Window Film in Arlington, TX

Window Film for Arlington Ranch Homes With Aluminum Windows

A big share of central and west Arlington was built in the 1960s and 1970s, and plenty of those one-story brick ranch houses still have their original aluminum-frame windows. Some are single pane, some are early double pane. Either way, the glass passes a lot of heat, and the metal frames get hot to the touch on a summer afternoon.

Film works on the glass, not the frame, so it will not fix a drafty or sweating aluminum window. What it does well is cut the solar heat coming through the largest part of the opening, the pane itself. On a west-facing living room picture window that is often enough to make the room usable again in the late afternoon. These homes also tend to have low eaves and wide picture windows close to the street. A daytime privacy film on the front window is a common add-on, letting owners keep the blinds open without the house feeling exposed.

Commercial Window Film in the Arlington Entertainment District

The area around AT&T Stadium, Globe Life Field and Texas Live! fills with crowds on game and concert days. Restaurants, hotels and shops along Collins Street, Randol Mill and Cowboys Way need glass that holds up to that traffic and to the sun on large south and west storefronts.

Two films come up most often. Clear security film keeps a cracked or struck window in place until it can be replaced, which matters when a crowd is passing a glass front. Solar control film cuts heat and glare in dining rooms and lobbies with big windows. Both can be installed overnight or on non-event days so business is not interrupted.

• Security film for street-level glass that faces event crowds
• Solar control film for lobbies and dining rooms
• Anti-graffiti film for doors and side windows
• Overnight installs scheduled around the event calendar

Privacy and Heat Film for Rentals Near UT Arlington

Around the UT Arlington campus there are many apartment buildings, duplexes and older houses rented to students. Landlords and property managers ask for film for two reasons: tenants on ground floors want privacy from sidewalks and parking lots, and units with west-facing glass run high electric bills that become complaints.

Film is a low-maintenance way to deal with both. It does not get pulled down or broken the way blinds do, and a frosted film on bathroom and ground-floor bedroom windows stays put between tenants. We can quote a whole building at once, with a consistent look across units.

Window Tinting for New Homes in Viridian and South Arlington

North Arlington's Viridian community and the newer subdivisions toward Mansfield are full of two-story homes with large rear windows, many backing onto lakes, greenbelts or open fields with no tree cover. Those homes have low-E glass from the builder, but open views also mean open sun. Viridian's lakes and open parkland leave many back yards fully exposed.

For these houses we usually recommend a light heat control film that is approved for low-E dual-pane glass and leaves the curb view of the house just as the builder finished it. Many of these neighborhoods have HOAs with rules on reflective windows, and neutral films stay within them. A sample held against your own window shows how little the look changes.