Window Film Installation
Solar, safety, security, privacy and bird-friendly film installed on commercial and home glazing.
- Glass compatibility assessed first
- Occupied-building retrofits
- Commercial and residential
Films and graphics
Safety & Security Film
Thick polyester film that holds broken glass together and buys time against forced entry.
How it works
It delays entry. It does not make glass unbreakable.
Security film is a thick polyester laminate bonded to the glass with a pressure-sensitive adhesive. When the glass breaks, the film holds the fragments in the opening instead of letting them fall out or fly in. An intruder who expects one hit to make a hole ends up needing repeated, loud, visible effort.
That delay is the product. Published performance tiers run from around 4 mil for accidental impact protection, through roughly 8 mil for smash-and-grab resistance, up to 8 to 12 mil for forced-entry delay and 12 to 14 mil for blast mitigation. The thicker tiers only reach their rated performance when the film is anchored to the frame with a structural sealant bead or a mechanical attachment profile, because otherwise the whole filmed pane simply pops out of the glazing.
We survey the glass and the frame before recommending anything, and we tell clients plainly when a site needs anchoring rather than film alone.
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Glass retentionFragments stay bonded to the film rather than falling into the space.
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Entry delayRepeated blows required, which raises noise, time and risk for an intruder.
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Anchoring mattersWet-glaze or mechanical attachment is what transfers load to the frame.
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Standards basedImpact and blast tiers reference CPSC, ASTM and GSA test protocols.
Where it belongs
Typical applications
Glass that is either a target or a hazard.
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Retail storefronts
Smash-and-grab deterrence on display windows and entry doors.
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Cash and stock areas
Pharmacy, cannabis retail, electronics and back-of-house glazing.
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Public buildings
Schools, healthcare and government glazing where glass hazard matters.
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Ground-floor glass
Accessible openings that are the obvious route into a building.
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Hazard mitigation
Reducing flying glass risk from impact, storm or blast events.
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Anti-graffiti pairing
Sacrificial clear film over security film on vulnerable elevations.
Specification
What to specify
Thickness alone does not describe performance. The specification is thickness plus attachment method plus the standard you are trying to meet.
Ask about security film- Thickness range
- Approximately 4 mil to 14 mil depending on the threat addressed
- Accidental impact
- Lower tiers reference CPSC 16 CFR 1201 safety glazing criteria
- Smash and grab
- Mid tiers reference ASTM F588 forced-entry test methods
- Blast mitigation
- Upper tiers reference ASTM F1642 and GSA performance conditions
- Attachment
- Structural silicone wet-glaze bead or mechanical attachment profile
- Clarity
- Clear options available; tinted and solar-combination films also exist
- Survey needs
- Glass type, thickness, construction and glazing bead depth
Installation services that use it
Commercial Rollout Programs
Multi-site programs surveyed, scheduled and reported address by address across the Prairies.
- One survey pack per address
- Location matrix reporting
- Consistent crew leads
Questions we get asked
Plain answers to the questions buyers and building owners ask us most.
Does security film stop break-ins?
Start a project
Tell us what needs installing
Send drawings, a site list or a photo. We will tell you what the install takes, what we need to survey and when our crews can be on site.