Window film supplied and installed in Quetta by Protek Devices, authorized for 3M, TotalGard and Reflectiv since 2000. Heat, safety and privacy film, specified for Quetta's climate.
Quetta sits above 1,600 metres in a ring of mountains. Days are bright and dry, nights drop sharply, and winters are genuinely cold — the total solar heat load is modest by Pakistani standards.
Ultraviolet, though, is intense: thin air lets more of it through, and it does its damage regardless of temperature. The right specification here is usually a clear high-UV film with glare control, not the dark solar tint that instinct suggests.
Protek Devices installs 3M, TotalGard and Reflectiv window film in Quetta. A planned trip, arranged around the scope of the project. Commercial work starts with an on-site survey; homes are usually filmed in a single visit.
Quetta sits above 1,600 metres. Days are bright and dry, nights drop hard, and winters are genuinely cold. Ultraviolet is intense because of the altitude, while the total heat load is modest by Pakistani standards.
The same logic as the northern hills, with more glare: a clear high-UV film that keeps the winter solar gain, plus glare control where the sun sits low across a bright, dusty landscape. Dark solar tints are usually the wrong instinct here.
The daily temperature swing is large. Adhesive cures more slowly through a cold night, so winter installations are given longer before the glass is cleaned.
A planned trip, arranged around the scope of the project.
We work throughout Pakistan, and the portfolio on this site lags the work — no Quetta 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 Cantt, Jinnah Road, Satellite Town, Samungli Road and Airport Road. Nowhere is off the list; these are simply the areas we are asked for most.
Because at this altitude it solves a problem you do not have and creates one you do. Quetta winters are cold, and a dark film that blocks solar gain makes rooms harder and more expensive to heat. The ultraviolet is the real issue, and a clear film deals with it.
Yes. Above 1,500 metres ultraviolet is markedly more intense while the total heat load stays modest, so the sensible specification is a clear high-UV film that leaves the winter solar gain alone. A dark solar tint is usually the wrong instinct here — it makes cold rooms colder.
They slow the cure. Adhesive sets more slowly through a cold night, so a winter install is given longer before the glass is cleaned or the film is judged. It makes no difference to the finished result, only to the wait.
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.