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Comfort Like Never Before
Temperature Control
Glare Reduction
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UV Protection
Privacy
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Safety & Security
Commercial
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WHY WINDOW FILM
Windows are beautiful design elements that allow the natural light into our homes, offices, and buildings. However, windows can also be a source of problems. Windows can create glare; cause fading of your furniture, floors, artwork and curtains; make temperature control difficult and expensive; and reduce your privacy and security while you’re at home. If you are tired of struggling with these problems, there is a simple solution: window film.
Window film allows you to continue to enjoy the view through your windows while protecting you and your family from heat gain, glare, and harmful UV rays. Window film provides a host of benefits including enhancing comfort, saving money, increasing security, and providing you with peace of mind – all the while increasing the value of your biggest investment: your home.
WHY
GENERAL SOLAR COMPANY
General Solar Company has been providing professional window film and glass coating installations for residential and commercial applications since 1969! Our success over the past 50 years is directly tied to our expertise. All of our professional installers have been with us for over 20 years and our salesperson has been with us for over 30 years. At General Solar Company, our expert team has the experience to help you identify the best window film product for your unique needs and budget.
Our top priority is providing our clients with the best value and an all-around great experience. We offer the highest quality window films from leading manufacturers like 3M, and we stand behind the products we install, 100%. We service Maryland, Washington DC, and Northern VA. including Montgomery County, Howard County, Carroll County, Baltimore MD, Fairfax County, Arlington County & Loudoun County VA.
Featured Products
At GSC, we are focused on providing the right product that will fit the needs and budget of our customer. We stand behind our products and installations and are committed to providing a superior customer experience from the sales process to the installation process.
Prestige Series
Designed to maintain the appearance of your home, Prestige Series Films combine reflectivity that’s actually lower than glass with films that allow up to 70% of the light into your home. The only thing you’ll see day or night, inside or out, is a beautiful window.
Safety & Security
Safety and Security Window Films help to protect your home and your family from threats such as break-ins and severe weather events like hurricanes. They are designed to help hold glass fragments together, reducing potential injury from flying glass during severe weather, and creating a stronger barrier to slow down criminals. Safety and Security Window Films are available in clear, safety-only versions, or as a combination film with both sun control and safety features.
Night Vision
Night Vision window films help block the sun’s damaging UV rays, reduce glare, and reject up to 73% of the sun’s heat. These darker shaded films are designed to reject solar heat that is produced from visible light. You can let up to 35% of the natural light into your rooms by day, and thanks to a low interior reflectivity, still enjoy the view out by night. Plus, higher exterior reflectivity means you can enjoy enhanced privacy with your windows both day and night.
Smart Film
Instant & Precise Privacy Control; Smart Film blocks 98+% of UV rays, eco friendly, reduce fading of flooring, furniture & artwork, provides privacy when needed and is only a fraction of the cost of Smart Glass. Smart Film can be installed on existing glass surfaces. Smart Film can be controlled by a variety of methods including: wall switch, home automation, app on phone, remote control, motion sensor, voice control, light sensor or timer.
Ceramic Series
Advanced ceramics allow these films to maintain their color and appearance over time. The ceramic series films reject up to 80% of the sun’s heat-producing infrared light and block 99% of UV rays. Slightly darker than the Prestige Series products, these films allow up to 50% of the light into your home.
Architectural Window Films
Architectural window films with stripes, squares and a variety of patterns. Films that provide semi obscurity with elegant design. Perfect for semi-privacy, decorative or architectural applications. Supplied with a silicone liner, which protects the clear, pressure-sensitive adhesive, and applied using the same tools and techniques for window films.
SCHOOL SAFETY & SECURITY
Acting as invisible protection, 3M Safety & Security Window Film can prevent tragedy by holding broken glass in place and delay an active shooter from gaining entry – thereby giving emergency personnel more time to respond to the impending threat.
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CLIENT TESTIMONIALS
Serving greater Washington DC
General Solar Company has been a trusted provider of residential and commercial window tint solutions in the Washington DC metro area since 1969. We provide quality window film installations and professional service for clients in the following locations and their surrounding areas:
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Second time using General Solar. Used in my husbands office and provided privacy for our home office. Took care of our glass doors and two windows. They did a fabulous job. Love my privacy shields.
My skylights in the Kitchen still look great and let just the right amount of light in to brighten my kitchen, but now there is no obnoxious heat from the sun melting my floors. They did a great job and was priced very competitively for other companies I called. What made me choose General Solar is that David Brown was in contact with me the whole time and helped me make the best choice.
I wanted to tell you how great the windows look and how much they give us peace of mind!
My husband and I are very pleased with your service! The film really helped to reduce heat a lot. We enjoy it. Also thanks to your salesman and the installation team. Their work deserved 5 stars!
Installation was great! You have some very good people who know what they are doing, very professional and great to work with. This is so important in customer facing roles, well done!
General Solar Company came out a few times to do measurements and installed some samples. The final films look great. Will definitely use again.
General Solar did a super, super job. Many thanks!
I worked with David to do window frosting for a street-level dermatology practice in Howard County. Went with the feathered gradient. The result is stunning. Couldn't be happier. And David and his team were a pleasure to deal with from the beginning to the end. Highly recommended.
It is a great product and I am so happy. I’ve been telling everyone in the Whitehall that gets lots of south light to get the films, I think it would make them more comfortable and help with the utility bills.
After 2 years of the sun beating through my high rise windows and damaging my furniture, I did some research and learned about window film. General Solar’s name came up in many reviews as the company to contact. They worked with me to find a product and price that meets my needs and budget. The sales consultant was helpful and knowledgeable. The installation team was fantastic: on-time, polite, professional, efficient, worked well together - and most important they did a great job. By the afternoon of the install date, my apartment already feels cooler and I can finally take the towels and sheets off of my furniture! Thank you.