Window Tinting in Apex, NC

Apex Electric Customers and Window Film for Summer Peaks

Apex is one of the few Wake County towns that runs its own electric system, so many residents and businesses pay the town for power rather than Duke Energy. Some addresses on the edges of town are still Duke customers, which is worth checking on your bill. Whichever name is at the top, the most expensive hours to cool a building are the same: late afternoon from June through September, when the sun is low in the west and the outdoor temperature peaks.

Window film goes after the part of that load that comes through glass. On a storefront facing US 64 or a family room facing a treeless back yard, it reduces the solar heat entering before the thermostat ever registers it. We give you the published solar heat gain figures for each film and leave the savings estimate to an auditor or HVAC contractor who can see the whole building, since nobody can promise a bill number from the curb.

Salem Street Storefront Tinting in Downtown Apex

The restaurants, antique shops, boutiques and offices on Salem Street occupy low brick buildings that face each other across a short, walkable strip near the old depot. Because the street runs roughly north and south, one side bakes after lunch while the other side gets the breakfast sun. Shop owners on the hot side notice faded book spines, sun-bleached clothing and a register screen that is hard to read by mid-afternoon.

A clear UV layer stops the fading without changing the look of the old storefront glass, and a pale solar film can be added on the west-facing side. Downtown Apex has design standards for exterior changes, so we keep to clear products and suggest a quick check with town planning before the install. Old storefront panes get inspected first, since film should only go on sound glass.

Window Film for Apex Retail Centers and Offices Along US 64 and NC 55

Most of Apex's newer commercial space sits in centers along US 64, NC 55 and around Beaver Creek, plus medical buildings and small office parks off the Apex Peakway. These are single-story and two-story buildings set behind wide parking fields, and the asphalt throws heat back at the glass all afternoon.

Restaurants and retailers there usually want light solar film that keeps the room bright and visible from the lot. Medical and dental offices ask for frosted film at the bottom of waiting room and exam room windows. Landlords in these centers typically control storefront appearance, so we send them a product sheet and sample, and a group of tenants can share one film to keep the row uniform.

• Clear UV film for Salem Street display windows
• Light solar film for US 64 and NC 55 storefronts
• Frosted lower-glass film for medical offices
• Neutral heat film that HOA committees accept

Carolina Room and Bonus Room Tinting in Apex Subdivisions

Ask an Apex homeowner which room is the problem and the answer is usually the bonus room over the garage or the Carolina room, the glassed-in sunroom off the kitchen that so many builders here add. Both have a lot of glass relative to their size, and in a subdivision carved from farmland or pine woods there are no mature trees to shade them. By four o'clock in July they are the hottest rooms in the house.

Spectrally selective film is the usual pick because it rejects a large part of the heat while leaving the room bright. Nearly every Apex builder installs dual-pane low-E windows, so before choosing a film we read the spacer label and the window maker's warranty terms. HOA committees in Apex mostly care about mirror finishes on the street side, and a neutral film with a spec sheet attached to the architectural request rarely meets resistance.