COOLKOTE Conservatory Film
GLASTOP Emergency Repair Film
Privacy Films
Solarscreen Blinds
Museum Films
Reflective Films
GlassGard Safety & Security Films
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YOUR CONSERVATORY IS A VERY EFFECTIVE HEAT TRAP...
....the same can be said about roof lights in factories. As the sun blazes down on the roof, the temperature goes through it!! In recent summers, mid afternoon heat can be unbearable for you, your family or staff and especially your plants.
NO EFFECTIVE ANSWER TO THE STIFLING HEAT BUILD UP...?
....until now, there was no effective solution to this problem. roller and pleated roof blinds provide shade but can attract dust and insects, and are difficult to clean and maintain, whilst the heat still penetrates the fabric, building up to unacceptable levels.
COOLKOTE - SOLVES THE PROBLEM
Now treatment with CoolKote prevents the heat building up under polycarbonate or glass roofs by reflecting the sun's heat away before it can be transmitted. Immediate and dramatic reductions in internal daytime temperatures are achieved.
COOLKOTE....HOW IT WORKS coolkote is a high-performance metallized PVC coating, providing an inexpensive and extremely effective solution to the problem. It is applied to your existing polycarbonate or glass roofing by our highly trained professional installers... quickly, cleanly and with a minimum of disruption.
COOLKOTE SOLAR COATINGS FOR CONSERVATORIES
DRAMATICALLY REDUCES DAYTIME TEMPERATURES IN CONSERVATORIES AND INDUSTRIAL PREMISES
Glastop Emergency repair film provides an instant temporary repair which can be easily and effectively carried out in only a few minutes, with the minimum of disruption. No special training or tools are required. Glastop is particularly effective as a temporary repair of sealed units which may take two weeks to manufacture and replace.
Glasstop is a high quality heavy duty polyester film with a specially formulated powerful adhesive system protected by a quick release silicone paper liner. For ease of measuring and cutting, the release paper has a printed graduated grid.
IN CASE OF EMERGENCY - REACH FOR GLASTOP...........AN ESSENTIAL PART OF EVERY BUILDING'S TOOLKIT
Warning Glastop Emergency Film is temporary and must not be considered as a permanent repair
Industrial espionage has in recent times, and in spite of progressive security research, become one of the most lucrative professions
Vast amounts of money changes hands in the pursuit of industrial one-upmanship
What might appear to be a casual peek through a window can result in the "loss" of highly classified data to a skilled operative.
Privacy film is polyester based material containing a vacuum deposited layer of aluminium particles which, because of their reflective quality, creates an external mirror surface, thus allowing your personnel to see out but giving the would be snoop nothing.
You see all - he sees nothing!
Although sungard reflective films may reduce slightly, the amount of daylight the optical reduction is minimal.
Some very sensitive locations may require ongoing privacy.
SunGard special MATTE films give both day and night protection.
These films have high levels of light transmission, thus permitting maximum daylight levels conducive to work activity but they eliminate totally any clear vision in either direction.
Privacy is Security - Security is SunGard
The brilliance of Solar Screen shade film blinds is that they are designed to provide the flexibility of being drawn only when they are needed. The range incorporates both plain and embossed films with virtually identical technology to the window film range. However, because they are not "glued" like films to the glazing these blinds can be made with a higher level of reflectivity and as such are far more effective particularly with double glazed and pigmented glazing.
Like solar control window films, the Solar Screen shade films reflect infrared solar radiance but to a greater degree because it has a higher density of aluminium. For instance the "Cobalt Embossed" film reduces glare by 97% and Infrared by 92%. Because of the higher level of reflectivity, the glazing system doesn't absorb heat and therefor does not suffer from thermal stress. The Solar Screen film blinds are therefor ideal for pigmented or double glazed systems. Morever, in winter, the roller blinds in particular give superb insulation from the cold.
The Cassette Roller Blinds are particularly effective when lowered into place, they will give you the benefit of their thermal insulation performance of reducing solar heat and glare in summer and retaining heat you would have lost in winter thanks to the outstanding reflective and insulating property of the metallised film.
It also eliminates nearly all harmful ultra-violet light.
From an aesthetic point of view the headrail has a rounded profile which combines perfectly with most modern interiors. The profile includes a brush which automatically self-cleans the reflective surface of the blind as it is raised and lowered.
Adaptable lateral profiles and edge-seals provide other modular options to improve the appearance of the system.
Protection against ultra-violet light ray damage which causes:--
This damaging element of daylight can be eliminated with an application of our highly successful Museum UV filter film.
GlassGard Museum film surpasses all the required standards at present specified for museums, stately homes and historic buildings for protection against ultra-violet radiation
There are many films on the market today, all of which eradicate a proportion of the UV light range but MOST do not reach the required barrier protection of 75 micro-watts/lumen.
After many years of research, GlassGard Museum film has been developed as the industry leader for technical excellence and consistent high quality.
The unique construction of GlassGard Museum film gives treble UV protection as barriers against ultraviolet light are present in the main construction and also within the pressure sensitive bonding adhesive and scratch resistant coatings.
Accelerated ageing tests have shown that GlassGard Museum film has a life expectancy in excess of 10 years and now carries a manufacturer's warranty for that period.
The recommended specification for acceptable levels of ultraviolet is no more than 75 micro watts/lumen.
This means it is essential to filter all daylight and fluorescent lamp sources.
UV levels can be measured in house using a "Crawford" UV monitor.
UV filter films can also be analysed using an ultraviolet spectrophotometer and under this test the following criteria must be met:-
Readings taken at 320 nanometers and 380 nanometers must be less than 1% of the readings at 550 nanometers and the reading at 400 nanometers must be less than 50% of the reading at 550 nanometers.
Advantages & BenefitsDramatic reductions in solar heat gain through windows - the initial outlay expense of the installation can often be recouped from the reduced air conditioning running and maintenance costs within a two year period
Living with the city sun is no picnic!!!!!
An exceedingly large amount of commercial revenue goes, literally, down the drain each and every working day due, no doubt, to a serious lack of focus on the problems inherent with living with the city sun.....
Manufactured as a cost effective environmental control film, using the last word in successful development techniques, SunGard has more than fulfilled it's every exciting promise.
Available in a variety of subtle conservative colours SunGard is a polyester based film which incorporates in its manufacture a vacuum deposited layer of aluminium particles that are invisible to the human eye. Though transparent to the optimum degree when applied to glass, SunGard reflects and absorbs the solar rays resulting in a virtual shutout of harmful heat and glare and at a fraction of the cost of more conventional and well nigh obsolete alternative methods of trying to cope with sun related problems.
By keeping the sun's heat from penetrating through the glass with window film, you won't need to worry about the costs of air conditioning. For every 100 square feet of glass fitted with SunGard reflective film can equal a saving of one ton of air conditioning! Closed curtains and normal blinds actually allow most of the sun's heat through the glass and indeed act like storage radiators to heat up the room or conservatory. Where sun blinds, with their attendant maintenance problems and prohibitively high initial costing have demonstrably failed, SunGard provides the cost effective option with:
....when you install SunGard film you will see an architecturally pleasing improvement in the appearance of your building which not only saves energy and cuts out glare but also aids the building in achieving its full architectural potential.
Homebase superstore was suffering tremendous solar glare and heat problems affecting both customers and staff until they were overcome by Film-Tec's application of a high reflective film to the glazing.
The Grim Facts!
Consider the outcome of the IRA atrocities in the City of London, at Docklands and in Manchester. Not since the Second World War Blitz has so much devastation been wreaked upon the British public as the last few years has borne witness to - despite so called cease fires!
Precincts - Estate - Shopping Complexes - Offices - Public Transport.........
Have all been the targets for the lunatic fringe activist of our society and it is obvious that no one can consider themselves safe or immune from their attentions.
Casualty data shows that 90% of victims of bomb related injuries were inflicted by the savage ferocity of flying glass - which can embed itself in concrete!!!
Deadly showers of splintered glass missiles, as lethal as grenade shrapnel, are propelled over wide areas leaving chaos and destruction in their wake.
What chance the human frame??
What about your business equipment, records and data???
Indeed, what about your Business?????
Consider the implications and disruptions caused by the attentions of the thug who heaves a brick through your window in the middle of the night - just for fun!
More often than not the quickest way to break in for a smash and grab artist is through your glazing
Undoubtedly GLASS IS YOUR WEAKEST LINK!!!
But how often is it overlooked when security plans are considered
Even when you are in the comparative safety of the family home you are not out of the woods yet...
Consider robust and healthy children playing out their fantasies without considering the implications and dangers of glass surroundings when in the full flight of their games.
Those seconds of unawareness can result in the nastiest of accidents HOMES - PLAYGROUPS - NURSERIES - SCHOOLS???
Does your glazing conform to the current Regulation 14??
Since January 1996 IT IS A LEGAL REQUIREMENT THAT ALL RELEVANT EXISTING GLAZING IS MADE IMPACT SAFE AND SO MARKED.
This applies to all doorways and side glazing and any glazing falling below the level of 800mm from the floor and which must now comply with BS6026 breakage standards. For more details go to REGULATION 14
Sometimes even the unexpected can cause glass to break and fly such as hurricanes, gales or industrial accidents.
With GlassGard applied to your glazing the strength of your glass can be multiplied by factors of up to fifteen times its previous strength.
Essentially a thin polyester film no thicker than your thumbnail, the film is enough to hold the glass together and prevent it from splintering in an explosion or disintegrating when attacked by a thug.
Your staff and property are protected from the terrorist, burglar and accidents at a very reasonable and justifiable cost.
For added benefits, combine security or safety film with reflective or museum films for only a marginal additional cost implication.
All GlassGard safety and security films have a manufacturer's 10 year warranty