Living in Florida, especially near the coast, hurricanes are a yearly threat. In most cases impact windows and doors are required and if not, then highly advised. Impact glass offers the protection needed to keep flying debris from breaking through a window or door. An unprotected window hit by debris will create an opening for high speed winds to enter the structure and blow up the house as seen in cases where the roof flies off.
The installation of plywood or shutters are also effective for hurricane protection, but not nearly as convenient as laminated glass windows. Hurricane season lasts months, impact windows offer protection, and intact visibility with no extra labor or effort to install and then uninstall.
Hurricane protection is not the only benefit of impact windows and doors, burglary and forced entry protection are also key advantages. Our impact glass is SGCC certified, which requires weekly testing of our product. Steel balls are dropped from a 12 foot apparatus onto the glass. Once the glass is installed into the glazing system, the entire unit is further tested receiving high impact blows with crowbars, hammers, bats, steel balls, and high speed winds that mimic hurricane strength winds.
Contact Express Impact Manufacturing for more information on our products.
