Posts Tagged ‘impact resistant windows’
Along The Gulf, Hurricane Windows Face Hurricane Alex
If you live in the Gulf Coast region, you probably have hurricane windows on your home. You’ve seen your share of bad weather in the past few years–and it isn’t stopping, either. Hurricane Alex is the latest troublemaker, causing turbulent seas that are disrupting the BP oil spill clean-up. As a resident of the region, [...]
4 Key Teams Involved in Tenant Improvement
Most tenant improvement projects leave little wiggle room for errors, so it’s imperative that you put the project in the hands of a capable team qualified to give you the results you want–a team like TI Contractors. These large teams of people employed on these projects is a huge reason tenant improvement differs from residential [...]
Want to Sell Your Home? Here’s a Small Home Repairs Checklist
If you’re looking to sell your home for maximum profit you’re going to have to inspect it top to bottom, to ensure that it’s in top-condition. With this handy checklist, you should be able to gauge what small home repairs you can do yourself and what repairs you should call TI Contractors to assist you [...]
Are Shutters or Impact Windows Better in the Face of a Storm?
For a while, shutters really took the cake when came to optimal protection, but with the latest technological advances in impact windows and stringent testing they must go through, they offer supreme benefits as well. If you can’t decide between impact windows and hurricane shutters, here are a few pros and cons of each: Hurricane [...]
What Makes Windows Certified Hurricane Windows?
Hurricane windows must meet certain guidelines to labeled and sold as such. The American Society for Testing & Materials (ASTM) regulates these guidelines, and have put forth some pretty strict standards for them. For example, in south Florida, the building code states that all homes constructed after July 2001 must have hurricane shutters or impact [...]
3 Common Mistakes with Office Build-outs
Office Build-outs can be major projects, so in order for everything to go smoothly, you should be aware of the most common mistakes made. After all, mistakes can be expensive, especially when dealing with your business. So why not avoid them? 1) Failure to Negotiate Favorable Terms: The cost of the project is crucial and [...]
Impact Resistant Windows: It’s Better to Be Safe Than Sorry
What feels worse—spending time and money preparing for something that never happens, or finding that you’re ill-prepared in the face of an emergency? I’m sure everyone who’s experienced an ordeal that they weren’t prepared for can say that it is the worst feeling in the world. So when you are thinking of the preparations you [...]
Prepare for Hurricane Season and Install Impact Windows
With hurricane season fast approaching, now is the time to start thinking about installing hurricane windows to protect your home. According to the National Hurricane Center, the Eastern Pacific hurricane season begins on May 15 and the Atlantic hurricane season begins on 1 June. Both seasons run until November. Every household should prepare for the [...]
Office Build-outs: Turn-Key Service that Doesn’t Turn Off
Are you planning a tenant improvement project for your business? If so, you’ve probably been hearing a lot about turn-key service. In the construction industry, turn-key service ensures that your contractor won’t stop working until your office space is ready for immediate use – all you have to do is turn the key! Turn-key service [...]
Hurricane Windows, Shutters, and Films & Tapes
Whether you own a home, a business, or both, chances are you’ve given some thought to hurricane windows and other forms of protection. Read on to explore your various protection options and the pros and cons of each. Films & Tapes Three words: better than nothing. Films and tapes will never match hurricane windows and [...]