We promote the use of safety films as a cheap alternative to replacing windows, where the building regulations ask for safety glass. This usually happens, when a room gets converted into an en suite.
Many of our lovely villas get a facelift, keeping their character. There are still a number of building inspectors, who are not familiar with the properties of safety films. So they ask the home owner to replace the glass with either laminated or toughened glass to conform.
The properties of safety film meet international and NZ standards. We use Johnson Window Films safety films. They were all tested overseas, achieving passes under the English BS 6206 as well as ANSI Z97.1.
NZ has it's own standards, but recognise the above.
NZ has it's own standards, but recognise the above.
Safety films are designed to hold a person, in case of a fall. The glass might break, but will not shatter. Laminate glass has the same properties. Toughened glass is different, it has a higher resistance to breaking, up to 4 times of ordinary glass. The biggest difference is when it breaks, it shatters into thousands of pieces. This is considered safe, because the pieces are small and not sharp. Trouble is, is can shower down on people and the person breaking the glass may fall down. Strangely enough, we now apply safety film to a lot of toughened glass.
New Zealand does not have a big risk of hurricanes, so we don't need certification for this. We don't have too many terrorist attacks either, although we know that high risk buildings are protected with security films.
Safety films are available in clear or tinted versions. We carry the largest range of safety and security films in NZ. You can now combine the benefits of the safety and tinted options to match regular window films.
Call us for a free consultation on 0800 846 892
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