Montlake Window Film for 1920s Brick Homes

Privacy Window Film for Montlake Homes Near Husky Stadium Crowds

Husky Stadium sits just across the Montlake Cut, and on home football Saturdays a lot of people walk through Montlake to get there, many of them over the Montlake Bridge. The houses closest to Montlake Boulevard, the bridge and the playfield see more foot traffic in an afternoon than some streets see in a month.

Frosted and gradient films are the simple fix for street-facing rooms. They hide the interior from the sidewalk while keeping the room bright, and they work at night as well as during the day. Decorative films with an etched or reeded look suit the period character of Montlake's front doors, sidelights and bathroom windows better than a plain white frost.

If you only want privacy on game days, consider film on the lower sash only. The upper sash stays clear for light and sky.

Window Film and Noise Along SR 520 in Montlake

SR 520 cuts across the north part of the neighborhood, and the highway rebuild has reshaped that edge with new lids and ramps. Houses near the corridor deal with traffic noise and, during construction periods, dust and vibration.

We want to be clear: window film does not meaningfully reduce traffic noise. It is far too thin. What it can do near 520 is add safety film to windows that face the corridor, so a pane that does get cracked stays in one piece, and add UV and glare film so that keeping windows closed is more pleasant. For real noise reduction, look at interior storm windows or acoustic glazing.

Our job on a 520-side house is usually a mix of safety film on the most exposed panes and clear UV film on the rest.

UV Window Film for Montlake's Brick Tudors and Colonials

The heart of Montlake is brick and stucco Tudors, Colonials and cottages, many with leaded diamond panes, casement windows and arched door glass. Inside, original oak floors, plaster walls and built-ins are common, and owners usually go to some effort to preserve them.

Clear UV film protects those interiors from fading without changing how the windows look. On leaded windows we fit each small pane separately, or leave the leaded sections untouched and treat the clear glass around them. Old casement glass is often thin, so we choose films rated for single-pane annealed glass and look for cracks before starting.

Houses near the Arboretum and the Portage Bay shoreline get heavy tree cover. In those homes, a darker film would make rooms gloomy, and a clear UV film is almost always the better pick.

Window Tinting for Montlake Homes Facing the Water

Homes along the Montlake Cut, Portage Bay and Union Bay look over water and boat traffic, including the boats lining up for the Montlake Bridge openings. Water-facing rooms take reflected light, and the ones facing south or west also take afternoon sun.

A light neutral solar film handles glare and heat on those rooms without tinting the view. We prefer low-reflectance films here so that, from the water, your windows look like windows rather than mirrors, and so the evening view is not lost to reflection.