1) Hurricane Protection

Impact windows and doors offer the best around the clock protection from hurricanes. Once installed, you are protected 24/7. You can rest easy, even if you are out of town. Impact windows and doors offer more advantages than accordion shutters, hurricane panels or plywood. Impact windows are tested and designed to withstand hurricane force winds and flying debris. With their heavy-duty reinforced frames and the laminated impact glass, they offer unmated protection and style protecting your family and home.

2) Increased Home Security

Because of their design and construction, impact windows are almost impossible to penetrate. The added security impact windows provide will help keep the valuables inside your home safe while keeping any would be thief from breaking into your home. Impact windows are so strong that they have been know to even stop a bullet from perforating the laminated glass.

3) Exterior Noise Reduction

Noisy neighbors, barking dogs, cars, landscapers or even early morning trash pick-up can be annoying. Impact windows can drown out most of that unwanted outside noise by up to 65%. Laminated glass attenuates sound thanks to its interlayer called polyvinyl butyral. Polyvinyl butyral has a different density than the glass so it breaks up the sound waves and decreases how much noise you hear.

4) Energy Efficiency

Installing impact windows will have a significant effect on your HVAC system. Impact windows help minimize heat gain and cool air loss, reducing the workload on your air conditioner. The Department of Energy reports that 30% of a home's heating and cooling is lost through windows. In Florida, about 76% of the sun's heat passes through a standard window forcing your AC to run twice as long and twice as hard.

5) Fire Code & Safety

Accordion shutters and hurricane panels are still an approved method of hurricane protection but many people ignore city and county ordinances to open or remove them after a storm. If your shutters are not working properly or if you leave your hurricane panels up and there is a fire in your home, you will lose valuable time for fire rescue. fire code safety

6) Increased Home Value

According to Rocket Mortgage, most new home buyers would rather invest in a home that has already been fitted with impact windows. A house with impact windows is more aesthetically appealing than those with accordion shutters or outdated hurricane panels. The benefits and advantages if impact windows will increase your home's value and your return on investment can be as high as 85% according to Zillow.

7) Lower Insurance Premiums

Homeowners can expect to get up to a 45% discount on insurance premiums. In 2002 the state passed legislation that required insurance companies in Florida to provide homeowners with discounts on their property insurance if they reduced the threat of damage that can be caused by hurricanes by hardening their homes with impact windows.