Can window film provide day and night privacy?

Yes, during the day. Privacy films make it difficult to see inside while preserving your view out. At night, standard one-way films reverse when it's brighter indoors than outside. Our dual-reflective Evening View films perform much better after dark, while frosted films provide true 24/7 privacy for spaces like bathrooms and ground-floor windows. We'll recommend the best option based on your privacy needs.

How much does window film cost?

Most residential solar film projects range from $12–18 per square foot installed. Security and specialty films cost more, and small jobs are subject to a minimum charge. Pricing depends on your window size, glass type, pane count, and film selection, so every quote is customized. Assessments are free, typically take under an hour, and you'll receive a written quote within one business day.

Do you offer warranties and service after installation?

Yes. Every installation is backed by XPEL's manufacturer limited warranty, covering defects such as bubbling, peeling, and delamination. We register the warranty for you, and the terms are included with your quote. Professionally installed film commonly lasts well over a decade. If you ever need service, you'll work with our local team, not a call centre.

Can window film cause glass to crack?

It can if the wrong film is installed on the wrong glass. Some films increase heat absorption, which can create thermal stress on certain window types. Before installation, we verify every film and glass combination using XPEL's compatibility guidelines, including glass type, thickness, pane configuration, and shading. When properly matched, the risk is very low.

Will window film kill house plants?

Almost never. Plants rely on visible light, not the UV or infrared heat that solar films block. Clear films let in nearly the same amount of daylight while reducing heat and harmful UV rays. Only plants that require intense, direct sunlight may notice darker films, and even then the effect is usually slower growth rather than damage. If you're concerned, we'll recommend the right film for your space.

Can window film be removed?

Yes. Window film is a long-term upgrade, but it can be professionally removed years later without damaging the glass. Using the proper tools and techniques allows the film to come off cleanly. Whether you're selling your home, renovating, or replacing the film, we can take care of the removal for you.

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Furnace heat stays in

A low-emissivity layer reflects the warmth your furnace makes back into the room, instead of letting it drain out through cold glass.

Summer heat stays out

The same film rejects solar heat in July, so the west side of the house stops overheating through the long evenings.

One film, two seasons

Edmonton is the rare climate that fights both extremes. All-season film works the glass in the heating months and the cooling months.

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All Season - low-e, both directions.

Two shades of the same idea: reject summer solar heat, then reflect winter furnace heat back inside. The 65 keeps the most daylight; the 45 adds more glare and heat control.

All Season Intelligence 65

Low-e: keeps furnace heat in

66%
Visible light: 89%
Infrared rejected: 24%
Glare cut: 99%
UV rejected

All Season 45

Low-e: keeps furnace heat in

51%
Visible light: 83%
Infrared rejected: 43%
Glare cut: 99%
UV rejected

Nominal single-pane values from the XPEL VISION spec sheet. Your exact numbers are confirmed against your own glass before any film goes on.

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Daytime privacy, kept view

Evening View's dual-reflective finish makes daytime interiors hard to read from the street while your view out stays crisp.

Night-friendlier than most

Ordinary reflective film flips against you after dark. Evening View is designed to hold more of its privacy into the evening.

Shade and heat, included

The same films cut solar heat and glare - privacy that also takes the edge off a sun-baked south or west exposure.

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Evening View, Blend & Silver - soft to serious.

All of them give you daytime privacy and cut heat and glare. They scale from a subtle, barely-there finish to a strong mirrored exterior - the more privacy you want, the more shade it brings with it.

Evening View 45

46%
Visible light: 37%
Solar rejected: 50%
Glare cut: 99%
UV rejected

Evening View 35

Night-friendly privacy

37%
Visible light: 44%
Solar rejected: 59%
Glare cut: 99%
UV rejected

Evening View 25

26%
Visible light: 61%
Solar rejected: 69%
Glare cut: 99%
UV rejected

Evening View 15

15%
Visible light: 76%
Solar rejected: 83%
Glare cut: 99%
UV rejected

Evening View 5

8%
Visible light: 81%
Solar rejected: 92%
Glare cut: 99%
UV rejected

Blend DR 37

40%
Visible light: 51%
Solar rejected: 56%
Glare cut: 99%
UV rejected

Blend DR 27

33%
Visible light: 61%
Solar rejected: 65%
Glare cut: 99%
UV rejected

Blend DR 17

13%
Visible light: 79%
Solar rejected: 87%
Glare cut: 99%
UV rejected

Blend DR 7

6%
Visible light: 82%
Solar rejected: 94%
Glare cut: 99%
UV rejected

Silver 50

50%
Visible light: 52%
Solar rejected: 41%
Glare cut: 99%
UV rejected

Silver 15

Maximum daytime privacy

17%
Visible light: 78%
Solar rejected: 82%
Glare cut: 99%
UV rejected

Bronze 40

31%
Visible light: 71%
Solar rejected: 65%
Glare cut: 99%
UV rejected

Bronze 25

22%
Visible light: 77%
Solar rejected: 74%
Glare cut: 99%
UV rejected

Daylight 50

52%
Visible light: 43%
Solar rejected: 46%
Glare cut: 99%
UV rejected

Daylight 28

25%
Visible light: 64%
Solar rejected: 74%
Glare cut: 99%
UV rejected

Dark Neutral 25

27%
Visible light: 57%
Solar rejected: 70%
Glare cut: 99%
UV rejected

Dark Neutral 15

12%
Visible light: 70%
Solar rejected: 86%
Glare cut: 99%
UV rejected

Nominal single-pane values from the XPEL VISION spec sheet. Your exact numbers are confirmed against your own glass before any film goes on.

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Shatter stays contained

An aggressive adhesive holds broken glass in its frame - a smash becomes a spiderweb, not an opening.

Break-ins get slow and loud

Instead of one quick, quiet hit, an intruder has to fight the glass - the noise and delay most break-ins can't afford.

Add heat control

Hybrid options laminate Clear View Plus heat rejection onto the same armour, so the strongest glass is also the coolest.

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Clear armour - in three grades.

Heavy-gauge film that stays crystal clear: you keep the view and the daylight, the glass just stops being the easy way in. Step up in thickness for more hold, or add Clear View Plus heat control to the same armour.

Security Clear 8 mil

240 lb/in break strength

89%
Visible light: 18%
Solar rejected: 1%
Glare cut: 99%
UV rejected

Security Clear 14 mil

420 lb/in break strength

88%
Visible light: 19%
Solar rejected: 2%
Glare cut: 99%
UV rejected

Security 8 mil + CV Plus 70

Armour + heat control

73%
Visible light: 94%
Infrared rejected: 20%
Glare cut: 99%
UV rejected

Break-strength and nominal single-pane figures from the XPEL VISION spec sheet. Anchoring needs and film-to-glass compatibility are confirmed on-site before installation.

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99% of UV, blocked

Every VISION film stops 99% of the ultraviolet that does the damage - the single biggest cause of colour loss indoors.

Colour that stays put

Hardwood, rugs, art, and leather hold their tone for years longer once the UV stops reaching them.

No dark tint needed

You don't have to shade a window to protect what's behind it - the clearest films block the same 99%.

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The same 99% UV - in the look you want.

Fade protection is the constant: every one of these blocks 99% of UV. What changes is the finish - completely invisible, a touch of shade, daytime privacy, or a low-e winter layer.

Clear View Plus 70

The invisible flagship

72%
Visible light: 94%
Infrared rejected: 20%
Glare cut: 99%
UV rejected

Clear View Ceramic 60

61%
Visible light: 58%
Infrared rejected: 32%
Glare cut: 99%
UV rejected

Evening View 35

Night-friendly privacy

37%
Visible light: 44%
Solar rejected: 59%
Glare cut: 99%
UV rejected

All Season Intelligence 65

Low-e: keeps furnace heat in

66%
Visible light: 89%
Infrared rejected: 24%
Glare cut: 99%
UV rejected

Nominal single-pane values from the XPEL VISION spec sheet. Your exact numbers are confirmed against your own glass before any film goes on.

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Hot zones, evened out

Perimeter offices that roast after 2pm stop fighting the core's thermostat. Clear View Plus turns back the infrared before it loads the room.

Less load on the HVAC

Rejecting solar heat at the glass means less peak cooling demand - the same case an energy consultant makes for the building envelope.

Glare off every screen

Low winter sun and high summer sun both wash out monitors and video calls. Film knocks the glare down without dimming the floorplate.

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Clear View Plus & Ceramic - clarity you choose.

Every one blocks 99% of UV and most of the infrared heat. The choice for a commercial project is how much daylight you keep versus how much glare and shade you want in return - and whether you need the no-signal-loss ceramic build.

Clear View Plus 70

The invisible flagship

72%
Visible light: 94%
Infrared rejected: 20%
Glare cut: 99%
UV rejected

Clear View Plus 55

58%
Visible light: 94%
Infrared rejected: 34%
Glare cut: 99%
UV rejected

Clear View Plus 40

40%
Visible light: 94%
Infrared rejected: 53%
Glare cut: 99%
UV rejected

Clear View Plus 20

21%
Visible light: 90%
Infrared rejected: 77%
Glare cut: 99%
UV rejected

Clear View Alloy 65

Metallic heat control

65%
Visible light: 70%
Infrared rejected: 29%
Glare cut: 99%
UV rejected

Clear View Alloy 50

49%
Visible light: 82%
Infrared rejected: 45%
Glare cut: 99%
UV rejected

Clear View Alloy 40

41%
Visible light: 88%
Infrared rejected: 54%
Glare cut: 99%
UV rejected

Clear View Alloy 25

24%
Visible light: 92%
Infrared rejected: 75%
Glare cut: 99%
UV rejected

Clear View Ceramic 60

61%
Visible light: 58%
Infrared rejected: 32%
Glare cut: 99%
UV rejected

Clear View Ceramic 50

51%
Visible light: 68%
Infrared rejected: 44%
Glare cut: 99%
UV rejected

Clear View Ceramic 35

35%
Visible light: 83%
Infrared rejected: 61%
Glare cut: 99%
UV rejected

Nominal single-pane values from the XPEL VISION spec sheet. Your exact numbers are confirmed against your own glass before any film goes on.

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Smash becomes delay

An aggressive adhesive holds a broken pane in its frame, so a smash-and-grab turns into repeated, loud, time-consuming effort most intruders abandon.

Graffiti takes the hit

A sacrificial anti-graffiti layer wears the scratch, tag, or acid etch instead of your glass. Peel it off, apply a fresh one - the storefront never gets replaced.

Armour that also cools

Hybrid grades laminate Clear View Plus heat rejection onto the security film, so the strongest glass on a sun-baked façade is also the coolest.

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Clear armour - plus a graffiti shield.

Heavy-gauge film that stays crystal clear on a storefront: step up in thickness for more hold, add Clear View Plus to cool a sun-facing façade, or run the sacrificial anti-graffiti layer over glass that keeps getting tagged.

Security Clear 4 mil

120 lb/in break strength

89%
Visible light: 17%
Solar rejected: 0%
Glare cut: 99%
UV rejected

Security Clear 8 mil

240 lb/in break strength

89%
Visible light: 18%
Solar rejected: 1%
Glare cut: 99%
UV rejected

Security Clear 14 mil

420 lb/in break strength

88%
Visible light: 19%
Solar rejected: 2%
Glare cut: 99%
UV rejected

Security 8 mil + CV Plus 70

Armour + heat control

73%
Visible light: 94%
Infrared rejected: 20%
Glare cut: 99%
UV rejected

Security 8 mil Neutral 50

Armour + solar, neutral

55%
Visible light: 48%
Infrared rejected: 51%
Glare cut: 99%
UV rejected

Security 8 mil Neutral 35

38%
Visible light: 58%
Infrared rejected: 58%
Glare cut: 99%
UV rejected

Security 8 mil Silver 15

Armour + mirror privacy

15%
Visible light: 92%
Infrared rejected: 84%
Glare cut: 99%
UV rejected

Anti-Graffiti 4 mil

Sacrificial layer

89%
Visible light: 17%
Solar rejected: 1%
Glare cut: 99%
UV rejected

Anti-Graffiti 6 mil

Sacrificial layer for storefronts

89%
Visible light: 17%
Solar rejected: 1%
Glare cut: 99%
UV rejected

Break-strength and nominal single-pane figures from the XPEL VISION spec sheet. Anchoring needs and film-to-glass compatibility are confirmed on-site before installation.

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Etched glass, without the etch

White Frost turns any partition into frosted, etched-look glass at a fraction of the cost - and unlike sandblasting, it comes back off when the layout changes.

See out, not in - by day

Evening View's dual-reflective finish keeps daytime interiors private on street-level glass while the view out stays crisp and the daylight stays in.

Your logo on the glass

Custom-cut frost patterns and branding turn boardrooms, entries, and storefront glass into signage - and swap out when the brand or the tenant does.

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Frost, reflection & total block-out.

From an etched-glass frost that keeps the daylight, to daytime one-way reflection, to a full block-out for the rooms that need it - every one still blocks 99% of UV. Custom logos and patterns cut into any of them.

White Frost

Etched-glass look, full daylight

65%
Visible light: 33%
Solar rejected: 28%
Glare cut: 99%
UV rejected

Evening View 35

Night-friendly privacy

37%
Visible light: 44%
Solar rejected: 59%
Glare cut: 99%
UV rejected

White Out

Full blockout, bright finish

9%
Visible light: 78%
Solar rejected: 90%
Glare cut: 99%
UV rejected

Black Out

Total privacy, both ways

0%
Visible light: 75%
Solar rejected: 100%
Glare cut: 99%
UV rejected

Nominal single-pane values from the XPEL VISION spec sheet. Frost and decorative films are custom-cut; your patterns and film-to-glass compatibility are confirmed on-site before installation.

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99% of UV, blocked

Every VISION film stops 99% of the ultraviolet that does the damage - the single biggest cause of colour loss on stock, finishes, and interiors.

Merchandise that stays sellable

Window displays, packaging, fabrics, and signage hold their colour instead of bleaching in the sun - no more marking down the front-of-store stock.

No dark tint needed

You don't have to shade a storefront to protect what's behind the glass. The clearest films block the same 99% while keeping the display bright.

Film lineup

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The same 99% UV - in the look you want.

Fade protection is the constant: every one of these blocks 99% of UV. What changes is the finish - completely invisible, a no-signal-loss ceramic, daytime privacy, or a low-e layer that also holds winter heat in.

Clear View Plus 70

The invisible flagship

72%
Visible light: 94%
Infrared rejected: 20%
Glare cut: 99%
UV rejected

Clear View Ceramic 60

61%
Visible light: 58%
Infrared rejected: 32%
Glare cut: 99%
UV rejected

Evening View 35

Night-friendly privacy

37%
Visible light: 44%
Solar rejected: 59%
Glare cut: 99%
UV rejected

All Season Intelligence 65

Low-e: keeps furnace heat in

66%
Visible light: 89%
Infrared rejected: 24%
Glare cut: 99%
UV rejected

Nominal single-pane values from the XPEL VISION spec sheet. Your exact numbers are confirmed against your own glass before any film goes on.