding a load-bearing wall near a PGT slider is not a weekend project. In Fort Lauderdale, any structural or plumbing work in the kitchen requires permits, and the humidity means subfloor and drywall choices matter more than they would up north. We have pulled open kitchens in Plantation and Wilton Manors where a previous owner’s handyman used drywall screws for cabinet installation and regular drywall instead of moisture board behind the sink. It failed. It always fails. If you want a real number instead of a guess, call (754) 551-2922 and ask for a free estimate. Tell me what you need, I’ll tell you what it costs, then we’ll get it done.
FAQs
A kitchen remodel built with plywood cabinet boxes, quartz countertops, and proper moisture-resistant substrate (the layer behind your tile and under your counters) should last 20 to 30 years in Fort Lauderdale’s climate. Particleboard cabinets and laminate counters in a humid, salt-air environment rarely make it past 12 to 15 before they show real failure. We back every project with our 365-Day Done Right Promise, and the materials we install, like Cambria quartz and KraftMaid cabinetry, carry their own manufacturer warranties on top of ours. Call (754) 551-2922 for a written quote on your specific kitchen.
Yes, if the failure is isolated to a single cabinet, a hinge, or a drawer slide, we repair it and give you a written guarantee on the repair. But if the cabinet boxes are swollen from humidity or the countertop has failed at the seams, patching is throwing money at a problem that will come back. We will tell you which one you have before any money changes hands. Call (754) 551-2922 and we’ll take a look.
Most kitchen remodels in Fort Lauderdale take 4 to 10 weeks depending on permits, cabinet lead times, and whether we are moving plumbing or electrical. We give you a written schedule with a defined arrival window before work starts, and we keep to it. Call (754) 551-2922 for a timeline based on your project.
Penhallow Remodeling Fort Lauderdale stocks the cabinetry, countertop, and hardware components for a PGT kitchen remodel on a job-by-job basis, but we are an independent contractor and not affiliated with PGT. For PGT window and door service specifically, we coordinate with a licensed window contractor so the impact rating stays intact. Call (754) 551-2922 and we’ll walk you through what’s needed.
Written by Trevor Nash, Owner, Penhallow Remodeling Fort Lauderdale at Penhallow Remodeling Fort Lauderdale, serving Fort Lauderdale and nearby areas.
