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5 Reasons Why a Professional Should Install Your Home's Window Tinting

5/19/2021

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DIY can be great. It's exciting and creative and often costs less. But some things are better off left to the professionals.
Window tinting seems simple; you get a film from your local store, cut it out, and adhere to the interior of your windows, right? Actually, the job needs skill, time, and knowledge. Discover five reasons why you should hire a professional to install your home's window tinting.

1. High-Level Expertise

Window films come in a variety of shapes, sizes, colors, and decorative choices. They will offer different and enhanced benefits such as higher energy efficiency, more security, better temperature control, enhanced UV protection, and reduced glare.
With a professional, they have the experience and knowledge that can guide you on the best type of tint for your windows.
Moreover, you have different types of window glasses such as annealed, tinted, and insulated. They, too, will require varied treatments as they have different thermal stress retention. If you apply any window film from the store to the wrong type of glass, it might cause window damage, ultimately invalidating your window manufacturer's warranty.

2. Quick Project Completion

Installing the window tint requires a series of steps from cleaning the windows, measuring and cutting the film, adhering to the film, eliminating bubbles, trimming, and removing excess moisture. What you thought would be a weekend project can easily turn out to be a week's project or even a month's project.
Professionals can save time since they have the right tools and skills for the job. Their experience and practice allow them to work efficiently through your home windows in no time.

3. Money-Saving Benefits

Direct costs favor DIY since you incur the labor costs, and you can choose less expensive films for your windows. However, you may incur a lot of material waste during installation because DIY often entails trial and error.
Furthermore, if you apply a less expensive film now, you're more likely to replace it in just a few years. These recurring costs will cost you more money than a one-and-done project.
Such replacement costs are avoidable by hiring pros to use the best-quality film that will last you for years to come. Again, time is money.

4. Quality Service and Results

Professional services offer just that — professionalism and quality. So many things could go wrong if you decide to do the installation by yourself. For example:
  • The film could adhere wrongly, trapping dirt and dust particles between the film and the glass.
  • You could measure and cut out the tint with the wrong measurements.
  • The film could get wrinkles and bubbles, and you wouldn't know how to smoothen it out.
Such mishaps will cost you time and money, which you don't want to lose. Avoid such by contacting pros who will ensure their services result in comfort, privacy, long-term savings, and added style to your home.

5. Long-Lasting Benefits

Professionally installed window film comes with a manufacturer's warranty that could last a lifetime. They trust the quality of their work and believe that their product will serve you for years to come.
On the other hand, with DIY installation, you risk damage to the windows and could easily void your current manufacturer's warranty. Manufacturers aren't usually liable for damages from adding modifications to your glass panels, such as window tinting. Therefore, choose professionals who can offer window tinting treatments with a long manufacturer's warranty.
Window tinting offers many excellent benefits. But for you to experience them, you need trusted professionals who provide unbiased advice, timely installation, quality service, and results and won't void your manufacturer's warranty.
Contact us today to start enjoying the benefits of professional home window tinting as soon as possible.
4 Comments
Iris Smith link
11/10/2022 07:58:47 pm

Thank you for mentioning that adding window tint offers a variety of improved benefits, including improved UV protection, lower glare, more security, better temperature control, and higher energy efficiency. My husband stated that he wants to lessen the UV glare entering the home. I'll locate a window tinting service to install the tint on our home's windows so that less UV light enters the building.

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Braden Bills link
12/12/2022 07:58:31 am

I want to get my windows tinted, and I've been considering installing the tinting film myself. I had no idea that it could be so easy to install the window film incorrectly! It makes sense that I would want to find an installation specialist to put them in for me. They would know how to do the job right.

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castoravon link
11/21/2023 11:24:01 pm

This blog has definitely opened my eyes to the advantages of residential window tinting! I had never considered energy efficiency previously. Is there a sort of window tint that is better suited for this purpose?

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vishnu link
3/5/2024 01:08:01 am

Keep up the great work! Thank you so much for sharing a great posts.

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