The Three Privacy Film Advantages That You May Not Know About
Posted on: 14 February 2018
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Most people who opt for privacy film for their home windows have one main goal—keeping their home safe from prying eyes outdoors. Whilst that's certainly something that you can easily achieve with privacy film, it also has some other distinct advantages that you might not know about. Here are some of the major benefits of home window tinting that you may not know about yet.
Reducing Energy Costs
By having your home windows privacy tinted, you'll also realize a savings in your monthly energy costs. When your windows are untreated, the heat and the cold can get inside much more easily. This means that your heater and air conditioner have to work harder, incurring higher energy costs, to keep your home at a comfortable temperature. Home window tinting helps prevent heat and cold transfer and allows your home to retain its inside temperature more effectively—and you'll have the lower energy bills to prove it.
Strengthening Your Window Glass
Privacy window film can actually make your window glass stronger. When an object like a falling tree branch hits the window, it's far more likely to cause a crack or break when there's no internal protection. Whilst the film is quite thin, it's also strong and durable enough to offer significant internal protection. In fact, home window tinting film can sometimes keep the window intact where it would have been broken otherwise. Even if a break occurs, the film can prevent a break from becoming a glass explosion inside your home.
Improving Your Safety
There are a variety of window privacy film options today, but one of the most popular is safety film. A specialised safety film is designed to give you the darker colour you want whilst lending extra deterrent to potential intruders. A safety privacy film is placed on both the inside and the outside of your windows, and it makes the window far harder to break than it would be with no film or with a standard privacy film. If a would-be intruder attempts to break a window with safety film on it, they'll immediately notice that the window doesn't respond in the expected way—namely, that it strongly resists breaks. Intruders may well decide that too many precious minutes would be lost by trying to break such a resistant window—and thus they may leave rather than risk being caught.
If you're considering privacy film for your windows, talk to your local home window tinting contractor about the benefits discussed above—you might just decide that you want tinted windows even more than you thought!