Window Film in Five Points, Raleigh

Window Film for Hayes Barton and Five Points Homes

Hayes Barton, Roanoke Park, Vanguard Park, Bloomsbury and the streets around them were laid out in the early twentieth century, and many houses still have original wood windows with divided lites. The trees are the defining feature. In summer, the canopy shades most windows for most of the day, which is why air conditioning in these houses often struggles less than in a new subdivision with the same square footage.

The exceptions are where the problems are. A sunroom added on the back, a rear kitchen and family room addition with a wall of glass, or a side of the house where an old oak came down in a storm can all take hours of direct sun. Those rooms are where most Five Points film jobs start. We film the exposed glass and leave the shaded windows alone.

Inside the rooms that do get sun, owners care about what the light is doing to the floors, rugs and furniture. A clear UV layer screens out the rays that bleach heart pine while the old glass keeps its look from the sidewalk, which suits houses where the facade is the reason people bought them.

Sunroom and Addition Window Tinting in Five Points

Glassed-in sunporches were a standard feature in Raleigh houses of this era, and many have been enclosed, heated and cooled since. With glass on three sides, they swing from pleasant in March to unbearable in July. Rear additions from the 1990s and 2000s often have large windows and French doors that face west over a deep backyard.

For those rooms, a spectrally selective heat film takes off much of the solar heat while staying close to clear. Where the room faces open sky and the owners care more about heat than about light, a light reflective film rejects more. We bring both and tape them up side by side on a sunny afternoon so the choice is easy.

Divided-lite windows and French doors take longer to film because each pane is cut individually. We check each lite for cracks and loose glazing before installing.

Storefront Window Film at the Five Points Crossroads

The small commercial cluster at Five Points and along Glenwood Avenue toward Whitaker Mill has restaurants, coffee shops, a historic movie theater, boutiques and service businesses in low brick buildings. Storefronts face several directions because of the angled streets, so some take morning sun and others take the late afternoon.

Clear UV film slows fading in shop windows. Light solar film cools west-facing dining rooms without making them look closed. For small businesses, we schedule installs before opening or on a closed day.

• Clear UV film for original wood windows
• Heat film for sunrooms and rear additions
• Light solar film for crossroads storefronts
• Privacy film for side windows close to neighbors

Privacy Film for Infill Houses Near Five Points

As older houses around Five Points are expanded or replaced, new two-story homes sometimes look down into the neighbor's yard or across at an old house's bedroom windows. Frosted or gradient film on the specific panes that face the new neighbor restores privacy without closing blinds.

We usually treat only the panes that matter, often the lower sash of a bathroom or the side windows of a bedroom, so the rest of the house keeps its clear old glass.