Sandy - Bearing Down on NE - Armor Glass on Chase

Sandy is bearing down on the Northeast - but at least one Chase Bank on Long Island will have protection from wind-borne debris. In 2009 Armor Glass installed our hurricane-rated security film on a new Chase Bank built in Oakdale NY (its on Long Island).

At the time we were told that it was the first time hurricane film had been used on Long Island. In 2011, Hurricane Irene slammed into the area. Now it is Sandy.  Is this a pattern?

Stay tuned - this beast will, at a minimum, knock out power for tens of millions. 

October Surprise - HURRICANE Sandy

We have an unusual October Surprise - a CAT 2 Hurricane named Sandy that the weather forecasters say will hit the Northeast - and could knock out power to "tens of millions" of people - right before election day.

Quoting the Weather Channel:

"What kind of impacts are we talking about?
Destructive winds, heavy rain, major coastal flooding and beach erosion would pummel portions of the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast regions between later Sunday and Tuesday of next week. Of course, the high winds would extend inland, with the potential for downed trees and powerlines. Widespread power outages could last for days.
(MORE: Latest "Sandy" Maps | Tropical Update)
This setup could even wrap in just enough cold air on its western edge to produce wet snow, possibly heavy, in some parts of the central Appalachians (mountains of West Virginia and Pennsylvania).
Residents from New England to New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland and Virginia should remain vigilant and be prepared to take action in the next few days."

Normally Hurricane season is long gone before it officially ends November 1 - but in this case, the extra heat has produced a late season powerful storm that will disrupt MILLIONS of people in the Northeast - as far inland as Maryland and Virginia.

What impact this storm could have on a close election is hard to say - STAY TUNED!

A Job in Beautiful corpus christi

During the next couple of days we are putting our tinted security film on a house facing the Gulf of Mexico in Corpus Christi, a beautiful city.  It is a monster size house and has tempered windows facing the Gulf, with no protection from windborne debris during  a future hurricane, or a burglar breaking in.

So today we are putting on the security film. Tomorrow we will be bonding it to the frames with a special structural sealant called Dow 995 - you HAVE to use the 995 on tempered glass or else it will detach from the frame and fall out when struck. Plate glass doesn't need the bonding. We have seen other companies that fail to do the bonding - so the glass falls out later at the worse possible time.

We believe in doing it RIGHT.

Another Happy customer..testimonial

A customer felt compelled to send me this email today:

"Hi Michael,

Wanted you to know that Delbert and I are very happy with our Armor Glass
film.  I especially love the frosted film over my stairs.  Hope you will
use me for a reference.

Darlene"

THANK YOU DARLENE.  We are hearing these kinds of comments all the time.

P.S. Darlene lives in a town-home close to another. We first installed our hurricane film then, to give them privacy, installed the frosted film over the hurricane film. It looked great...

Land of GIANT Houses - Break in Magnets

We put our security film on a giant house in NW Houston yesterday.  Nice couple originally from Iowa. They did it because another behemoth house across the street was broken into recently by burglars who found it easy to break a glass window  - the weakest link on every building.

We are getting jobs as far away as Brownsville on the tip of Texas. There is no recession in this business - we have been booming the past four years even during the worst of the recession.

Why? Because our technology PAYS FOR ITSELF in multiple ways: Energy savings enough to pay for the film over time, Security from burglars and hurricanes/tornadoes, and protection from deadly UV that destroys your furnishings.

Check us out. There is no other technology that is this good for residential and commercial buildings.

4 Years Ago TODAY _ Houston Pounded by IKE

It was exactly four (4) years ago TODAY, that Houston was pounded by Hurricane IKE, a small CAT 1. yet it caused billions in losses. Here are some photos I took around Houston after the storm. Are you prepared for the next one?

"Project Safe Windows" studied the hurricanes that hit Florida - they found that windborne debris breaking a window led to structural failure. Avoid the window breach, avoid losing your roof, etc....that's what Armor Glass security film does - not to mention keeping out burglars and solar heat...

Rare Tornado Hits NYC - Armor Glass is there

It is highly unusual for a tornado to hit New York City, but two of them did just that on Saturday. Yep, the weather is getting more freaky by the day. Details at the link.

Luckily Armor Glass security film was installed on a new Chase bank building in Oakdale NY (Long Island) a couple years ago, protecting the occupants from a window breach caused by the windborne debris hurled by tornado winds.

The same film is protecting home and offices across the U.S. - from hurricanes, tornadoes, burglar break ins, and solar heat.

Check us out and get a Free Quote BEFORE the next freak weather event hits your building.

I spent Saturday at a golf course north of Houston, watching golfers on a Tee Box next to a row of houses. Several balls veered to the left, hitting a couple roofs but luckily not taking out any windows. A few trees strategically located took the hits instead.   One of our clients who lives on a golf course has had three golf ball strikes since we installed our security film. She has been thrilled that these events did not result in glass flying all over her house - and that the window stays sealed until the pane can be replaced. Then she has us put on replacement film and she is "good to go" again...

But I must admit that by the time the golf event was over my legs felt like I had been burned by hot coals - after standing nearly 6 hours. But at least, this time, no windows were broken!