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In the industry this is called safety and security window film. It is one product. The name covers its two uses: holding broken glass together so it does not fall away in dangerous shards, and resisting forced entry. The film is the same either way. What changes is how it is applied, and that is the difference between the two approaches below.
The daylight application is film installed across the glass with a small gap left at the edges. On its own, it holds a broken pane together in one piece. This is the right approach for earthquake protection and for general protection around children and family. It works on most windows, residential or commercial.
In some cases, applying safety film to existing glass has been accepted as a way to meet safety-glazing requirements without replacing the glass. Whether film qualifies is determined by your local code official or general contractor, not by us. If an inspector or contractor has raised this on your project, we can install film that holds the glass in a single piece.
For forced-entry resistance, the daylight application alone is not enough. The film has to be anchored to the window frame. We attach it with the Madico Gullwing system, which we are certified to install and which finishes cleaner than the structural silicone method. This requires a frame substantial enough to anchor the system, which suits commercial buildings and homes built with heavy commercial-grade framing such as wide aluminum window systems. Standard residential frames usually do not qualify, and we will tell you honestly if yours do not.
Safety and security window film can also be a solar film. The same film that holds broken glass together, or that anchors into an attachment system for forced-entry resistance, can also cut glare, block UV, and reduce heat and fabric fading. You do not have to choose between protection and solar control.
Clearview Sun Control has installed safety and security film since 2001, including confidential work for government agencies, government contractors, and institutional clients.
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Not on its own. Film applied by itself holds broken glass together, but it does not resist forced entry. Break-in resistance comes from an attachment system that anchors the film and glass to the window frame. Without that system, security film is a glass-retention product, not an anti-intrusion one.
Usually not for anti-intrusion. That application performs best with a structural attachment system, and most residential window frames are not substantial enough to anchor one. The exception is a home with heavy commercial-grade framing, such as wide aluminum window systems. A standard daylight application for earthquake or general safety, however, works on most windows.
It is a structural method of anchoring the film and glass to the window frame. We use the Madico Gullwing system. Without an attachment system, security film holds shards together but is not an anti-intrusion product.
It is film installed across the glass with a small gap left at the edges. It holds a broken pane in one piece and is used for earthquake protection, general household safety, and meeting safety-glazing requirements when a code official or contractor accepts it.
Either. It can be installed clear so it is nearly invisible, or tinted to add solar and UV control along with glass retention.
