Window Film in Chapel Hill, NC

Storefront Window Film on Franklin Street

Franklin Street's shops, restaurants and bars face the campus across one of the region's busiest pedestrian streets. Many storefronts are in older buildings with large display windows and old glass. West-facing storefronts take the late sun, and the student foot traffic brings scratched glass along with business.

Light solar film keeps dining rooms comfortable and screens readable. Clear UV film slows fading in display windows. Anti-graffiti film protects glass that keeps getting scratched. For older buildings, we check the glass and frames and recommend clear products that keep the storefronts looking original. Businesses that serve students often have the heaviest traffic in late August and on game days, so we schedule work for quieter weeks and early mornings.

Window Film for Medical and University-Area Offices in Chapel Hill

Medical practices, research offices, nonprofits and professional firms fill office buildings across Chapel Hill and along the corridors toward Durham and Carrboro. A good number occupy aging low-rise buildings whose single-pane or first-generation insulated glass is a heater in August and a cold wall in January. Low-E film narrows both extremes, and solar film handles glare on screens.

Clinics need privacy for waiting rooms and exam rooms facing parking lots and walkways. Frosted film keeps patients out of view while daylight comes in. University and hospital buildings follow their own procurement and facilities rules, and we work within them when invited, with documentation for facility managers.

• Low-E film for older single-pane offices
• Frosted film for clinics and exam rooms
• Solar and UV film for Franklin Street storefronts
• Clear UV film for historic homes

UV and Low-E Window Film for Chapel Hill's Older Neighborhoods

The neighborhoods near downtown and campus, including the areas around Gimghoul Road, Franklin and Rosemary Streets and Cameron Avenue, have houses from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, many with original windows, wavy glass and heavy tree cover. Chapel Hill has local historic districts in this area with their own review process for exterior changes. Film on the inside face usually counts as a small matter there, but a call to the town's preservation planner settles it.

Owners there often have books, art and antiques, and want UV protection without any change in how the windows look. Clear UV film does that. Low-E film helps with winter drafts and summer heat through single-pane glass, and works alongside storm windows. Faculty and longtime residents often have home studies lined with books on the sunny side of the house, which is where we usually start.

Window Tinting for Southern Village, Meadowmont and Newer Homes

Newer neighborhoods and planned communities such as Southern Village and Meadowmont mix houses, townhomes and apartments close together. Privacy film for side and rear windows that face neighbors, and heat film for upper floors that take afternoon sun, are the common requests. HOAs in those communities typically allow neutral films, and we provide specs for review.

Houses near Jordan Lake, south of town, deal with glare off the water. Neutral glare film reduces it while keeping the lake view. Many of those homes also sit among tall pines and only take sun through gaps in the trees, so the film plan often covers just a few panes.