Construction

About Construction

Construction film from the SOLYX® Specialized Functions collection is a temporary surface protection product designed for glass during active construction, renovation, and build-out. Applied to glass surfaces before construction work begins, the film shields the glass from paint overspray, drywall mud, concrete splatter, caulk, adhesive, and mechanical scratching — the full range of incidental damage that unprotected glass accumulates during a construction project.

For Philadelphia commercial renovation projects — the adaptive reuse of industrial buildings in Fishtown, the office fit-outs in Center City towers, the restaurant build-outs across the city's active hospitality market — construction film applied to existing glass and newly installed glazing at rough-in stage arrives at substantial completion in the same pristine condition it was delivered. Without construction film, the final stages of a project are dominated by glass cleaning and, in many cases, glass replacement for panels that sustained damage that cleaning cannot remedy.

Philadelphia general contractors and construction managers include construction glass film in their standard specification for interior glass surfaces in high-activity work zones. The film is inexpensive relative to the cost of glass replacement and generates measurable schedule value: a project that requires glass restoration at substantial completion adds days to a schedule; a project protected by construction film does not.

SOLYX® construction film applies to interior glass surfaces with a pressure-sensitive adhesive that releases cleanly after removal. Film is removed as part of the construction punch-list process. Window Film Philadelphia supplies, installs, and removes construction film as a project service.