With 3M home window tinting, there is no need to block the natural light from streaming into your home.
Many choose to live in the Sunshine State because of the year-long sunshine but find themselves blocking the view from their windows due to heat, glare, fading, high energy costs, privacy and more. Here are six reasons people turn to 3M home window tinting to bring the sunshine back into their homes.
Reason No. 1: Home Window Tinting Lowers Heat in Your Home
3M home window tinting is scientifically designed to block the sun’s heat-producing infrared rays, leaving your home cooler and more comfortable.
3M’s Sun Control Window Film, Prestige Series is constructed using 200 hundred layers of thin film, each positioned precisely to deflect the sun’s harmful effects away from your home. In fact, 3M’s state-of-the-art Prestige Series has proven to provide up to 54% of solar heat reduction and up to 97% infrared rejection. This results in a difference you can feel.
Compared to other films, 3M™ Window Films increase performance at a faster rate as the sun’s angle increases. This means greater protection and comfort during the hottest part of the day.
Reason No. 2: Home Window Tinting Lowers High Energy Costs
Because 3M’s home window tinting lowers the amount of the heat coming in through your windows, your HVAC system does not have to work as hard.
Those in Florida know the feeling of heat pockets that form around windows that get direct sunlight. HVAC, or central air units, are consistently working to cool those areas of your home. 3M’s home tinting essentially stops the heat pockets from forming in the first place. This results in a cooler space and less strain on your air conditioning units. Ultimately, this saves you on energy costs.
3M Window Film has proven to pay for itself in energy savings in as little as three years due to its heat blocking technology.
Reason No. 3: Home Window Tinting Slows the Fading Furniture and Flooring in Your Home
3M home window tinting can help prevent fading lines on floors or faded colors on furniture.
According to the Florida Solar Energy Center, “Although visible light, electric lighting, heating, humidity, age of fabrics and fabric dyes all play a part in the (fading) process, UV radiation is attributed to 40% of the damage. Protecting against UV is not just important in hot, sunny climates. Even in cold, cloudy climates, UV radiation can damage furnishings.”
Essentially, nothing can stop fading from happening, but 3M home window tinting can dramatically slow the fading process by blocking up to 99.9 percent of UV rays, the leading cause of fading. Almost all of 3M’s window tinting solutions, including its Prestige Series films, include a defense against UV rays.
Of course, this also adds an extra layer of protection on your windows for you and your family– as UV rays are also the leading cause for skin cancer.
Reason No. 4: Home Window Tinting Reduces Glare in Your Home
3M home window tinting can help provide relief from eye strain by reducing glare from the sun.
Glare often occurs during that specific time of the day when the sun is perpendicular to the horizon. It can be especially bothersome in rooms where windows face the sun.
Constructed with multiple thin layers of film, 3M’s home window tinting deflects the sun away and can reduce glare by up to 77%. The darker the tint level of 3M Window Film, the more glare reduction. However, even 3M’s nearly clear Prestige Series of sun control window films have proven to provide a 22% reduction in glare.
Reducing glare can dramatically improve comfort when it comes to eye strain while looking at television screens, computer monitors, tablets and phones.
Reason No. 5: Home Window Tinting Adds a Layer of Privacy and Security in Your Home
3M home window tinting can block the view and provide a layer of security to your home.
3M’s privacy films, from frosted film to mirrored film, are designed to help obscure views of areas where you want it most – including glass walls, shower doors, glass cabinets, and more. 3M also offers a variety decorative films and finishes that can transform your home’s aesthetics and décor while adding privacy.
Meanwhile, 3M’s Scotchshield™ Safety and Security Window Film is designed to keep intruders out by protecting your home’s most vulnerable entry point – the glass. The film is designed to keep shattered glass shards together after an impact and prevent flying glass from harming people and property. The film, when combined with 3M™ Impact Protection Attachment System, can prevent a persistent intruder by up to 2 full minutes – added time for emergency responders to arrive.
Overall, 3M’s home window tinting can work toward improving the privacy and safety of your home.
Reason No. 6: Home Window Tinting is Backed by a Manufacturer Warranty
3M home window tinting is an investment that you can make with peace of mind.
3M’s residential window film series, when installed by a 3M™ Authorized Dealer like Advanced Window Tinting, are backed by a manufacturer warranty for the length of the time that you own your home. The warranty guarantees that the film will maintain their solar protective properties without cracking, crazing or peeling. They also will not bubble, blister or delaminate from the glass, and they will never discolor or turn purple.
Advanced Window Tinting’s trained installation experts can review the warranty specifications for each film series to make sure that you are choosing the right 3M home window tinting solution for your home.
Work with an Experienced Home Window Tinting Expert Today
Advanced Window Tinting has been installing window film on homes throughout Northeast Florida since 1993. With a team of on-staff window film experts, the company has successfully improved the comfort of residential interiors by lowering heat, decreasing high energy costs, reducing glare, blocking UV rays, adding privacy and increasing security.
For a custom quote or book an appointment to speak with one of our expert team members, contact Advanced Window Tinting today at (904) 262-9919.
