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Solar Shatter Protection Florida Window Film Systems, 2026 Safety

Protecting our children has become a critical requirement thanks to several unfortunate and tragic events.

Advanced Film Solutions, Tampa’s premier window film installation company as performed thousands of installations but none more important than the strengthening of windows at local schools, daycare centers and child care facilities.

Advanced Film Solutions installed shatter solar window film on all Hillsborough County public schools K-12 grades in 2020.

Our team installs thicker 8 ML clear and solar security films manufactured by the leading manufacturers in the world.

LLumar, Vista Films by Eastman as well as 3M Ultra and 3M Prestige Ultra, Madico and Armorcoat coatings. Avery-Dennison’s Israeli made Hanita films are designed to withstand maximum impact from intrusion or explosions.


We use the same expertise as demonstrated when we completed Sarasota International Airport.

We highly recommend the optional wet glazing system that creates a system between the glass, film and frames.

This additional safety mechanism ensures the integrity of the glass being held in the frames during a forced entry.

You might also consider selections that lower energy usage and provide privacy along with the life safety benefits of the clear versions.

For a free estimate contact Advanced Film Solutions

Toll Free: 877-575-3456

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Fortify Your Fortress This Holiday Season The Ultimate Gift for Your Tampa Home: 3M Prestige Ultra Window Film

Fortify Your Fortress This Holiday Season

The Ultimate Gift for Your Tampa Home: 3M Prestige Ultra Window Film

The holiday season in Tampa Bay brings beautiful weather, but it’s also a crucial time to think about protecting your home year-round. Between intense Florida sunshine and the ongoing threat of windstorms and break-ins, your windows are your home’s most vulnerable points.

Fortunately, Advanced Film Solutions, Tampa Bay’s primary source for premium 3M window films, has the perfect solution: 3M™ Scotchshield™ Safety & Security Window Film Ultra Prestige Series.

This year, give your family the gift of safety, comfort, and savings by contacting us for a free, no-obligation estimate on the industry’s most advanced shatter and solar control film.

Why Advanced Film Solutions Recommends Prestige Ultra for Tampa Homeowners

The 3M Prestige Ultra line is not just a film; it’s a dual-purpose architectural upgrade that addresses the two biggest threats to homes in the greater Tampa area:

1. Unmatched Shatter Protection: The “Ultra” Strength

Tampa Bay is no stranger to severe weather. Standard window glass can easily shatter from debris during a windstorm or hurricane, creating deadly projectiles and exposing your home to further damage.

The “Ultra” in Prestige Ultra refers to its revolutionary, patented micro-layered film construction. Unlike conventional security films that rely on simple thickness, this tear-resistant technology uses up to 42 micro-layers to create a resilient shield.

  • Windstorm and Hurricane Defense: If the glass breaks, the film holds the shards securely in the frame, preventing dangerous flying glass and keeping the elements outside where they belong.

  • Forced Entry Delay: The film significantly slows down intruders trying to gain quick access through a broken window, giving you and law enforcement valuable response time.

2. Superior Solar Control: The “Prestige” Comfort

Even on a cool December day, the Florida sun is relentless. The “Prestige” component means you get the best of 3M’s solar control technology without the high reflectivity of a traditional tinted film.

  • Maximum Heat Rejection: The non-metalized, multi-layer optical film rejects a significant amount of solar heat, stabilizing temperatures and dramatically lowering your air conditioning costs—a benefit you’ll appreciate year-round.

  • 99.9% UV Protection: Prestige Ultra blocks virtually all damaging UV rays, the single largest cause of fading in floors, furniture, window treatments, and artwork. Protect your valuable interior furnishings from premature aging.

  • Clear Views: The film maintains a crystal-clear appearance, ensuring your spectacular Tampa views remain unobstructed.

Act Now: Get Your Free Holiday Estimate!

The holiday season is the perfect time to finalize home improvement plans and ensure your residence is ready for the new year and the next storm season.

As Tampa Bay’s window film experts, Advanced Film Solutions is proud to be your trusted local source for this market-leading 3M technology.

Don’t wait until the next weather event is bearing down on the coast. Secure your home, reduce your energy bills, and enjoy superior comfort.

Contact Advanced Film Solutions today for your free, personalized estimate and lock in your installation date before the new year!

Tampa Region Solar Shatter Window Film, Safer Living, Covert Protection

Glass is the weakest point in a security profile.

After all it only takes a few seconds to smash through unprotected glass.

Burglars understand this and reinforcing window and door openings is the first step in a security improvement plan.

Advanced Film Solutions are experts in protective glazing window film applications having installed our security films in thousands of stores, schools, religious organizations and homes throughout the last 18 years.

Our team has protected the Sarasota International Airport as one prime example for blast protection and every Hillsborough County K-12 public school!

Thicker security films are designed to hold glass in place particularly when reinforced with a attachment system that locks the glass into the frames around the glass.

Our portfolio of shatter films is unmatched and these films all meet GSA standards and Department of Defense specifications.

Eastman Chemical LLumar and Vista Films are available in multiple light filtering choices including dual reflective versions.

Eastman’s Suntek Films

3M Prestige Ultra, 3M Ultra NV and clear series including the unique 2400!

Madico and Sunscape

Solar Gard Armorcoat

Avery-Dennison Hanita Safety Zone

Johnson  Laminating

Get a free estimate and create the level of protection that can slow down intruders allowing law enforcement to respond.

Advanced Film Solutions

Toll Free: 877-575-3456

Offices in Tampa, Orlando and Sarasota

Solar Shatter Control Window Film, Protecting Tampa Bay Region, Sarasota & Orlando Homes

Today’s window film technology has vastly improved the longevity and performance of solar and solar security window film.

Florida home owners are looking for ways to lower cooling costs, improve glare control and provide UV protection for their homes.

Advanced Film Solutions thin film coatings will filter nearly 100% of the UV as well as more than 80% of the glare.

These films are installed on the interior side of your windows and sliders.

Many of these selections are available in thicker iterations that not only meet these solar requirements but add home safety and security.

Shatter resistant versions will deny, delay and ultimately deter burglaries since the thief will discover that the glass remains intact.

Many property managers and retail store owners have had shatter control window film applied to their windows and doors.

These thicker coatings can keep intruders out of your offices while law enforcement responds.

These films are also available in reflective coatings that will provide privacy.

Security films are employed at Federal buildings and military bases for force protection as well as blast mitigation.

These tested films provide both the energy savings aspect as well as this higher level of home protection.

Call Advanced Film Solutions for a free estimate toll free:

877-575-3456

Make this holiday season cooler and safer with Window Film!

3M Window Film For Cooler, Glare Free Florida Hi-Rise Condominiums

Keeping condo owners cooler and comfortable is a major task.

Florida condo owners and Home Owner Associations needed a window film that stops heat without being mirror-like.

Advanced Film Solutions team of installers transforms clear glass into smart energy reducing systems without changing the look of your windows.

The choice of 3M Prestige film is based on the aesthetic appeal weighed against the heat rejection capabilities of the film.

We offer more choices than any other window film company in Florida.

Leading window film solutions like 3M,  LLumar SelectPro , Vista Films, Huper Optik and others.

Reflective and non-reflective coatings that factor out 99.9% of the UV and up to 85% of the total solar energy.

All selections have been certified by the NFRC so your expectations are always met and exceeded.

Our team has earned the Super Service Award from Angie’s List for 14 years and we are rated A Plus with the Better Business Bureau.

Our lifetime warranty gives you the confidence you need to making a smart window film decision.

  • Meets all HOA rules and deed restrictions.

  • Factors out 99.9% of the UV
  • Filters 85% of the heat.
  • Glare eliminated.
  • Impact resistance.

Toll free: 877-575-3456

ADVANCED FILM SOLUTIONS

Advanced Film Solutions Window Film Designed For Florida’s Heat & Weather

Tampa home and business owners know that temperatures get hotter and stay hotter than ever before.

Our long hot summers begin earlier and end later. Summer tropical storms storms, winds that stir up flying debris can break windows and sliders with damaging effect.

Physical Properties

Advanced Film Solutions improves the ability of your current windows and slider doors to keep heat, UV out while holding the glass in their frames against impact.

Combination solar security window film comes in thicker choices. These films stop heat, glare UV while providing shatter resistance.

Solar secure films that meet deed restrictions and HOA rules that prohibit reflective film. 3M Prestige Ultra is designed to provide that incredible appearance with IR heat blocking effectiveness.

Tampa clients enjoy cooler interior temperatures and year around comfort.

The cost for a window film installation is a fraction of what you’d spend for window replacement.

These films have incredible clarity and a lifetime warranty for Eastman Chemicals a Fortune 500 company with 100 years of business experience.

Advanced Film Solutions team of expert installers is at the top of the industry in terms of experience and capabilities.

We meet and exceed our customer’s requirements every day!

Get a free estimate by calling our toll free telephone number:

877-575-3456

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Coolest Tampa Bay Homes Get 3M Prestige Or Eastman Ceramic Film

Many of our clients prefer the IR heat blocking clear UV films manufactured by 3M, Prestige and Prestige Ultra Window Film or the ceramic coatings of Huper Optik (Eastman)

These films stop IR heat at the glass and filter out 99.9% of the UV without altering the look of your home’s windows.

These films meet HOA rules and all deed restrictions because they are non-reflective and meet all guidelines.

Huper Optik fand 3M Prestige films are available in darker light transmissions (40 and 50%) as well so if you prefer lowered glare and a greater amount of visible light reduction.

3M Prestige is available in a 8 ML shatter solar combined version for homeowners who are concerned with safety, security against impact, intrusion and flying wind blown debris.

The amount of heat reduced will remain consistent and the fact that there Eastman and 3M provide a lifetime warranty is a tremendous value!

Call for a free estimate toll free 877-575-3456

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Protecting People & Property, Florida Security 3M Ultra Window Film

We don’t have to remind you just how volatile the world can be.

Protecting people and property is the obligation of any asset protection, security director or property manager.

Advanced Film Solutions provides GSA tested and Department of Defense tested security glazing window film.

These thicker coatings are applied to windows and doors.

Consider our 3M Scotchshield and 3M Prestige Ultra solar security window film. These are the most specified shatter resistant window films for public and private schools throughout the USA.

The Prestige ultra film allows full visibility into the classrooms while rejecting UV and heat.

3M has some unique solutions for hardening the lobby area and exterior films for difficult to reach windows.

Invisible or tinted (your preference) these films are designed to withstand impact and maintain the integrity of the window envelope during and after a blast event.

These films have met the criteria established for force protection and property protection for military bases, embassies and Federal buildings throughout the country.

Many hospitals, financial institutions, universities and schools employ the benefits of these coatings.

In difficult times an installation of glazing protection films will deny, delay and deter burglars and protect people from flying glass shards.

Advanced Film Solutions represents the leading security glazing film choices manufactured by Eastman Chemical (LLumar, Vista, Huper Optik, SunTek)

Armorcoat manufactured by Saint-Gobain

Madico and Sunscape

Avery-Dennison Safety zone.

Johnson Window Film

SRQ protected by Advanced Film Solutions

These security coatings are fastened to the window frames using a wet seal attachment system.

This prevents the glass from popping out of the frame (daylight application)

Call Advanced Film Solutions for a free estimate: 877-575-3456

 

Florida Window Film Commercial Project Management

Many commercial buildings in Florida have had window film installed for decades or more.

These films did what they were supposed to do (one would hope!) back in the 1980’s or earlier.

Now it is abundantly clear that these coatings have degraded over time.

If you have management responsibility for a facility that has failed and damaged window film you should be aware of the newest technology available to you.

Advanced Film Solutions has developed the best team of window film installers and window film solutions in the State of Florida.

  • Reduce heat gain

  • Lower cooling costs

  • Provide Privacy

  • Improve security

  • Improve curb appeal of building.

  • Eliminate hot spots.

Leading solutions like 3M Scotchtint and 3M Prestige Ultra.

Eastman Chemical reflective and dual reflective coatings as well as ceramic coatings that provide superior heat rejection without altering the appearance of your glass.

No matter the size of your project we can remove the old damaged window film and transform your glass into energy efficient systems that will lower glare, filter out UV and bring clarity back to your windows and doors.

Removing old film is just one capability that our experts can easily tackle.

Security window film is also an option particularly if you experience the potential of smash and grab burglary or are concerned about threats of any type.

These thicker solar security safety films hold the glass in place while providing the sun control benefits discussed.

Call for a free estimate toll free at 877-575-3456

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Tampa, Orlando, Sarasota-Bradenton Protective Glazing Window Film

We are all painfully familiar with the series of threats, both real and inferred, targeting religious institutions across the USA.

These threats are not isolated to a specific religious group or category of school.

Childcare Centers, K-12 as well as community colleges and universities face dangerous times and concerned communities are taking proactive measures to increase people and asset protection

Advanced Film Solutions is one of Florida’s leading security protective glazing window film installation companies.

We have protected universities, child care centers, religious institutions and houses of worship throughout the region.

Protective glazing films are employed by the Federal Government to protect military personnel, Federal buildings, state and local governments and landmark buildings that may be the target of terrorism threats.

These coatings meet strict standards and documented, tested capabilities to withstand blast and intrusion.

Our team professionally installs these coatings to the interior (and exterior in some cases) of the building envelope on the exterior facing windows and doors.

Attachment systems are utilized to fix the film installation to building frames thus creating a complete system that bonds the glass in place.

Shatter resistant coatings are available in clear as well as combination solar iterations that will lower interior temperatures, provide privacy and lower monthly electric cooling costs.

These invisible systems are cost effective and offer superior life saving benefits.

If you are responsible for securing your facility we recommend that you inquire about a free estimate.

Advanced Film Solutions

Tampa, Orlando, Bradenton-Sarasota

Toll Free 877-575-3456