Window Film and Tinting in Montrose, Houston

Anti-Graffiti and Security Film for Westheimer Storefronts

Lower Westheimer is one of the busiest nightlife strips in Houston, and the glass on it takes a beating. Tags, scratched initials and acid etching on door glass are routine for some businesses. Anti-graffiti film is a thin, clear shield stuck to the street side of the pane. When it gets marked, we replace the film, not the pane, which costs far less than new tempered glass.

Security film goes on the inside and holds the glass together after it breaks. For a bar or shop that has had a smash-and-grab, it means a burglar has to keep working at the opening instead of stepping through a clean hole. It also keeps shards off the floor. Neither film is a guarantee, and we pair recommendations with what a business already has for locks and cameras.

Many of these businesses live in converted houses with ordinary residential windows. That glass breaks more easily than a commercial storefront, so security film on a converted bungalow is often worth more than it would be on newer glass.

• Clear anti-graffiti film on door and window glass
• Security film on converted-house storefronts
• Glare film for patio-facing bar windows
• Frosted film on restroom and back-office glass

Window Tinting for Montrose Townhomes

Over the last two decades, a lot of Montrose bungalows came down and were replaced by two or three townhomes on the same lot. Those units stack bedrooms over living space over a garage, and they put a lot of glass on the stairwell and on the top floor. The top floor bakes. A west-facing third-floor bedroom with a big window and a rooftop deck door can stay warm long after sunset.

Heat control film on the top-floor glass is the most common request we get from townhome owners here. A spectrally selective film cuts much of the solar heat while keeping the room bright. If the townhome belongs to an HOA with rules on exterior appearance, we stick to neutral films that look like plain glass from the street.

Privacy Window Film for Montrose Bungalows and Garage Apartments

The older houses on streets like Hawthorne, Harold and Marshall sit close to the sidewalk and close to each other. When a new townhome goes up next door, a bathroom window that once looked at a fence may now look at someone's living room. Frosted or etched-pattern film fixes that without blocking daylight.

Garage apartments behind the main house are common in Montrose, and many are rented. They tend to have small windows that face an alley or the main house's back yard. Owners use frosted film on those windows to give both the tenant and the household some distance. Film is easy to remove later if the use of the building changes.

UV Window Film for Montrose Galleries and Studios

The streets around the Menil Collection and the Rothko Chapel are lined with small galleries, framers, design studios and artists who work from home. Daylight is part of why people choose those spaces. Ultraviolet light is the part they do not want. Clear UV film blocks nearly all of it while keeping the color of daylight accurate, which matters to anyone judging paint or print color.

For studios with skylights or clerestory windows, we look at whether the glass is reachable and whether film is suited to it. Some skylight glazing is plastic or has coatings that film should not go on, and we will tell you so rather than install something that fails.