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SOFT-LITE GORELL ARMOR GLASS PLUS WINDOWS & DOORS FOR GREATER SECURITY

Learn how Soft-Lite Gorell Armor Glass Plus replacement windows can protect you and your home from intruders and forced-entry.

NCPC SECURITY ACTIVITY BOOK

Educate children on windows and doors—in a fun format that includes word-find puzzles, coloring pages and more.

NCPC SECURITY ACTIVITY BOOK
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Soft-Lite Gorell Partners with
the National Crime Prevention Council

Soft-Lite Gorell, through Soft-Lite, is proud to be a corporate partner with the National Crime Prevention Council (NCPC). Soft-Lite Gorell supports NCPC’s efforts in helping people be safer and more secure in their homes and communities.

Soft-Lite Gorell is known for designing and manufacturing strong, durable high-quality windows and doors that deter intrusion. The company voluntarily submits its products to independent, certified laboratories that test them according to industry-recognized standards. Soft-Lite Gorell windows and doors consistently meet the highest levels for structural forced-entry testing to ensure maximum impact resistance.

Armor Glass® Plus windows and doors made by Soft-Lite Gorell offer homeowners the ultimate protection in terms of window and door security. Armor Glass Plus products features three glass panes—two of which sandwich a polyvinyl butyral interlayer—to keep out intruders. In tests, these windows and doors have withstood more than 30 blows from a baseball bat before a hole the size of a quarter appears. Armor Glass Plus products also provide benefits of improved sound control, safety, energy savings and solar protection.

More so than ever before, Soft-Lite Gorell Windows & Doors urges homeowners to consider security when making home improvements. Please check this web site for help in selecting windows and doors for much improved security—and visit the National Crime Prevention Council’s web site for more helpful information on what you can do to combat crime and improve security in your home and community.

HELP SUPPORT THE NATIONAL CRIME PREVENTION COUNCIL

The National Crime Prevention Council (NCPC) also welcomes donations from individuals. Help support the NCPC by donating today.

SOFT-LITE GORELL SECURITY PRODUCTS

Armor Glass Plus™
Laminated Security Glass

WINDOW & DOOR SECURITY TIPS

TIP 1. Keep windows and doors locked—even when you or family members are home.

TIP 2. Update locking hardware on your entry doors. Install new keyed locks and deadbolts.

TIP 3. Ensure that window air conditioners are not easily removable from the outside. Bolt them in place from the inside.

TIP 4. Keep drapes or shades drawn—during evenings and at night—so as not to entice intruders. Sheers can help to conceal your home's interior during the day while allowing in light.

TIP 5. Remove shrubs and trees from in front of windows so they can't hide possible intruders. Keep shrubs trimmed low.

TIP 6. Replace old, easily-breached windows with heavy-duty replacement windows that have passed ASTM* structural forced entry tests.

TIP 7. Install new heavy-duty basement windows. Older, substandard basement windows are often targeted by intruders.

TIP 8. Install windows with laminated glass when building a new home or replacing your windows. Laminated Armor Glass is very difficult for intruders to penetrate. A quality laminated glass system consists of one composite pane made up of a polyvinyl butyral interlayer sandwiched by two sheets of glass—and another pane of annealed or standard glass.

TIPS 9. Replace your entry doors with metal or fiberglass doors with peepholes and minimal—if any—glass for the best security. Be sure that they incorporate substantial locking systems.

TIPS 10. Replace old patio doors with new, more secure models. Insist on doors that incorporate laminated glass instead of tempered glass. Tempered glass is designed for safety, but not security.