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What Are Three of the Proven Best Window Films for Home Windows?

November 4, 2020 by Carol S 1 Comment

What Are Three of the Proven Best Window Films for Home Windows?
What Are Three of the Proven Best Window Films for Home Windows?

When people who have never had window film before consider window film, they often about the best window film. Since we’re in the window film business, here are three of the proven best window films you might consider. Of course there are many, but this is like a starter pack! By the way, there are lots of choices.

First, if you asked which is the best, we’d have to answer with “it depends.” So here are three typical scenarios and the window films that could fix these problems.

Fade Protection / Saving Your Investment
Fade Protection / Saving Your Investment

Fade Protection / Saving Your Investment

3M Prestige is the only way to greatly mitigate fading of your fine furnishings, floors, rugs, and other investments. 3M Prestige window film also reduces heat, which is a big deal. It’s optically clear and the only film that reduces Infrared rays. You can also reduce glare, keep your view and avoid having a reflective surface–so important especially if you’re working from home. Also, 3M Prestige rejects up to 97% of infrared light providing energy savings, enhanced comfort, and protection to you and your family. You might like to read our article: Why 3M Prestige Window Film? for ideas.

Light Redirecting Film Brings the Light
Light Redirecting Film Brings the Light

Light Redirecting Film Brings the Light

3M Daylight Redirecting Film (DRF) is the perfect way to bring light into a cavernous or inherently dark space if you have upper transom or clerestory windows. Pitch light up to 40 feet into the Interior space and redirect it upwards (so as to avoid glare into your eyes or bouncing off computers, etc.) bringing light into an otherwise difficult space. Once people hear about DRF window film, they can’t believe their eyes!

Need Insulation?

Insulation

For homes with north-facing or northeast-facing windows or other orientations or overt shading that leave that side of house too cool, you can use 3M CC70 Thinsulate window film to insulate your glass; it makes single pane almost as good as dual pane and make dual pane behave almost to triple pane standards! What other window film can keep you warm during the cold winter months and keeps you comfortable in the summer, too?

Still Can’t Decide?

Call us and we’ll help you make a decision! We work all over the San Francisco Bay Area. Call Window Works customer care at 415.650.5200 for pricing and more information.

 

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: 3M Prestige, 3M™ Daylight Redirecting Film, Thinsulate

What You Need to Know About 3M™’s Daylight Redirecting Film

October 24, 2017 by Carol S Leave a Comment

What You Need to Know About 3M™'s Daylight Redirecting Film
What You Need to Know About 3M™’s Daylight Redirecting Film

We’re very excited to show you some images of 3M Daylight Redirecting Film that we installed recently, and to explain how the redirecting film works. Here are the images of the installation first, with the explanation below of how the film works below the images.

 

San Francisco Redirecting Film Installation
San Francisco Redirecting Film Installation

San Francisco Redirecting Film Installation

In the image above, you can see our technician putting the finishing touches on an installation in San Francisco. Great job to our technicians Soe and Coco! We couldn’t do it without them!

Daylight Redirecting film After Installation
Daylight Redirecting film After Installation

In the next image, above, you can see how the Daylight Redirecting film moves the light further into the office. Obviously, we’re very excited by this new material, and we’d love to come and install some for you!

Avoid Depression
Avoid Depression

Avoid Depression

Say you have a dark office, with only a small amount of light coming in through the window. Now that could lead to a lot of your coworkers being depressed during the darker months of the year (or even the lighter months if you’re in a foggy place like San Francisco). And you wouldn’t want that, would you? By the way, you might like this recent article: The Best Window Film Installations You Might Want to See ( a compilation of recent installs!).

light beam photo

Sunlight Increases Productivity

Sunlight increases productivity, enhances mood, and gives us a sense of well being. In fact, an article from Harvard Medical School outlines the ways that sunlight affects your mood: Let the sun shine: Mind your mental health this winter. Not only that, but more light has been shown to decrease absenteeism. Not to mention, with more light inside, you can avoid those fights for the window seats!

light beam photo

Be a Magician and Bend the Light!

So 3M™ Daylight Redirecting Film actually changes the way light enters a room and can let the light penetrate into the inside of a room. Daylight Redirecting Film uses many micro-prisms to redirect the light. We think that’s pretty cool!

light beam photo
Redistribute the Light

Instead of putting shades on the windows, thus blocking the light for everyone in an office, you can use Daylight Redirecting Film to redistribute the light. That’s right: light sharing has entered the sharing economy! And if you don’t think you need window film in San Francisco, you might want to read this: Window Film in San Francisco!

light beam photo
Photo by Ian Sane

Other Reasons to Use 3M Daylight Redirecting Film

Here are a few reasons:

  • Requires no special hardware
  • Requires no special infrastructure
  • Does not need additional maintenance or cleaning
  • Works at all times of the day, even when the sun is low in the sky
boardroom photo
Photo by Impact Hub

We’d Love to Talk to You

No matter what kind of window film you’re curious about, we’d love to talk to you! So give us a call. We work all over the greater San Francisco Bay Area (and even outside the area at times).

 

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: 3M™ Daylight Redirecting Film, San Francisco Bay Area window film, San Francisco window film

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