We had an estimate from a rep from 3M and for a quarter of the price had The Solar Guys install exactly what we wanted....not the heaviest but keeps out the hot sun. Very satisfied.

When we had our house built in Melbourne, FL in 1998, we ordered tinted windows which worked great compared to neighbors who did not order them.

We also used Larry who lives in TV mentioned in a previous post and are very satisfied. He carries a variety of products and shades from light to dark depending on how much sun a window receives. Larry also has 3m and other products he re om ends but is not pushy in any way to make a deal. He gives a warranty and leaves the necessary little opening required. We wouldn't trust ourselves installing it for that reason. He has a list of customers so you can see it installed beforehand and talk to customers.

Where's Larry?
 

I called Larry and no response?
Is he still doing the installs? Maybe he's a snowbird? Does anyone have a contact of another 3m contractor other than the solar guys?
Thx

Please note that adding a film to your windows or sliders DOES void the warranty on them. Our home is 9 years old and we bought pre-owned 6 years ago. The previous owners had film installed on all windows and doors. One of the sliders in the dining room developed a haze and in checking with The Villages, we learned it was still under warranty. Ro-Mac came out to replace and once they saw that film had been installed, informed us that the installation voided the warranty and we had to pay to replace the door :(

We have only one window that faces the south and it's for our den (aka: my "man cave"). My wife doesn't like coming into that room because, between the sunlight and my hot computer, the room is always 10 degrees hotter than any other room in the house. We went to the hurricane preparedness clinic a couple of weeks ago (as it's our first year here) and ran into a company called Underglass. I got them to put in 3M PR 50 film on the window for the den. That's the "medium dark" film and I don't find it all that dark. It's supposed to reject 97% of infrared and 99.9% of ultraviolet. What it has for sure done is dropped the temperature of the room by 10 degrees. That film clearly works. The young lady who installed it did so quickly and precisely, was polite and answered any questions we had and left no mess behind. If I had more windows that needed it, I'd do it again and probably with them.

We have installed 3M film on the inside and outside of all of our windows. Makes a big difference.

They install the film on the inside of your windows.