Posts Tagged ‘impact windows’
Choosing Hurricane Windows
If you live in a hurricane-prone coastal area, then hurricane windows are one of the best ways to protect your home in the event of a severe storm. Unlike ordinary windows, hurricane windows are designed to withstand impacts by debris flying at speeds at over 100mph. Hurricane windows are generally constructed with a combination of [...]
Hurricane Windows and Tornadoes
Hurricanes, cyclones, tropical storms: they’re formidable, powerful forces of nature that can easily destroy buildings with and without hurricane windows. One of the deadliest types of storm is the tornado, which can sweep up anything and everything in its path. A tornado is a swirling, violent, rotating column of air that’s connected to both the [...]
Impact Windows and The Most Destructive Hurricanes in U.S. History
Impact windows can save your windows and the property in your home when it comes to tropical storms and hurricanes. But sometimes, hurricanes are more severe, causing complete destruction to properties and loss of life. Some of the most destructive hurricanes in terms of economic and human impact in U.S. history include: Hurricane Carla in [...]
Hurricane Windows: What Is a Hurricane?
You’ve got your hurricane windows installed, but what is a hurricane, exactly? A hurricane is defined as a “tropical cyclone of great intensity” and is marked by a whirling, violent movement. These forces of nature can cause devastating destruction to people and property. Hurricanes happen when there are large bodies of warm, moist air; they [...]
TI Contractors and Hurricane Windows
TI Contractors is proud to have an Impact Windows and Doors division. This group of trained professionals specializes in providing you with the highest quality of hurricane impact resistant windows and doors. And they proudly do so while offering professional, certified, licensed, and insured installation. For those worried about price, be aware that TI Contractors [...]
Let TI Contractors Help You With Building Violations
At TI Contractors, they provide so much more than simply installing impact windows and providing small home repairs. TI has an entire division dedicated to solving common building code violations. If your building has a violation, even if it’s just a small one, it becomes a big one for you. That is why TI Building [...]
Design/Build Tenant Improvements
When it comes to tenant improvements, two classic models are the design/bid/ build method and the design/build method. The design/build method of making tenant improvements is a little more collaborative than the design/bid/build method, which is more linear, each party having their own separate role. Since the design/bid/build method is more common in construction, today’s [...]
Office Build-outs: What’s Involved, Exactly?
Turn-key commercial space is only as good as its ability to meet your every changing needs. You recognize that. You feel it every day, in fact. And it’s time for a change. So you’re interested in office build-outs. But you’re asking yourself, what exactly would the process be? What’s the magic number of steps involved [...]
Impact Resistant Windows: You Never You Know What Might Hit You
Impact resistant windows aren’t just important in hurricane season. Once, when I was a kid, my cousin drove his car right through the picture window of the neighbor’s house. Another time, a bird flew directly into our sliding glass doors on the patio. I saw the whole thing, to my dismay. I was reading the [...]
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, [...]