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Reviewing the Impact-Resistant Sliders and Windows
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" Last week we visited the PGT plant not far from here where they make about 30000. Of these impact resistant windows a week. And we saw firsthand how they stand up to objects hurled at them and high winds. Back here we saw how they're installed into the precast openings in our solid wall frame. And we got started installing the frames through some of the pretty large sliders. Once they were set the guys were able to work the enormous glaze panels into their tracks and adjust them for smooth operation. Even though they're heavy they're well balanced well designed sliders. And of course that means that whether they're closed or open. You're gonna enjoy this terrific canal view with all the sailboats and stuff and you're gonna have the the assurance that if you are in a hurricane with high winds you've got the impact resistant glass with the -- site. You thought you site later in the middle of it which means that no matter what them. Shoots into this at a height -- a high impact great it's not gonna shatter the glass and that's the key thing not allowing hurricane winds to enter into the house envelope because that's how everything it's just."