Window film supplied and installed in Chiniot by Protek Devices, authorized for 3M, TotalGard and Reflectiv since 2000. Heat, safety and privacy film, specified for Chiniot's climate.
Chiniot is known for hand-carved wooden furniture, and showrooms full of it sit behind glass that faces the street and the sun.
Wood and its finishes fade in ultraviolet, so display glazing here has a real reason for a clear UV film beyond comfort — it protects the stock.
Protek Devices installs 3M, TotalGard and Reflectiv window film in Chiniot. About three hours from Lahore, near Faisalabad. Commercial work starts with an on-site survey; homes are usually filmed in a single visit.
Long hot summers into the mid-forties, a monsoon that arrives in July, and winters that bring fog and smog rather than real cold. Glass here does the hardest work in May and June, then spends December behind a grey sky.
The balanced middle of the range: enough rejection for a Punjabi June without darkening rooms that will want every scrap of light in a foggy January. Spectrally-selective and ceramic films suit this better than reflective ones, which look their worst under a flat winter sky.
About three hours from Lahore, near Faisalabad.
We work throughout Pakistan, and the portfolio on this site lags the work — no Chiniot install is written up yet. We would rather say that than show you someone else's building and imply it was ours.
We fit film throughout the city, including Civil Lines, Faisalabad Road and Rail Bazaar. Nowhere is off the list; these are simply the areas we are asked for most.
It will slow it considerably. Ultraviolet does around forty per cent of fade damage and our films block ninety-nine per cent of it. Visible light and heat account for the rest, so film buys you years rather than permanence — but for a showroom that is the difference between stock you can sell and stock you cannot.
It can, if the wrong one is chosen. Central Punjab spends December under fog and a flat grey sky, and a dark reflective film that felt clever in June is miserable in January. We usually specify spectrally-selective or ceramic film here, which rejects heat while holding on to visible light.
Any time, though spring is ideal because the adhesive cures fastest in mild dry weather and the film is in place before the worst of the summer. Monsoon installs are fine; the glass simply takes a little longer to clear.
Tell us what the sun, the street or the security risk is doing to your glass, and we'll tell you which film answers it.