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Impact Windows

Impact Windows

 

When it comes to securing your home – both from weather and break-ins – your windows are one of your home’s most vulnerable features. High-quality impact windows can protect your home.

How Are Impact Windows Different From Standard Windows?
Also called hurricane-proof or impact-resistant windows, these windows will not shatter on impact. Instead, a heavy enough impact will crack the glass and create a spider-web type pattern but the window will remain intact.

Impact windows get their strength from aluminum frames. Depending on the type, the glass is tempered, laminated, heat-treated, or tinted.

In addition to durability, impact windows can reduce energy costs and protect furniture from fading in sunny areas. Impact windows come in a huge range of options for energy efficiency. We will help you understand the often complicated terms associated with impact windows, such as low-e, solar heat gain coefficient, r-value and u-value.

Benefits Of Impact Windows

Hurricane & Storm Protection
Because impact windows will not shatter, they help protect your home in a hurricane by maintaining your home’s building envelope. When this protective barrier is breached during a storm – such as by a blown out window – the air pressure in your home rapidly changes and can result in total destruction. Impact windows play a critical role in protecting your home in a hurricane.
Energy Efficiency
Impact windows can reduce energy costs and protect furniture from fading in sunny areas. Impact windows come in a huge range of options for energy efficiency. We will help you understand the often complicated terms associated with impact windows, such as low-e, solar heat gain coefficient, r-value and u-value.
Reduced Noise
Thicker glass and reinforced frames create a physical barrier to outside noise. Homeowners who install impact windows report a significant reduction in noise from traffic, barking dogs, and other outside noises.
Insurance Discount
Most insurers that offer homeowners insurance promote discounts for storm-hardening features, including impact windows and doors.
Increase Home Value
Impact windows will increase the value of your home, and you can expect to see around 80% return on investment. Installing impact windows is on of the highest valued home improvement projects.
Improved Security
Just as impact windows protect your home from projectiles and storm damage, they also protect from break-ins. Even if a would-be intruder manages to break the glass, they will quickly realize the impact window cannot be further penetrated.