Warm breezes wafting off the Gulf of Mexico. Two-hundred-forty-six days of sunshine per year. Average temperatures from the 50s in the winter to the 80s and 90s in the summer. That’s Tampa Bay, Florida. It’s a great place to live, to build a home, or to visit your second home every winter with the rest of the “snowbirds”.
Unfortunately, Tampa Bay, like most areas in the state of Florida, is also prone to tropical storms and hurricanes. High winds, airborne debris, palm fronds slamming into your windows and doors, Mother Nature has a way of giving us a dose of reality every few years in Florida.
Specialized In Tampa Window & Door
At Carrollwood Window & Door in Tampa Bay, we specialize in replacing your current windows with hurricane resistant windows that protect your home and all its contents from a storm’s impact. These windows combine heavy-duty frames with impact-resistant laminated glass with a special silicone glazing process to keep the glass from breaking away from its frame. Impact-resistant glass is comprised of two panes of glass bonded together with a special inter or middle layer of clear polyvinyl butyral, a resin used for applications that require a strong binding, optical clarity, toughness, and flexibility.
To be qualified as hurricane resistant or impact proof, the windows must meet wind-borne debris and hurricane codes from an approved government organization, such as the Florida Building Code department (FBC). The FBC requires windows to be impact resistant or protected from impact where wind speed can reach up to 140 mph or more. But impact windows do more than just protect the contents of your home. They also keep your home cool in the spring and summer, while letting the light and sunshine inside but the UV rays that can discolor or fade your furnishings, draperies, and artwork from fading, outside where it belongs. And in the fall and winter, they keep the warmth inside where it belongs, keeping your AC and heating bills down to a reasonable level. The laminated glass used in impact windows adds another layer of 24/7 protection between your home and the outside elements. They are energy efficient, and they also make your home much safer from intruders.
While impact windows aren’t 100% indestructible, they are very hard to break. To get through the window and into your home, a burglar would create quite the commotion and would likely be caught before he got inside. Breaking through impact windows typically proves to be considerable work and energy, forcing thieves to move on.
Tampa Window & Door Installations
In addition to protecting your home from high winds or hurricanes and increasing your energy efficiency while reducing your carbon footprint, high impact replacement windows can add increased property value, improve the look, and feel of your home or business, and add another layer of security to your home. And when it comes to your greatest investment, it doesn’t get much better than that!
Installing replacement impact resistant windows significantly lowers your chances of major damage to the contents of your home. Not only from wind, but from rain and flying debris as well. Hurricane impact windows have now advanced to the point where they can withstand Category 5 wind conditions that can reach 157+ mph, and the flying debris, tree limbs, and heavy palm fronds that go with it.
Our product specialists and installation technicians here at Carrollwood are fully licensed and trained in the most up-to-date products and application and installation techniques. And they are qualified to replace windows in all types of residential properties, homes, condos, apartment complexes, commercial or retail spaces and more.
We offer several different options for our customers to choose from, including PGT WinGuard Impact Resistant Windows and Custom Window Systems Wind-Pact Plus – both are shatter-proof and designed to keep wind and weather out of your home. But don’t wait until a hurricane or tropical storm is headed your way to consider replacing your old or ill-fitting and most likely single pane tempered glass that can break easily. Do it now while you have no threatening storms in the forecast. Do it now to ensure your home, its contents, and your family are safe during hurricane season. If you’re concerned about the aggravation and upset of your daily routines during the installation process, never fear. Our team of factory trained installers pride themselves in treating our customers’ homes as they would their own. We move your furniture, place drop cloths where needed, remove window treatments then we put everything
back where it belongs once the job is completed.
We’ll even vacuum. And our team is courteous and polite from the minute they step into your home. We want to make you feel like your home is brand new again. Let us give you that fresh, new start! Depending on the type of window and the functions they have been built to perform, the construction and parts of impact resistant windows can actually be quite complex.
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Our window specialists, technicians, and expert installers are constantly educating themselves on the most up-to-date products and application techniques available in the market today. Over the last few years, science has improved how impact resistant windows are constructed, what airtight seals they use, and the type, quality, and thickness of the laminated glass. Click here and take a look at our Anatomy of a Window page to better understand some of the different functions our impact resistant windows are built to perform before making your decision. You can choose from vinyl or heavy-duty extruded aluminum coated with an electrostatic paint for a low maintenance finish. A minimum frame depth of 2 ¾ inches on windows with a wall thickness more than .062 also aids the windows in withstanding strong winds. And molded nylon anti-friction sash guides assure a smooth operation.
Impact-resistant windows come in all design styles, including single hung windows, picture and architectural windows, horizontal roller windows, casement windows and more. We offer every style to suit your taste and the look of your home.
Once you’ve made a few choices on style and features you would like in your new windows, feel free to stop by our showroom or call us at (813) 626-7676 to schedule a free consultation. We’re happy to discuss your choices and answer any questions you may have. Then we’ll provide you with a customized recommendation of what would work best for you. You’re under no obligation to buy. Read our tips for buying replacement windows.
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