No one can question the need to protect parishioners, students and staff at religious institutions and houses of worship throughout the country.
Recent events make this abundantly clear.
Whether you are responsible for protecting a church, synagogue or mosque; the weakest component in your security envelope are your glass windows and doors.
Advanced Film Solutions team of expert installers has protected scores of schools and religious institutions throughout the state of Florida.
We have completed installing shatter solar film at all Hillsborough County public schools K-12 with our Eastman Vista Window Film.
Thicker (8 Ml plus) glazing films are installed on the interior side of your windows and doors. These films are then attached to the metal frames using a wet seal silicone that has been tested and approved for government force and people protection throughout the world.
These films hold the glass in the frames against explosives or ballistic attack. While these films are not bullet proof; these films can delay, deter and deny entry into the protected area.
There are numerous configurations and choices for solar versions of these thicker films. Daytime privacy and lowered cooling costs can be substantial benefits for your institution simultaneously with the added security benefit.
These coatings are invisible so the aesthetics of your building remain unchanged.
Call for a free estimate and protect your most valuable assets!
Keeping your home or store safe against forced entry and flying debris is one of the key advantages of a security window film installation.
Advanced Film Solutions installs thicker (8 ML) coatings that are available in tinted solar versions that reduce heat gain, eliminate UV and reduce glare while protecting your home.
These transparent coatings are designed to maintain the integrity of your windows and sliders against impact.
Advanced Film Solutions represents the leading window film solutions including Eastman Chemical’s LLumar, Vista, Madico, Armorcoa, Huper Optik and SunTek films.
We are also Madico and Sunscape providers along with Avery – Dennison and Johnson coatings.
These unmatched choices allow our customers the widest and deepest choices of solar security films from clear to dark and reflective to less reflective than glass.
Advanced Film Solutions installers are experts in fastening systems designed to attach our window film to your glass and frames.
This additional level of protection is exactly the same benefit that we provided Sarasota International Airport, USF and many municipalities throughout the Florida region.
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Summer is officially a few days away; but the heat has already been making homes and offices hotter for months!
Tampa Bay, Orlando and Sarasota-Bradenton homes face summer-like temperatures from March until November and that’s one long hot summer!
Window Film by Advanced Film Solutions stops heat, glare and UV from entering through your windows. Solar control Vista Film, LLumar and Huper Optik filter out 99.9% of the UV.
These coatings can block 85% of the heat from making your rooms feel like an oven.
Durable and scratch resistant; these coatings are warranted for a lifetime and in thicker security versions these same films can improve your home security and safety while lowering monthly energy bills by 30%.
You decide just how light or dark, reflective or non-reflective you want your glass to be.
Our Huper Optik films meet all deed restrictions without changing the appearance of your glass.
Fight summer heat starting today by calling Florida’s number one window film installation company.
Throughout the long history (nearly 60 years) of the window film industry thicker security glazing window film coatings provided a significant level of protection against forced entry, smash and grab crimes and wind blown flying debris.
The Federal government has used these films to protect GSA and Military personnel and property around the USA as well as overseas.
Blast protection (mitigation) particularly after Oklahoma City focused on a specified level of protection and Federal officials determined a baseline level of performance expectations that many manufacturers have met (documented testing available.)
Advanced Film Solutions is unique by offering multiple brand alternatives but all of our selections meet or exceed the DoD and GSA testing requirements.
Avery- Dennison Hanita Films manufactured in Israel.
There are certainly aesthetic differences as one might expect between these brand offerings.
Metallic privacy and silver films, clear or lightly tinted iterations as well as multiple light transmissions and levels of reflective or non-reflective.
In all cases Advanced Film Solutions offers an optional but highly recommended Dow 995 attachment system that anchors the film, frames and glass into one complete system.
We should note that our single competition 3M Safety and Security Film does NOT offer any documented safety or security advantage over any of the scores of choices we install on a daily basis.
There is absolutely no advantage for 3M or performance benefit measurable by any independent testing; nor can 3M provide any documented advantage.
In fact the 3M portfolio is extremely limited in the selections offered in terms of appearance, light transmissions and reflectivity.
Why glazing security films:
The bottom line is the efficacy value of these coatings.
Thicker 8 ML coatings hold glass in place against force and physical attack.
They are recommended for blast protection and store burglary protection. These films are employed by school districts to prevent intrusion by armed perpetrators.
These films have been tested and have met wind storm small and medium large missile impact testing and cycling
Most home and business owners require solar versions of these films to lower cooling costs or provide privacy.
The dual benefit of a solar security combination film improves the ROI immeasurably.
One of the most effective home or office glass improvement is the application of security glazing window film.
Protective film is applied to the interior side of your windows, glass doors and sliders.
Thicker coatings these films have been used by the Federal government to protect personnel from blast events since they have been proven to be effective by the GSA and Department of Defense.
Commercial offices and retail stores use these films to protect against smash and grab robbery as well as privacy requirements.
As a Florida home or business owner how do these security films offer you a true benefit?
Advanced Film Solutions recommends thicker security film applications when you are seeking solar benefits like lowered electric bills, comfort and privacy.
Dual purpose solar safety films stop heat and glare while providing the effective barrier against intrusion.
Dual benefit security solar films can block up to 80% of the heat from entering your home.
Privacy from the street.
UV is filtered by 99.9%
Lower monthly cooling costs by 50%
Meets deed restrictions.
Will slow down, deny entry allowing law enforcement addition time to respond.
2024 is closing in on us and shortly our days will be getting longer and hotter throughout west, and central Florida.
We ‘ll be soon hitting 90 degree temperatures and 100% humidity which is typical for our late spring and tropical summers.
Office windows that face west, east and south are the culprit for over-heated tenants and their personnel and visitors.
Combine rising cooling costs and glare and leaving that situation unresolved can have negative implications for your tenants signing their renewal leases.
We apply thin film coatings to the interior side of your windows and glass doors. These coatings filter out nearly all the UV and as much as 85% of the heat from entering their offices.
Tenant electric bills will be reduced by 30% a month and the hot office and discomfort will become a thing of the past.
Economically priced and durable, these films will last for years to come and are warranted against bubbling or adhesive failure.
We provide free estimates and will match the perfect window film for your clients requirements.
It’s a sad reality that property managers, school and university security and asset protection management have to consider methods to protect people and assets.
Perimeter protection; including stand-off barriers, etc. increased law enforcement and surveillance and access control are essential components of an enhanced security footprint.
Hardening of your facility glass windows and doors is another cost-effective and effective life safety improvement that has been effectively employed at government facilities, embassies and potential targets of terrorism throughout the world.
Advanced Film Solutions has done our part to increase security and provide protection against intrusion, blast events and vandalism throughout Florida.
Our team has installed glazing security film at the Sarasota International Airport, numerous municipal buildings, Tampa public schools and religious institutions throughout Florida.
The protective glazing films and associated attachment systems all meet Federal GSA blast mitigation guidelines.
The various iterations of security film cover a wide spectrum of light transmissions and levels of privacy. The coatings range from clear to dark silver reflective versions
The key takeaways are that these protective glazing film systems are effective in life safety.
They are economical and practical solutions that should be considered as a major component for your perimeter and building envelope protection.
Get a no-cost estimate and take an active step in protecting your staff, visitors and property.
Advanced Film Solutions is Florida’s most experienced and awarded window film installation company.
Our team of expert installers has completed more than 25,000 homes and businesses since 2007.
Thicker versions of our window films are designed to maintain the integrity of your window or slider opening.
These films when properly installed can withstand impact and intrusion attempts allowing your security system to sound an alarm and get law enforcement on the scene!
Advanced Film Solutions represents the state of the art Eastman Chemical LLumar SelectPro Vista films as well as Madico, Armorcoat, Hanita (Avery) and Johnson.
Solar versions will keep your home UV free and glare free while lowering your monthly electric bill throughout our long extended summers here in Florida.
Our installs are backed by a lifetime residential warranty so you’ll be secure in your home and for years to come!
These are the exact same films used to protect airports, schools and homes throughout Tampa, Orlando and Sarasota.
Advanced Film Solutions is one of the leading residential and commercial window film installation companies in the USA.
Our portfolio of solar and solar security films is unmatched in the Tampa Bay, Bradenton-Sarasota and Orlando region.
We have researched all major window film manufacturing alternatives and are experts in providing the best installations with durable high performance films.
Protecting your home from burglars or impact takes a strong thicker security coating.
These films are designed to maintain the integrity of the window envelope.
Highly tested (blast, wind) coatings are available in a wide array of choices ranging from dark to transparent films.
All of our choices are 8 ML minimum thickness and we highly recommend an optional wet seal attachment system for larger sliders and windows.
Our solutions include the full line of Eastman Chemical’s Vista, LLumar SelectPro, Huper Optik, SunTek as well as Madico, Hanita and Armorcoat.
All installations are protected with a lifetime warranty and several Vista choices have a transferable lifetime warranty.
Solar security combination films give the homeowner additional cost savings in lowered energy usage, glare and UV rejection and comfort throughout our long tropical summers.
We provide a free estimate and our objective is to always meet and exceed our customers requirements.
That’s why we are unique by having earned the Super Service Award from Angie’s List for 9 years and an A Plus Rating with the Better Business Bureau!
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