Window film supplied and installed in Karachi by Protek Devices, authorized for 3M, TotalGard and Reflectiv since 2000. Heat, safety and privacy film, specified for Karachi's climate.
Karachi has more commercial glazing than anywhere else in Pakistan — corporate towers on Shahrah-e-Faisal, banking headquarters in I.I. Chundrigar Road, showrooms and malls across Clifton and DHA — and a coastal climate that treats it differently from the rest of the country.
The sea keeps summer maxima below what Multan or Sukkur endure, so the argument here is less about raw heat than about glare off a bright sky, ultraviolet that runs high all year, and salt in the air that decides which films can go on the outside face. We plan Karachi work as a scheduled visit rather than a day trip, so it is worth telling us the full scope at the outset.
Protek Devices installs 3M, TotalGard and Reflectiv window film in Karachi. Reached by air from Lahore. Commercial projects are planned as a scheduled visit. Commercial work starts with an on-site survey; homes are usually filmed in a single visit.
The sea keeps the worst of the heat off — summer maxima here sit below what southern Punjab endures — but it replaces it with humidity, glare off a bright coastal sky, and salt carried inland on the breeze. Glass that never gets punishingly hot still runs bright and sticky all day.
Glare and ultraviolet usually matter more than raw heat rejection, so a lighter spectrally-selective or ceramic film often serves better than a dark one. Where film goes on the outside face, salt air is the deciding factor: metallised external films corrode in it, so we specify ceramic or a protected construction instead.
Humidity lengthens the cure. Filmed glass looks slightly hazy for longer here than inland — a fortnight rather than a few days is normal, and it clears on its own.
Reached by air from Lahore. Commercial projects are planned as a scheduled visit.
We work throughout Pakistan, and the portfolio on this site lags the work — no Karachi 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 Clifton, DHA, Gulshan-e-Iqbal, PECHS, Shahrah-e-Faisal, I.I. Chundrigar Road, North Nazimabad, Bahria Town, Korangi and SITE. Nowhere is off the list; these are simply the areas we are asked for most.
As a planned visit rather than a series of trips. The survey, the specification and the installation are scheduled together with a dedicated contact, which is how the tower and facade work has always been run. For a single room it is worth grouping with other work, and we will say so.
It affects which film, not whether. Salt carried inland corrodes metallised films applied to the outside face, so on coastal glazing we specify ceramic or a protected construction externally, and keep metallised films for interior application. Inside the glass, salt is not a factor.
Yes, but for a different reason. Coastal maxima are lower than southern Punjab, so the case is less about raw heat and more about glare off a bright sky and the ultraviolet that fades furnishings all year. A lighter spectrally-selective film usually suits better than a dark one.
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.