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.
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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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Our thin film application transforms single pane and dual pane clear glass into energy efficient systems.
99.9% UV rejection that preserves your wood floors and furnishings.
Our coatings filter out glare by as much as 95%. Watching TV will be a pleasure!
We offer frosted films for bathroom and front door, pool door privacy. These selections come in a wide range of choices to simulate sand blasted glass.
As we bake away; homeowners are spending unbelievable amounts of money for monthly AC bills.
It’s not unheard of to see bills costing more than your first mortgage and some rooms in your home stay too hot throughout the day no matter how low you turn down that thermostat.
Our coatings are applied to the interior side of your existing windows and sliders.
These films offer incredible clarity and high heat rejection.
Imagine lowering your monthly bill by 30-35% and eliminating glare and 99.9% of the harmful UV rays that damage furnishings and fade wood floors and artwork?
We also suggest thicker solar security versions that improve home safety and security by strengthening the integrity of your windows and doors against impact and intrusion.
Lifetime warranted these films will make your home comfortable for decades to come!
Eastman Chemical’s world leader in window film choices include Vista Film, Huper Optik and the market leader LLumar Select Films.
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.
Winter is right around the corner but for Tampa Bay that really doesn’t make much of a difference!
You might be thinking that your AC is getting sluggish and that may be the case.
It’s really more likely that the heat gain streaming through your windows unabated is the root cause of your problems.
That’s where window film manufactured by Eastman Chemical does the heavy lifting.
We have thin film coatings that are expertly applied to the interior side of your windows and sliders. These films transform the performance of your single pane glass by a quantum amount.
Heat rejection can be anticipated by as much as 70-80%.
We have Low E coatings that act like a heat mirror in the winter and summer providing all season energy savings. Insulating your windows will drive energy costs lower by 30% a month and improve performance of single pane glass to dual pane efficiency.
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