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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!

Christmas Burglary Window Film For Tampa, Orlando & Sarasota

The holiday season is also the time that burglars target homes .

The weakest point of entry into your home is your unprotected windows and sliders.

Advanced Film Solutions recommends that you consider having glazing security window film applied to your glass openings.

These thicker clear and solar security coatings delay, deny and deter entry into your home.

Optically clear these films keep the glass in place against intrusion. Coatings are available in clear and tinted versions so you can also get privacy and the benefits of a solar film like lowered electric costs UV filtering and glare control.

You might also consider our optional attachment systems that fasten the film, frames and glass into one system.

Shatter films are the primary choice for protecting terror targets and government buildings throughout the world. Advanced Film Solutions has earned Angie’s List Super Service Award for the 10th straight year!

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

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Tampa, Orlando, Sarasota

Window Film Lowers Electric Bills By 30%

Advanced Film Solutions provides solar control window film that filters out heat by as much as 85%

When we eliminate that much heat your air conditioning system won’t work as long or as hard in getting the remaining heat out of your home or office.

The net result is lowered cooling costs that show up on your electric bill bottom line with savings as much as 30-35% per month.

Additionally all of our window film solutions factor out 99.9% of the UV rays that damage your furnishings, paintings, carpets and wood floors and carpets.

These durable coatings won’t limit your views since they are transparent and available in a wide range of light transmissions.

Thicker security versions like 3M Prestige Ultra will stop the heat while providing security against forced entry and smashed glass.

Advanced Film Solutions team of expert installers covers a wide geography from Tampa Bay north to Hernando county, east to Seminole County and East to Pinellas, Manatee, and Sarasota.

Get a no cost free estimate by calling our offices toll free at 877-575-3456

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Fade Protection With Today’s Trusted Window Film. Taming The Florida Sun

Clear glass floor to ceiling windows may have seemed wonderful when you moved into your home.

The view was perfect and the openness and bright light made your paintings and wood floors really jump out.

Unfortunately the longer your furnishings are exposed to unfiltered light; the fast these valuable possessions begin to fade.

It’s a deadly trio of factors (light, heat, UV) that ruins your floors and leather couch.

UV: Unfiltered UV promotes fading and the harmful nature of UV is well documented.

All Advanced Film Solutions solar control window films block 99.9% of these rays.

Heat: The amount of heat streaming through your glass is the next third of your problem. darker is better for fade protection and thanks to dozens of choices your home need not be dark or uninviting.

Light: the amount of light is the final third of the problem.

Advanced Film Solutions  can filter out up to 95% of the visible light.

This might be ideal for a bedroom but most homeowners prefer lighter coatings that block 60-85% of the visible light.

The best strategy would be to get a free estimate by calling our office toll free at 877-575-3456

Advanced Film Solutions

Tampa, Orlando, Sarasota

Tampa Compares Window Film Vs. Buying New Windows Comparisons

Home owners facing inefficient windows and sliders will typically consider replacement with new higher performing glass systems.

These new windows will reduce heat and glare (if tinted) and will certainly improve heat loss and potentially enhance security.

Advanced Film Solutions is one of the largest window film installation companies in the USA.

Our thin film aftermarket solutions are applied to your existing windows and sliders making your windows energy efficient and secure than a window glass replacement at a fraction of the investment cost.

Considerations:

Our window film solutions performance characteristics are in many cases superior to a new window replacement.

These energy savings expectations are measured by the NFRC in the exact same testing measurements as a brand new window.

This means that you will improve your energy efficiency, glare rejection and UV elimination at a fraction of the cost of a window replacement.

Window film installed by Advanced Film Solutions is supported with a lifetime warranty against adhesive failure, peeling and de-lamination.

This is critically important because many consumers have a low opinion of window tinting based on their observation of failed car tinting that has turned purple or demonstrates bubbling or peeling particularly on rear windows.

Window film technology developed by 3M and Eastman Chemical for flat glass residential and commercial applications has eliminated these issues and these coatings are designed to be optically clear, durable and they will maintain their appearance and performance for decades.

Advanced Film Solutions recommends that you get a free estimate from our team and compare our film solutions compared to a window replacement.

With 44,000 window film installations; we can assure you that our solutions meet and exceed our clients requirements and continue to provide comfort, safety and energy efficiency for your neighbors throughout the region.

Call Advanced Film  Solutions today at 877-575-3456

Upgrading Window Film For Tampa Bay Buildings

Commercial property managers looking to remove old damaged window tinting should consider calling the experts at Advanced Film Solutions!

Our installers can remove these eyesores and replace the damaged coating with state of the art durable solar and solar security window film.

Damaged film is the result of many years withering under the harsh Florida sun.

UV in the film substrate can fail which results in bubbling and distortion.

Older metal films can de-laminate giving your windows a rusty appearance.

If your windows have these terrible looking films on them you know it!

Advanced Film Solutions offers more choices and the very best pricing for commercial window film.

Exceptionally durable Eastman films like Vista, LLumar, Huper Optik and SunTek.

The outstanding multilayered 3M Prestige and Prestige exterior films. These coatings stop IR heat at the glass. Less reflective than glass they are ideal for deed restrictions.

The Solar Gard and Madico lines as well as Avery-Dennison’s Hanita and Johnson window film.

We can meet any and all specifications and our written warranty will ensure that this never happens again!

Call for a free estimate and start seeing clearly again!

You’ll love the clarity, the improved energy savings and warranty.

Call toll free: 877-575-3456

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The Most Comfortable Time Of The Year. Tampa Bay Window Film Solutions

You may have noticed that glare streaming through your windows has changed.

Windows that were once in the shade are now the direct focus of the Sun.

TV viewing or working on your tablet or PC has become a chore and rooms are too bright, hot and furnishings are fading.

The solution is an application of thin window film coatings by Advanced Film Solutions.

We offer dozens of light filtering coatings that can stop up to 95% of the glare from entering your home.

You decide just how dark or light the windows will appear and you won’t lose any optical clarity or visibility thanks to our clear adhesives developed by Eastman Chemical.

Lifetime warranted films that will keep your home or office glare free for decades to come.

3M Prestige Window Film that meets deed restrictions for gated communities or condos. These films are available in shatter control security versions.

Always free estimates by calling toll free : 877-575-3456

Advanced Film Solutions

Tampa Bay, Sarasota, Orlando

 

Privacy Decorative Frost Film Tampa Bay, Orlando Window Tinting Solutions

Your offices face the street and your employees and clients feel like they are working in a fishbowl!

Heat, glare and high cooling costs are taking a bite out of your operating costs.

Business owners have found affordable solutions thanks to Advanced Film Solutions architectural graphics films and our privacy solar window film.

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Conference room glass and doors can be transformed into a sandblasted appearance.

Corporate branding can be built into the design of the application as pictured in the above image.

Solar control films will stop heat by nearly 85% and 99.9% of the UV while providing daytime privacy as you will note on the set of doors pictures below.

Advanced Film Solutions team of consultants will customize the perfect solution for your specific requirements.

  • LLumar Illusions
  • Madico Decolite
  • Solyx,

Our frosted series of films is available in scores of choices and light transmissions.

We will bring samples of coatings so your team of decision makers can make the right choice.

Advanced Film Solutions covers Sarasota, Clearwater, all of Tampa Bay and Orlando.

Toll Free: 877-575-3456

Tampa’s First Choice For Window Film By Educated Consumers

Advanced Film Solutions is Tampa Bay’s Number One choice for residential and commercial window film installations.

We differentiate our solutions and installations from our competition in several critical ways.

  1. Our experience is unmatched with over 45 years in window film sales and installation.
    Our background at 3M and as an independently owned local business has provided us with the expertise and knowledge that our clients can rely upon.
  2. We offer every leading window film brand so we know the advantages of a particular film solutions over another. Our starting point is the 3M Prestige and Prestige Ultra Film and our Eastman Chemical foundation of thin films that include LLumar, Vista and Huper Optik.
  3. Our solutions have the best clarity and performance expectations supported and documented by the NFRC. This takes away the guess work and sets a level playing field for comparison shopping.
  4. We know which film will best match your specific requirements. Light transmissions, clarity, durability and which films match HOA rules or deed restrictions.
  5. Our safety and shatter films meet federal requirements for force protection and fragment retention as stipulated by the GSA and DOD. These specifications include wet seal attachment systems that are a vital part of any security solution.
  6. Our customer service is best in Florida. We have earned 11 Super Service Awards from Angie’s List as well as a A Plus rating with the Better Business Bureau. We also have more than 600 Google 5 Star Ratings.
  7. Our techs are some of the very best in the industry, a veritable all start team of technicians.
  8. Our pricing is always competitive and you will be assured of the best results and solutions without that costing more compared to our competition.
  9. Our lifetime warranty is written and supported by these leading manufacturers.
  10. We solve problems by consulting with our clients. We are never pushy or use high pressure tactics.

The time for eliminating UV, keeping your home or business cooler and safer is now!

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

Advanced Film Solutions

Tampa, Orlando, Sarasota

Florida’s Shattered Glass & Heat Protective Window Film

Advanced Film Solutions is Florida’s leading installation company for protective glazing window film.

Our team of installers has provided security window film for homes and offices throughout the west, central region covering Tampa Bay, Orlando and Sarasota and Bradenton.

Security window film is applied to the interior side of your windows and sliders.  These films delay, deter and deny entry from burglars.

Our region was spared the significant damage sustained by our neighbors in southwest Florida from Hurricane Ian.

Our thicker solar security window films protect your home from flying debris and will hold glass in their frames.

Power outages that stop air conditioning systems won’t effect our window film’s ability to stop as much as 85% of the heat from entering your home!

Solar versions of these thicker (8 ML) coatings lower cooling costs and eliminate UV.

There are dozens of selections that will match your specific requirements in light filtering and appearance.

Advanced Film Solutions offers more brands and choices than any other provider of security films.

Consider our 3M Prestige Ultra window film that meets all deed restrictions for gated communities and condos. Superior IR heat rejection and less reflective than glass.

Our solutions include Eastman Chemical’s LLumar, Vista, Huper Optik and SunTek.

We also install Armorcoat, Madico, Johnson, Hanita coatings.

The bottom line?

If you are interested in hardening your windows and doors a retrofit application of security film will provide safety and energy cost savings for a lifetime of comfort.

Free estimates, toll free: 877-575-3456

Advanced Film Solutions

Tampa Bay, Sarasota, Orlando