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Advanced Film Solutions Tampa Window Film Fights Glare, Heat & UV

Floridians are fortunate given our sunny tropical weather throughout the year.

Unfortunately too much sun, heat, glare and UV damage is a critical concern.

Advanced Film Solutions is west and central Florida’s leading window film installation company.

We provide dynamic solutions that combat these concerns!

Thin film technology and advanced adhesives have been developed by Eastman Chemical.

Eastman has designed aftermarket window film solutions that are skillfully applied to your existing windows.

There are scores of choices in light transmission and aesthetic appearance. Some window film alternatives employ reflective components to solve heat and glare.

The exterior reflective appearance provides enhanced privacy and is very effective in lowering cooling costs.

Non-reflective choices are also available over a wide range of light transmissions.

These nano-ceramic and spectrally selective films lower glare, filter the UV and provide superior energy savings with IR heat filtering attributes.

Advanced Film Solutions has assembled a team of technicians that have more experience and attention to detail than any other window film company in the Tampa Bay, St. Petersburg-Clearwater, Orlando and Bradenton-Sarasota region.

We have earned the Super Service Award for customer service from Angie’s List for the ninth year!

Our installation pricing is more than competitive and we offer more choices in solar and solar/clear safety security films than any other provider.

Do your research and call Advanced Film Solutions for a free estimate!

Toll Free: 877-575-3456

Tampa Fade Protection 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 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 Eastman Films 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

Heat Blocking Window Film Tampa & Orlando For Deed Restricted Communities

Many homeowners reside in gated, deed restricted communities.

These developments typically restrict the use of reflective sun control films because they are trying to preserve the aesthetic appeal of the homes in their neighborhood.

This is a similar situation faced by condo owners and historic buildings where heat, glare and UV are problems but the solution requires maximum heat rejection without the reflective appearance that many window films possess.

Advanced Film Solutions has the ideal solution utilizing ceramic IR heat blocking window films manufactured by Eastman Chemicals.

Our Huper Optik ceramic films factor out heat, glare and UV without adding a reflective appearance to your windows.

We have a wide range of light transmissions that tackle any heat problem and all of our selections pass the deed restrictions of all gated communities and HOA’s.

Huper Optik’s patented ceramic coatings are dye free and less reflective than glass. Views are preserved and the optical clarity of these coatings is unmatched.

Many window film choices look similar on a sample card or mock up.

Huper Optik is NFRC certified so the performance expectations are lab tested and documented.

These ceramic films block an extraordinary amount of heat in the visible and invisible IR spectrum.

These coatings have a lifetime warranty and their durability will provide comfort for decades.

All of our estimates are free and you’ll get the very best precision installations for our team of installers who have earned the Super Service Award from Angie’s List for 8 consecutive years.

Toll Free: 877-575-3456

Advanced Film Solutions

Tampa, St. Pete, Clearwater, Sarasota, Orlando

Tampa, Orlando How To Choose Between Security & Solar Window Film

Fall is almost upon us and Floridians now under stay at home orders consider methods for keeping their homes cooler and safer.

Advanced Film Solutions is the region leader in window film solutions and installation capabilities.

To be sure we have been developing our capabilities for the last 15 years and prior to that 33 years at 3M.

Our portfolio of solutions is unmatched and our installers are some of the best in the world. That’s not a guess or hype; we actually placed 2 of our installers in the top eight in the world.

The question at hand is how to decide between a strictly solar control window film as compared to a thicker (8 ML) clear or solar safety window film?

Solar films are thin film coatings available in a wide array of light transmissions. These coatings stop UV and as much as 85% of the total solar energy (Heat!)

Thicker safety iterations perform the solar control function but as they are much thicker these versions have a far greater puncture resistance and impact capabilities.

Above and below our installation at Sarasota International Airport for protective glazing blast mitigation concerns.

There are less solar security versions than the thinner versions and a slight cost uplift for the thicker coatings as compared to the thinner versions.

Advanced Film Solutions offers several brands of solar films and safety films manufactured by Eastman Chemical LLumar Select and Vista as well as SunTek.

We also install Madico and Sunscape, Avery Dennison Hanita and Solar Gard/ Armorcoat films.

If you are concerned about home intrusion or burglary or your home or office is subject to flying debris or an errant golf ball you should consider the thicker versions.

The industry is circumspect about defining the thicker films as a storm protection mitigation device. These films do hold the glass in the frames when properly attached but the window will likely shatter whereas a code meeting shutter will prevent the window from breaking.

Advanced Film Solutions will discuss all of your options and provide the very best custom solutions all with a lifetime warranty.

Call our office toll free at 877-575-3456 and start cooling your home today!

Advanced Film Solutions

Tampa, Clearwater, Sarasota and Orlando

Window Film UV Protection For Tampa Bay, Orlando Homes

Most consumers are familiar with window film and why thousands of home and business owners solve their heat and glare problems with solar control window film.

UV window film helps prevent sun damage

The primary source of UV (ultraviolet) radiation is sunlight. Window films and some coverings provide UV filtering without blocking substantial visible light. UV filtering of sunlight will help to safeguard prints, furnishings, wood floors and textiles, while also reducing heat entering through a window.

These quality, professionally installed films are available for homes and businesses where your wood floors, artwork and drapes are all susceptible to UV damage.

Advanced Film Solutions has the widest portfolio of window film solutions that all stop 99.9% of harmful damaging UV rays from entering your home or office.

Stopping UV means your wood floors will last far longer in the battle against the Florida sun!

Darker versions will also lower heat and light which also contributes to wood floor damage!

Advanced Film Solutions recommends our Eastman window film that includes LLumar SelectPro, Vista and the ceramic Huper Optik.

Get a free estimate and start protecting your investments today!

Advanced Film Solutions one of the top dealers in the entire country!

Call Advanced Film Solutions

Toll Free at 877-575-3456

Prestige Tampa Bay, Orlando Homes Demand Ceramic Films

Homeowners know how effective window film can be for maintaining a cooler, energy efficient UV free home.

Unfortunately many of the past window film choices required a reflective finish that while effective had a negative aesthetic change to windows and sliders.

This reflective appearance also became an issue for deed restricted homes in gated communities and condos.

Advanced Film Solutions solves your heat issues, glare UV and rising cooling costs with ceramic IR heat blocking coatings from Huper Optik.

Huper Optik is a patented ceramic film that is manufactured by Eastman Chemical in Germany.

These films are dye free and durable.

Huper Optik has the best light to heat blocking ratio of any window film.

Huper Optik coatings are less reflective than glass so your views won’t be compromised and your warranty will provide a lifetime of comfort.

Call Advanced Film Solutions for a free estimate and begin living a cooler life!

Toll free: 877-575-3456

Tampa Advanced Film Solutions Window Tinting Improves Glass

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 Eastman Chemicals, 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

Window Film Cooling Tampa’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

Affordable, Durable Tampa Bay Window Tinting, Advanced Film Solutions

Florida home and business owners know that staying cool indoors can be a challenge.

The reality of your AC breaking down in July isn’t a happy situation to say the least.

Imagine being able to stop 70-85% of the heat from coming into your home through your windows?

Think about preserving your wood floors and leather furnishings with nearly 100% UV filtering films.

That’s why a window film solution has been demonstrated to be the most cost-effective aftermarket home improvement as compared to any other energy upgrade.