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Eye Strain: Tampa, Orlando, Clearwater Glare Blocking Window Film

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The telephone has been ringing off the hook these last few days because of the lower angle of the Sun.

Glare is driving folks crazy!

It’s all in the angles!

 

Rooms that were comfortable last month are now baked with Sun and glare.

The lower arc of the Sun is creating difficulty for consumers for fading issues as well as the glare on their television and computers.

We have the most effective solution…

VISTA and Huper Optik films reduce glare by nearly 80%.

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The choice of how dark or reflective you want the “look and feel” of your home is strictly up to you!

Our complete solar control portfolio includes the VISTA Celeste V18.  We are also installing the V28 Luminance as well as the DR 15 charcoal neutral dual reflective solar film.

On our Huper side, we are recommending our Ceramic 30 non reflective- non metal films that cut 70% of the glare without adding reflectivity.

These glare and UV reducing films are all available in wider six foot widths and all offer a lifetime warranty.

Advanced Film Solutions

Cut the Glare Today!


Toll Free 877-575-3456

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Window Retrofit Glass Tinting Best ROI, Advanced Film Solutions

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We can stare at the stars and dream of solutions that may someday provide energy savings but that electric bill from TECO or Duke Energy keeps on arriving in your mailbox so it might be a good time to put those pipe dreams behind.

Heating and cooling are a home’s most expensive systems, typically chewing up 48 percent of the utility budget, according to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)

Window film retrofits:

  • Window films are proven technologies that are available right now!
  • Window Films have documented performance values confirmed by the NFRC (no hyperbole, gimmicks, sun lamps.)
  • Cooling and heating costs savings are also well documented. Anticipated energy cost savings of 30% are realistic.

  • The aesthetic appearance of your home windows need not change thanks to selections that are clear and light with lower reflection than you existing glass reflection.
  • Installation is typically a one day project conducted by expert factory trained technicians.
  • Solar films are geared to filtering out heat and UV. Glare control is also a benefit. Consumers should also consider thicker dual benefit safety and security coatings. These are thicker iterations of the solar films that delay, deter and deny criminal entry.

  • The warranty for today’s window film is lifetime and our glass warranty provides assurance that matches any pre-existing window warranty.
  • The ROI of window film in Florida has been documented to provide the fastest return of any home improvement aftermarket product.

It’s time to face the reality of escalating home cooling and heating costs with a free estimate from Florida’s leading window film retrofit solutions provider:

Call Advanced Film Solutions

Tampa Bay: 813-949-3456

Orlando: 407-843-9350

Toll Free: 877-575-3456

Tampa, Sarasota, Orlando Property Managers Select Advanced Film Solutions

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The Advanced Film Solutions installation team is the number one choice for area property management companies for energy and safety security window film applications.

Our insured installation team has completed thousands of projects throughout the Tampa Bay, Sarasota-Bradenton and Orlando area.

We are unique by providing more choices of light transmissions, reflective and non reflective coatings and brands than any competitor.

While we are a family owned company our experience (33 years at 3M and the last 18 as an independent contractor) are unmatched.

We represent the incomparable Eastman Chemical portfolio that includes Vista Film,  Low E Film, LLumar and Huper Optik.

Our security films include LLumar, Vista, Saint-Gobain Armorcoat and Madico and Sunscape Films.

Selections from Avery- Dennison, Hanita including their Solar Zone and Safety Zone choices.

Better installation and better value from the company that has earned the Super Service Award from Angie’s List for 10 straight years.

No project is too large!

  • Reduce monthly cooling costs.

  • Improve privacy.

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  • Enhance curb appeal.
  • Filter 99.9% of the UV

  • Improve security and perimeter protection.

  • Eliminate hot spots.
  • Control glare.

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Call toll free for a free estimate.

877-575-3456

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Tampa 2025, Compares Window Film Retrofit Vs. Buying New Windows

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Many Florida homeowners suffer through long hot summers with clear single pane glass windows and sliders.

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Heat streams in unabated and UV damages furnishings and wood floors.

 

Glare creates impossible to watch TV screens and computers and electric bills are higher than ever before.

If you aren’t familiar with today’s solar control window film coatings you might be persuaded by some window replacement company to invest in a complete replacement.

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No window replacement company will detail the following FACTS:

  1. The payback for IG insulated Glass units or Low E windows may take 25 years.
  2. Many of the replacement windows do nothing to filter out harmful UV rays.
  3. The very best IG units typically stop slightly more than 50% of the heat.
  4. Unless you have significant air leaks the physical properties of your window frames did not require replacement.
  5. IG units are typically clear glass so you’ll still suffer with glare and eye strain.

There may be a better way to solve your window problems.

Advanced Film Solutions Window Film

  1. All coatings are NFRC certified so the guess-work is removed when it comes to performance.
  2. Our coatings filter 99.9% of the UV
  3. Our coatings come with a lifetime warranty.
  4. Your ROI will be less than 2 years because window films cost roughly 1/10 that of replacing your windows!

Call for a free estimate and do your own comparisons!

Advanced Film Solutions

Toll free: 877-575-3456

Tangible Window Film Benefits For Florida’s Commercial Buildings

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The perfect storm of rising electric costs based on unstable petroleum supplies and the encouragement of the US Government for energy efficiency has reawakened interest in window film as a cost savings solution.

This has been a long time coming because the cost equation was never easily quantified with window film and the life cycle of the product would create issues during viability studies.

Further the net effect of darkening windows quite often produced increased internal lighting costs which led to a lower ROI.

Window film leaders have created leading edge window films that meet today’s Facility Manager’s requirements:

  • We no longer install dyed polyester films that would lose their color and create purple windows. Frankly you can still see purple glass on office towers throughout the USA. This is the legacy of the 1970’s when dyed tint films were the only show in town.  The Oil Embargo created the need and these films initially produced the anticipated benefits. Unfortunately as the dyes migrated so did the effectiveness of the window tinting. LLumar and VISTA Films are metallic or ceramic and the life cycle of these films can be expected for a 20 year cycle.

  • DOE II programs have effectively quantified dramatic cost savings and ROI with the installation of our window film.  There are variables, to be sure that have an impact on the rate of return. Certain films like our Reflective 20 Silver films provide huge heat gain reductions at a very cost effective investment. Less internally reflective films have an associated cost premium which would be evident with our VISTA Series dual reflective films. Ceramic and nano-ceramic films will block copious amounts of IR and Solar heat gain without reducing the visible light transmission.  These ceramic films should be considered if daylighting benefits are considered.  Sunlight is free and these spectrally selective films would balance the AC without incurring higher internal lighting costs.
  • There are tangible aesthetic improvements that can be expected with the installation of window film. Uniform building appearance increases the value of the commercial property and in today’s competitive climate tenant comfort and tenant satisfaction are enormously important as vacancy rates increase.

Government facilities and Fortune 500 corporations have recognized the bottom line and top line benefits of reduced energy usage.  The Recovery Act and LEEDS credits and city specific commercial window film rebates are driving renewed interest.

Building Managers and Commercial Property Managers can implement their own energy retrofit plan without contracting with a third party energy services company.

Advanced Film Solutions has teamed with the world leading window film solutions.

Brand leaders like  LLumar and VISTA. NFRC Certified films  ( Huper Optik) Madico and Sunscape .Call Toll Free 877-575-3456


Save Energy. Improve  Bottom Line

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