Checklist to Help You Prepare Your Home for Fall 

Reverse the Direction of Your Ceiling Fan 

In the chilly fall and winter seasons, warm air rises up to the ceiling, while cool air remains close to the ground. However, homeowners can force cool air upwards and push the warmer air down by reversing the direction of their ceiling fan. Keeping the warm air towards the floor will ensure that the home’s occupants can enjoy a cozy interior when it’s cold outside.

Almost every ceiling fan comes with a switch on the motor housing that can change the standard or counter-clockwise movement of the blades and vice versa. Check your fan for a reverse-direction setting and switch it from summer to winter mode. Press it once and check to confirm whether the direction reverses or not. 

Clean Your Gutters

Another way to prepare your home for fall is to ensure your gutters are clean and working correctly. Since gutters are responsible for draining thousands of gallons of water every year, they could use some cleaning before the winter season. Regularly cleaning debris out of our gutters is especially important if your home has tall trees surrounding it. When the trees drop their leaves in the fall, gutters often become clogged, resulting in drainage problems.

Overflowing rain gutters can cause costly water damage to the foundation and basement of your home. Make sure you clear out any branches, leaves, or debris so your gutters are clean and can drain excess water off your roof and away from your home. 

Check Your Electrics 

Make sure the plug sockets of your home’s outlets are not damaged. You may notice scorch marks around sockets, which may indicate an electrical problem. A block tester is a simple device that checks whether a switch is working. Use it to check for common outlet wiring issues, and call a professional electrician to fix any electrical problems in your home. 

Change Your Air Filters

If you’re preparing your home for fall, it may be a good time to check on your air filters. Over the course of a year, your furnace filter can clog up with dust, hair, and other debris. Hence, the furnace will have to work harder and will become less efficient. Clean or change your air filter every four to six weeks, depending on your filter type and the needs of your home. For example, people with allergies, asthma, and pets may need to change their filters more frequently to keep them performing optimally.

Invest in Safety and Security Window Film for Peace of Mind

We know that it gets darker earlier in the fall and even earlier still in the winter season. If you’re concerned about securing your home against break-in attempts, or even severe weather, a security window film can bring enhanced safety and peace of mind. 

Installing a safety and security film makes your home’s existing windows more protective. Not only can the scratch-resistant coating withstand exterior exposure, but it also deters theft by holding glass together in a cohesive sheet even when broken by impact. An additional benefit of this technology is that there are no flying glass shards if your windows shatter during a natural disaster or catastrophe. This keeps occupants safe from potential injury caused by broken glass.

Invest in Low-E Window Film for Improved Insulation & Comfort

Most of us love the sun warming our living room through the windows, especially when fall brings a chill to the outside air. However, we rarely realize the harm that sunlight through windows can cause. 

UV rays can fade your home’s floorings and furnishings, and the solar glare may make it uncomfortable for the occupants.A sun control window film or low E-film is a thin plastic layer installed on the interior surface of your existing windows to make your home more comfortable, private, and safe in the fall season, and all year round. Low-E film also saves energy as it improves the insulating abilities of your home windows. It blocks the sun’s heat from passing through the glass in the summer, and traps the heat generated by your HVAC system inside in the winter. This brings year-round energy savings.

Get in Touch with Us!

Do you want to learn more about saving on energy bills, enhancing the comfort to your home, or and adding more security to your vulnerable windows? 

When you want to prepare your home for fall, contact New York Window Film. We provide simple and effective solutions to elevate your home’s comfort while allowing for privacy and safety. 

New York Window Film provides high-quality products and window film installations to Metropolitan New York, Long Island, New Jersey, and Connecticut. With window film solutions for both residential and commercial spaces, our products can help you achieve anything from sun control and security to decorative enhancement and privacy. Call us at (631) 420-4101 or (212) 256-1414 for more information, or request a quote online.

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In its all-glass “store front”, PFY, a division of Long Island Crisis Center that offers vital health and human services to youth and young adults, needed to ensure the space was warm and welcoming while also maintaining the privacy of its clients in order to promote engagement into services.

“I came upon New York Window Film Co., and even though I didn’t exactly know exactly what I needed or wanted, they listened to what I wanted to achieve and came up with the perfect solution: a window film that gave the privacy we needed while also allowing for the establishing of a warm and welcoming space. For youth who consistently face barriers in accessing services, I needed to ensure that we were not inadvertently doing the same thing. We couldn’t have done this without New York Window Film Co.,” says Devon Zappasodi, Project Director of PFY.

“Once a solution was developed, it was an absolute pleasure to work with New York Window Film Co. We had a pretty tight schedule because we wanted to kick start our services and programs within a couple of weeks of moving in,” continues Devon.  “They came, took measurements, did the installation without a hitch, parts free of charge and then we opened – right on time.”

Types of Films Used For This Installation:

LLumar NRM PS2 Frost

Ideal for commercial interior glazing applications such as storefronts.

• Can be custom cut for a decorative or patterned
  appearance
• Softly diffuses light
• Helps shield harmful ultraviolet rays
• Fraction of the cost of etched glass

Avery Dennison | Purple Opaque 

“Imagine Every Color Possibility”

We can match almost anything you can dream up.

• 100% custom size, shape, image, adhesive properties and finishes
• More cost effective
• Turns walls into advertising or brand building opportunities

For all our stocked films, we can mail a sample in less than 4 days.
Contact us at 631-420-4101 for more information.

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Over 40 Million Monthly Unique Users Nominated Best Home Building,
Remodeling and Design Professionals in North America and Around the World

January 19, 2018 – New York Window Film in Farmingdale, NY  has won “Best Of Customer Service” on Houzz®, the leading platform for home remodeling and design. The Best Of Houzz is awarded annually in three categories: Design, Customer Service and Photography. Design award winners’ work was the most popular among the more than 40 million monthly users on Houzz. Customer Service honors are based on several factors, including the number and quality of client reviews a professional received in 2017. Architecture and interior design photographers whose images were most popular are recognized with the Photography award. A “Best Of Houzz 2018” badge will appear on winners’ profiles, as a sign of their commitment to excellence. These badges help homeowners identify popular and top-rated home professionals in every metro area on Houzz.

“The Houzz community selected a phenomenal group of Best of Houzz 2018 award winners, so this year’s recipients should be very proud,” said Liza Hausman, Vice President of Industry Marketing at Houzz. “Best of Houzz winners represent some of the most talented and customer-focused professionals in our industry, and we are extremely pleased to give them both this recognition and a platform on which to showcase their expertise.”

About Houzz

Houzz is the leading platform for home remodeling and design, providing people with everything they need to improve their homes from start to finish – online or from a mobile device. From decorating a small room to building a custom home and everything in between, Houzz connects millions of homeowners, home design enthusiasts and home improvement professionals across the country and around the world.

With the largest residential design database in the world and a vibrant community empowered by technology, Houzz is the easiest way for people to find inspiration, get advice, buy products and hire the professionals they need to help turn their ideas into reality. Headquartered in Palo Alto, CA, Houzz also has international offices in London, Berlin, Sydney, Moscow, Tel Aviv and Tokyo. Houzz and the Houzz logo are registered trademarks of Houzz Inc. worldwide. For more information, visit houzz.com.

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Delivers an outstanding window film buying experience from film selection through professional installation for customers who demand only the finest for their homes and commercial properties. The purpose is to bring consumers and pro dealers closer together.

New York Window Film, has earned Eastman’s SelectPro Dealer Customer Service Award for achieving the highest standard of customer service in the industry. We are honored to have receive this award. Our team is always exceeding expectations with response time, face-to-face & phone customer conversations, and updating our website.

Travis Smith, vice president and general manager, Performance Films said, “LLumar SelectPro Dealers are growth-oriented, loyal and committed to the long-term success of the elite dealer program. We are investing in dealers who are committed to being the cornerstone for Eastman’s growth in North America, and of course, dealers who can best leverage our exclusive Vista and FormulaOne product lines.”

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Commenting on the donation, president of New York Window Film Steve Pesce said, “Glass can be dangerous, and we know how to make it safer. By using 3M Safety Film products we can achieve this. What’s more, giving back to the community is something we strive to provide.”

Since it’s founding in 1990, New York Window Film has installed over 6,000,000 sq ft of window film in thousands of homes and commercial buildings throughout the Metropolitan New York area. Some of their better known installation sites include: NBC Studio & Today Show Live Set, Theodore Roosevelt National Historic Site, S.U.N.Y Stony Brook University, and Walt Whitman’s Birthplace.

For more information on New York Window Film please contact us.

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