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Tampa Bay, Sarasota, Orlando Solar Shatter Protection Window Film

Home and business owners know that home and office windows and doors are the weakest point of entry.

Burglars simply smash your windows or sliders and gain entry in seconds.

Advanced Film Solutions has a dynamic solution that will protect your home from impact and burglary while simultaneously lowering your energy costs, eliminating UV and maintaining comfort.

Our Eastman Solar Safety Film is manufactured to withstand high impact. These 8 ML coatings have superior puncture strength, tensile strength and is available in dozens of iterations.

One of our clients experienced an attempted break in but fortunately they were protected with our Vista Security solar film.

3M Ultra Prestige Shatter Solar Film protects homes and commercial properties without altering the appearance of the windows, doors and sliders. Ideal for condos and gated communities these films are undetectable.

These thieves were persistent and had to bend the door frames to gain entry!

Our application held and allowed time for law enforcement to respond.

Homeowners in the Tampa Bay, Sarasota and Orlando area already have heat gain, UV and high cooling costs that our thinner solar films tackle every day.

These thicker solar security films provide the best bang for the buck providing both security and energy positives for your home. Get a free estimate today by calling

Advanced Film Solutions

Toll Free: 877-575-3456

Comparing Window Film Choices For Cooler Tampa Bay Homes

Window film is one of the most practical and affordable energy upgrades any homeowner can implement to make their home more comfortable and lower monthly energy costs.

Advanced Film Solutions is Florida’s leading installation company for solar and shatter window film.

Our selections include 3M Prestige and 3M Prestige Ultra along with Eastman Chemical Vista Film, LLumar and patented Huper Optik ceramic window film.

Window film experts will readily admit that our solutions are not as well known as we would prefer.

Sure we have done thousands of homes and commercial offices throughout the years; but many homeowners remain unfamiliar with this elegant solution.

Consumers may be considering costly window replacement when all they really needed was an application of our thin transparent coatings warranted for a lifetime!

Lifetime warranty.
Eliminates harmful UV by 99.9%
Stops glare
Provides increased security.
Lowers cooling costs by 50%

Once you determine that window film is an avenue to research the next decision will be which company to choose for the best value?

We highly recommend our team!

Tampa Bay, Orlando and Sarasota’s 3M Prestige, Eastman LLumar SelectPro, Vista, Huper Optik window film installation company.

We have earned the Super Service Award from Angie’s List for 10 straight years and an A Plus with the Better Business Bureau.

Our team of sales and installers is the best in the business and our experience, including 33 years with 3M is at your disposal.

All of our films are NFRC certified for performance expectations.

Our coatings are built for maximum optical clarity and performance.

We have more choices, more light transmissions and more films that meet deed restrictions and HOA rules.

Call our office at 877-575-3456 and compare.

Advanced Film Solutions On Top USA Window Film Dealer List, 2025

Advanced Film Solutions has earned a spot on the annual Window Film Magazine Top USA Window Film Dealer Listing for 2025.

Our team has earned a place on this elite listing for the last several years and we are the only Florida based company to do so.

“If you did it, it ain’t bragging” said famously by Dizzy Dean when he won more than 30 games in the 1930’s.

The Advanced Film Solutions team continues our goal to meet and exceed our customer’s requirements. We try to perform the very best installations and make sure our clients are delighted.

This commitment to being the very best is shared by our entire sales and installation team and our office staff.

We appreciate the recognition and look forward to earning this status in 2026!

Advanced Film Solutions

Tampa Bay, Orlando, Sarasota

Toll Free: 877-575-3456

Tampa Bay Transforms Clear Glass Windows With Advanced Film Solutions

Clear glass windows and doors are what builders typically install when they build homes and offices in Florida.

Florida home owners in the tropical climate of Tampa Bay, Sarasota and Orlando understand just how many problems they face when they move into their new home.

Rooms are too bright.

Glare makes it impossible to watch TV or work on their computers.

Furnishings and wood floors fade under the relentless heat, light and UV
Privacy is non-existent.

Glass is easy for burglars to break in.

Today’s high technology window film solves these issues and more.

Thin films filter 99.9% of the UV and are available in scores of light transmissions.

The homeowner can easily select the perfect light transmission which determines just how light, or dark a room can be.

Typically darker films will block more heat but there are next generation coatings that factor out more IR heat along with visible light.

This allows a lighter coating to block more total solar energy than a standard metalized film.

Advanced Film Solutions team of experts works with our clients to determine the perfect customized solution.

Leading manufacturer’s include 3M Prestige, 3M Ultra solar security film, Eastman Chemical LLumar, Vista Film and Huper Optik. Saint Gobain and Madico.

Thicker versions provide dual benefits of solar insulation as well as security and glass impact strength.

Advanced Film Solutions

877-575-3456

Eastman LLumar Window Film Cooling Tampa Region’s Hottest Offices

You can well imagine what type of day you would have if the sun was blasting heat and glare on your work station every afternoon.

This was the constant complaint from the high tech offices of a large Tampa business.

Their offices were baking and the blinds didn’t offer much of a solution!

Advanced Film Solutions was contracted to install our solar control LLumar window film on all south and east facings windows.

Now their tenants are delighted and coming to work has become a pleasure.

Our team installed 6500 square feet of LLumar and by doing so we have:

Filtered the UV by 99.9%

Reduced glare by 95%
Reduced the heat by 85%

Provided privacy from the curb.

Advanced Film Solutions provides maximum heat rejection and we offer our manufacturer warranty for 15 years (for commercial and retail offices)

Tampa’s hottest businesses get cooler thanks to LLumar and Advanced Film Solutions

Toll Free: 877-575-3456

Tampa Bay Fighting Heat, Glare & UV With Advanced Film Solutions

Where would we be without air conditioning?

Tampa Bay, Clearwater and St. Petersburg home and business owners know that despite how efficient their AC is, the heat coming through windows presents challenges for AC units and pocketbooks!

Advanced Film Solutions will solve that problem by stopping heat at the window or slider glass.

Our films are applied to the interior side of your windows. This thin film coating is optically transparent so your view is never reduced.

These coatings block light, glare and nearly 100% of the harmful UV rays.

Priced at fraction of what a window replacement would cost, our films are warranted for a lifetime of durability and performance.

Our clients enjoy year around comfort and reduced electric bills by as much as 35%.

We match the ideal coating for your requirements and preferences. Our 3M Prestige and Prestige Ultra films meet all HOA rules and deed restrictions.

Call for a free estimate: 877-575-3456

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Advanced Film Solutions Fights Heat In Tampa, Sarasota & Orlando Homes

Now that every day our heat index hovers over 100 degrees, Floridians recognize the need for cooling solutions!

Advanced Film Solutions team of window film experts are ready to stop up to 85% of the outside heat from entering your home through your windows, sliders and glass doors.

These thin solar and solar safety films stop nearly all the UV from fading your wood floors and accessories while lowering your monthly summer electric bill by as much as 35%.

Choices:

When it comes to selections there is no other window film company that has more choices, brands and light transmissions than Advanced Film Solutions.

We offer 3M Prestige, 3M Ultra solar security film as well as Eastman LLumar Select Vista Film, Madico, Solar Gard, Huper Optik, Avery and more.

We help our clients navigate between these choices finding the perfect solutions for our clients requirements.

This includes deed restrictions as well as HOA rules.

Non metallic ceramic coatings meet all deed restrictions and keep the heat out by filtering IR wavelengths.

All of our solutions come with a lifetime warranty and our installations have earned our team 15 super service awards from Angi.

Call toll free: 877-575-3456 for a free estimate and start cooling down today!

Window Film Technology For Cool Florida Days

Advanced Film Solutions is Florida’s leading residential and commercial window film installation company.

As you might expect we resolve overheated buildings schools and retail stores throughout the state.

Any clear glass is the enemy.

Heat, glare unabated UV that damages room interiors is resolved with our window film application.

We’ve done our fair share of libraries as well, of course!

Heat reduced by as much as 85% that lowers monthly cooling costs.

UV nearly eliminated. Your wood floors, paintings and accessories protected.

Glare reduced by as much as 95%.
Shatter glass protection from impact and flying debris.

Get a free estimate by calling toll free 877-575-3456

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Florida Hi-Rise Condo IR Blocking 3M Window Film

Baking in a high rise condo is no fun at all.

The solution has to lower afternoon temperatures, stop a large amount of heat and all the UV without changing the appearance from the exterior face of the glass.

Advanced Film Solutions ceramic window film coatings manufactured by 3M Prestige or Eastman Chemical solves these problems every day in Florida.