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Clearview Switchable™
Switchable Smart Film for Sliding and Bifold Doors
Clear when the doors are your view. Frosted white when you want the room to yourself.
A wall of bifold doors, and a room on display
This South Redondo Beach home needed privacy it could control at both the front and the back of the house. Here’s the back: a full wall of bifold doors opening to the yard. The owners loved the light and the view, and on folding doors, blinds weren’t even an option.
We applied Clearview Switchable™ film to every door panel. Now one switch takes the whole wall from clear to a soft frosted white, and back.
Project at a glance
- Where
- South Redondo Beach, CA
- Glass
- Bifold doors at the back of the home, plus privacy at the front (not shown)
- Film
- Clearview Switchable™ on every door panel
- Switching
- Panels clear left to right as the doors close. Closed, the whole wall switches as one.
- Also
- Decorative white frost on the dining room window
How it works on folding and sliding doors
Every panel gets its own film. Each piece of film is made to the exact size of its pane, so the doors look clean and finished from inside and out.
The doors open and fold like they always did. The film is on the glass, and the connections are built so the doors work the same as before.
Power, panel to panel. On this home, power comes in at the left door, and each panel connects to the next as the doors close. Close the doors with the power on and the panels clear one by one, left to right. Once closed, the whole wall switches on and off as one. With the power off, every panel rests frosted.
Your choice of control. A wall switch, a remote, or your smart home system.
Switchable where it matters. White frost everywhere else.
Not every window needs to switch. In this home, the large dining room window got our decorative white frost, a fixed frosted film, while the bifold doors got Switchable. When the doors are switched off, the two match almost perfectly, so the room looks finished, not patched together.
Fixed white frost costs a fraction of switchable film per window. Mixing the two puts your budget where you'll actually use the switch.
Same room, same camera position: the doors switch while the white frost window stays put.
Full service, start to finish
The great thing about CSI is that we’re a full-service company, so you have one point of contact from the first estimate to the final switch. When new power is needed behind the wall, we coordinate a licensed electrician we trust, so you’re never managing trades. We’ve been in business in the Los Angeles area since 2001.
CA Licensed Contractor #774678, serving homes and businesses across Los Angeles and Orange County.
What to know before you buy
A slight haze when clear. Looking straight through the glass, as in the video, it’s surprisingly clear. The haze shows most at sharp angles, like when you stand close and look along the glass to the side. That’s part of how the technology works.
Night privacy. When it’s off, no one outside can make out what’s inside. At night with the lights on, someone outside may see soft shapes, more so the closer a person is to the glass, but no detail.
Questions about doors
Yes. It is applied to your existing glass, so there is no need to replace the doors.
Yes. The film is on the glass, and the connections are built so the doors open and fold the same way they always did.
Yes, panels can be wired as separate zones. On this home they’re one system, so the whole wall switches together.
See it on your doors
Send us a photo of your doors for a preliminary quote. If you’d like a site visit, there’s a visit fee that’s credited back if you hire us for the job.
Project at a glance
- Where
- South Redondo Beach, CA
- Glass
- Bifold doors at the back of the home, plus privacy at the front (not shown)
- Film
- Clearview Switchable™ on every door panel
- Switching
- Panels clear left to right as the doors close. Closed, the whole wall switches as one.
- Also
- Decorative white frost on the dining room window
