The Benefits of Polycarbonate Window Well Covers
As with anything that you use, it’s the durability of the materials that make all the difference! Inferior materials give an inferior result.
Acrylic (Plexiglass) impact strength is significantly lower than polycarbonate and is subject to stress cracking. When ice and snow sheets off your roof it will shatter the mass-produced big box store covers.
Polycarbonate is a virtually unbreakable resin that withstands massive force. That is why it is used in bulletproof window applications, eyeglasses, industrial guards, motorcycle and race car windshields. This is one of the main reasons, Window Well Experts uses UV treated Polycarbonate to make our window well covers. Acrylic does not have the same strength, longevity and resistance to impact.
Another factor with high-quality polycarbonate window well covers is their high tolerance for heat and cold for 25+ years. These covers are ideal for use in any kind of harsh environment, where they last longer than other common manufacturing materials, due to the UV cap sheet we special order for our polycarbonate sheets.
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Polycarbonate VS Acrylic Window Well Covers
WindowWellExperts.com Polycarbonate window well covers VS store-bought Acrylic window well covers. See a dropped sledge hammer, toolbox, and rock smash through the competitors cheap and brittle Acrylic.
Polycarbonate is resistant to sunlight, rain, snow, and hail. These properties enable our covers to last in the outdoors for many years without showing signs of fading, yellowing, or discoloration.
Polycarbonate is so light that the polycarbonate well covers are easy to remove for emergency exit. This allows our window well covers, no matter what the size, to be made to meet the strictest municipal egress codes.
