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side from providing
hurricane protection,
lowering homeowner
property insurance
and energy bills, impact-resis-
tant windows and doors have
proven to keep homes inva-
sion-free.
According to the Federal
Bureau of Investigation, a bur-
glary occurs somewhere in
the United States every 15.4
seconds. In 2008, 181,833
burglaries occurred in Florida.
Of those 181,833 burglaries,
26,030 occurred in Miami-Dade
Before, burglar bars were needed for
County alone.
security at the Lakeview Condominium in
Mike Hancock was lucky to
Miami.
have installed PGT WinGuard
impact-resistant windows
before his home was attacked.
Hancock's 14-year-old daugh-
ter was home alone at 10 a.m.
when two would-be burglars
attempted to break into his
home. They "tried their hard-
est for at least 5-10 minutes to
break those windows."
Had they not been impact-
resistant products, the men
would have surely been inside
Hancock's home in "less than
30 seconds."
Hancock, a window and door
contractor, claims that "after
After, PGT WinGuard windows protect
this incident we feel that the
against hurricane-force winds and would-be
extra cost of the windows have
intruders.
paid for themselves many, many
times over by protecting our daugh-
impact-resistant windows and
ter from who knows what."
doors. Impact windows would
Carlos Paesano, general man-
enhance building security with-
ager at Astor Windows and Doors,
out bars, and give the property a
an independent PGT distributor
renewed and more modern look.
in Miami, recently used PGT's
"Aside from better hurricane pro-
impact-resistant windows for an
tection and security, impact-resis-
84-unit replacement job at Lakeview
tant windows and doors offer sig-
Condominium in Miami.
nificant energy savings, UV protec-
"The condominium board was
tion, noise reduction and increased
concerned about property damage
owner equity."
from hurricane-force winds, rising
Debbie LaPinska, vice president
wind storm insurance rates, and the
of sales and marketing at PGT, said
effectiveness and unsightly appear-
insurance companies are required
ance of burglar bars," said Paesano.
by Florida to provide a discount on
"The bars on the bedroom win-
premiums to homeowners who miti-
dows did not meet current building
gate against hurricanes. Li
department codes for egress in the
event of a fire so we proposed an
Article courtesy the Home Improvement
all-in-one solution: PGT's WinGuard
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