How Impact Windows and Doors Protect Your Home and Your Family

How do impact windows and doors protect your home and family? When choosing upgrades as important as windows and doors, protecting your home is among your top priorities. Of course, as a Florida homeowner, you are also looking for energy-efficient improvements and resistance against harsh weather. But it is impossible to forget the importance of a home designed to keep out intruders when you have a family to protect.

This is especially true during the holiday season when the rate of break-ins increases. You simply cannot know whether your house may be one of the many targeted in the upcoming season. From local hooligans to real criminal threats, impact windows and doors give your home the protection you need to keep you and your family safe.

But how, exactly, does it work?

Impact Windows Will Not Shatter

Impact windows are a popular choice to protect Florida homes from hurricanes. But they are also effective in preventing break-ins through the most common methods for entering a home. You've probably seen window break-ins depicted in movies and television. This is when the thief or intruder shatters a window to unlock the door. Big or small, impact glass is not so easily shattered. In fact, it doesn't shatter at all.

Impact windows are designed to remain strong against both sharp and heavy hits. The glass is extremely resistant to cracking; even if it does crack, the window will not fall.

This is achieved by using dense glass production layered with an invisible vinyl laminate film within the window itself. The layers are bonded with a resin that fuses the vinyl and glass together. The film not only strengthens the glass so that sharp blows simply bounce off. But it also prevents the window from falling should the glass ever break. This way, impact windows diminish the opportunity for a point of access for intruders. They are also much safer during hurricane storms.

Impact Doors: An Effective Deterrent Against Intruders

Impact doors also include special design features to ensure that nothing undesirable on the outside can get in. Each door begins with durable materials that cannot be easily broken by the efforts of an intruder. However, the most common form of break-in is often to kick the door at the latch, causing the door frame to break instead.

This is why ARMORVUE impact doors can be designed with a reinforced strike plate and/or a three-point locking system. This strengthens the door's connection to the doorframe so that your impact doors are much more resistant to being kicked in or pried open.

Improving the Defenses of Your Family Home

Upgrading your home's windows and doors is the perfect time to invest in greater security. While your original motivation may be to replace old windows and improve energy efficiency, impact windows and doors offer three powerful reasons to install them in your home. First, they provide excellent insulation and will improve the energy efficiency of your home. Second, they will protect your home from hurricane damage. It is designed to withstand Cat-5 hurricane-force winds, flying patio furniture, and falling trees with equal measure. Finally, impact windows and doors will ensure that your home and family are safe from the risks of thieves and dangerous intruders.

Upgrade and Protect Your Home With ARMORVUE

Invest in impact windows and doors from a company that families trust across Florida communities. ARMORVUE Window & Door is the number one rated impact window and door company with an A+ BBB rating. We not only offer excellent products but also provide a highly skilled team to install your new windows and doors.

You will enjoy the benefit of our Lifetime Limited Transferable Warranty on all products. Call today to schedule your free in-home estimate or showroom visit to discover the perfect impact window and door design for your home.