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GLASS
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GLASS | ENERGY EFFICIENT | SECURITY
The Armor Glass®
Plus
System
When
it comes to real benefits that homeowners appreciate, this Gorell glass option
is unlike any other. You'll enjoy greater security, sound control, safety, energy
savings and UV protection with windows and doors that include the Armor Glass® Plus
insulating system.
This
system actually is made up of three panes of glass. Two panes sandwich a tough
polyvinyl butyral interlayer that gives Armor Glass Plus its remarkable properties
for keeping out intruders, protecting against harmful UV rays and keeping out
noise. A SolarControl Plus® low-emissivity coating on the third pane of
glass and an argon gas-filled airspace provide superb energy efficiency.
Security: Armor
Glass Plus keeps out intruders, whereas alarm systems only let you know once
an intruder has already broken into your home.
Sound
Control: No other insulating glass system deadens sound like Armor Glass
Plus to keep your home peaceful and quiet.
Safety: Armor
Glass Plus complies with all the safety codes tempered glass meets, plus it meets
Categories I and II of the Consumer Product Safety Code.
UV
Protection: The invisible polyvinyl butyral interlayer in Armor Glass
Plus is a major reason this glass filters over 99 percent of the UV radiation
spectrum that causes fading of carpeting, draperies and other home furnishings—yet
still allows in the light that plants need to grow .
Energy
Savings: Armor Glass Plus windows and doors are ENERGY STAR® qualified,
providing as much as four times the thermal performance of single-pane windows
Preventing Home
Break-Ins—10 Window and Door Security Tips You Should Know!
If
we all use a little common sense, re-think and change some of the ways we do
things, educate ourselves and families and consider security enhancements, we
can make our homes safer. Here are 10 ideas you can use regarding your windows
and doors to help protect your loved ones, your possessions and your home:
TIP 1: Keep
windows and doors locked—even when you or family members are home.
TIP 2: Update
locking hardware on your entry doors. Install new keyed locks and deadbolts.
TIP 3: Ensure
that window air conditioners are not easily removable from the outside. Bolt
them in place from the inside.
TIP 4: Keep
drapes or shades drawn—during evenings and at night—so as not to
entice intruders. Sheers can help to conceal your home's interior during the
day while allowing in light.
TIP 5: Remove
shrubs and trees from in front of windows so they can't hide possible intruders.
Keep shrubs trimmed low.
TIP 6: Replace
old, easily-breached windows with heavy-duty replacement windows that have passed ASTM* structural
forced entry tests.
TIP 7: Install
new heavy-duty basement windows. Older, substandard basement windows are often
targeted by intruders.
TIP 8: Install
windows with laminated Armor
Glass® Plus when building a new home or replacing your windows. Laminated
Armor Glass is very difficult for intruders to penetrate. A quality laminated
glass system consists of one composite pane made up of a polyvinyl butyral interlayer
sandwiched by two sheets of glass—and another pane of annealed or standard
glass.
TIP 9: Replace
your entry doors with metal or fiber-glass doors with peepholes and minimal—if
any—glass for the best security. Be sure that they incorporate substantial
locking systems. Standard key locks offer little protection and can easily be
opened by intruders. If there are glass panels in or near your door, cover them
with polycarbonate panels so that they can't be shattered and reached through
to unlock your door.
TIP 10: Replace
old patio doors with new, more secure models. Insist on doors that incorporate
laminated Armor Glass
Plus instead of tempered glass. Tempered glass is designed for safety,but
not security. It will shatter and crumble into thousands of small pieces in less
than a second with one tap from a sharp object.
New
patio doors—both hinged and sliding—should incorporate dual locking
hardware, including both a main lock and a deadbolt for greater protection. Sliding
patio doors are especially susceptible to intruders because they can be lifted
off of the track. To prevent this, consider installing bolts through your door
or verifying that your new door has devices mounted to eliminate this problem.
*The American
Society for Testing and Materials
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