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SA BUILDINGSREVIEW - VOLUME 14 2026
Window tinting is a relatively loose term used by both consumers and contractors alike. The significance is the unilateral understanding it created at the same time. Say solar window films or low - emissivity films or thermal glazing and nobody knows what you are talking about. Say window tint and at least half the room knows what you are referring too or have dealt with or experienced it. Vision Tinting is one such Cape Town based company with 18 years experienced veteran Grantham Solomons at the helm that advocates to bridge the gap of understanding the products and its abilities.
Window tint gets applied to various glass facades for various reasons to achieve various objectives. What associates and consumers are sometimes not aware of is the added benefits and advantages the films performance and even application process has in comparison to expensive glass replacement or upgrades. Reducing heat and glare is one characteristic, increased safety is another and from a green perspective the films are installed via hand tools, has no VOC, less intrusive during installation and as to cost aspects of increased energy savings and cost-effective cost output the choice of window tint is a clear winner.
At Vision Tinting the standard motto of one standard of quality service with accountability truly speaks volumes to their slogan of “our experience, your advantage". With a well-established footprint of major and complex installations completed over 15 years Vision Tinting has accumulated data and case studies with a high success rate ...continue News Archives - Page 3 of 6 - SA Building Review
TO BUILD MAGAZINE - 23 JUNE 2025
Solar window film is not a new product, in fact it has been around for quite some time.The products offer huge benefits and is more often misunderstood and inadequately specified. One company and one specific individual have advocated to break this barrier and have 18 years of successfully completed projects and works with great commitment to run a business and at the same time advocate the growth and understanding of an industry segment that is often overlooked as a solution. It yields immediate results, is a cost effective offering and is green by design in every aspect. When Smith Power unveiled their new building in Klapmuts, Paarl adjacent to the N1 highway, the hi heat and glare issues it experienced required the expertise of and experienced window tint contractor that did not just know how to do it, but knew what was needed to be done, all 330m2 of it.
Solar window tint is a retrofit polypropolene thin film insulation layer applied to window glass systems. The products are all imported into to SA from USA, Europe and China and is IS09001 rated and SABS tested. Listed on the IGDB(International Glazing Database) the window film and vinyl's market has developed around the Sub Sahara Africa needs as well as coastal and inland markers of thermal stresses and absorption rates on glass types in South Africa. In essence all the due diligence has been done, the products work and is readily available from suppliers, yet it is relevantly unknown by specifiers, QS’s, architects and even glazers as to what these films can actually do and what actual results it has yielded on projects in the past and to date...continue on site Window Tint project hits hard with power and benefits - To Build
