3 Ways Security Glass Films Can Keep Your Home/Business Safer

A glass security film is a thin layer of polyester sheeting that is attached onto existing glass surfaces for safety reasons. This safety film can be installed on windows, glass doors, patio doors, skylights, commercial glass, and other glass fixtures. Once installed, this glass film can make your home or business safer from a number of threats, and in a number of ways.

Read on to learn all about them below.

Strengthens your glass to prevent shattering

One of the demerits of glass as a building material is that when hit with force, it tends to shatter. This makes glass an easy target for burglars and criminals. However, all this can change if you apply a security film onto your windows. The window security film covers the glass pane on both sides. This has the effect of holding the glass plane together and preventing shattering.

Upon being hit, therefore, the affected part will break but the glass pane will remain in place; it will not shatter. The intruder will therefore have to use a lot more force to try and break the glass completely. And even then, the glass will still be held together by the film. The intruder will therefore have to physically try to break the film to gain entry into your property. All this makes your glass surfaces that much harder to get past.

Deters crime by delaying the intrusion process

Although security films do not make your fixtures tamper-proof, they do slow down criminal activity greatly, much to your favour. While unprotected glass might require a just fraction of a minute to smash and get in, glass with this film takes a lot longer to intrude.

This delay has several benefits in terms of security:

It discourages the criminal(s) from continuing with the crime.
It creates opportunities for people to spot the crime in progress and report it or try to stop it.
It buys law enforcement officers time to make an arrest.
It provides your surveillance cameras with more time to identify the perpetrators.

Prevents physical injury caused by impact debris

Thirdly, glass surfaces with a security film can help prevent physical damage that is brought about by impact hits on glass. The film acts as a barrier, preventing tiny glass debris from causing physical harm to those around the glass. This is not just applicable during criminal activities alone; it also applies in other scenarios such as accidental damage, earthquakes, storms, tremors, sound/vibration damage, etc.

For just a little cost, the security film can make your premises safer, saving you a lot of money and protecting you from the risk of criminal harm.

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