Protect Your Retail Storefront with Riot Glass Security Glazing

Glass windows and doors are a staple for modern retail storefronts. They provide a sleek, professional appearance, showcase products more effectively, and invite customers in with natural light and a welcoming atmosphere. This perfect blend of style and functionality makes them an ideal choice for retail businesses. However, these glass doors are also highly vulnerable—they offer little resistance to forced entry, making them a prime target for criminals.

This is where Riot Glass security glazing comes in. Retrofitting your existing retail glass doors with Riot Glass security glazing offers a practical and affordable solution to safeguard your storefront from a wide range of threats, including burglary, smash-and-grab theft, looting, vandalism, storm damage, and accidental impacts.

Why Retrofit Instead of Replace?

Replacing your entire door and window systems can be costly and disruptive, especially for small businesses operating on a tight budget. Riot Glass retrofit solutions are designed to work with your existing framing systems, often allowing the original glass to remain in place. This cost-effective approach lets you enhance your storefront’s security without sacrificing its aesthetics or breaking your budget. Another

What Does Retrofitting Security Glazing Mean?

Retrofitting involves installing additional materials or components onto an existing structure. With Riot Glass, this means adding security glazing either over or behind the existing glass in your retail doors.

Overglazing: The security glass is installed in front of the existing glass and secured with specialized framing adapters.
Back glazing: The security glass is installed behind the existing glass, offering the same level of protection without altering the storefront's outward appearance.

In cases where structural limitations or specific glazing characteristics require it, Riot Glass can replace the existing glass entirely while utilizing the existing framing.

How Riot Glass Protects Your Business

Retrofitting with Riot Glass provides both physical and psychological protection:

Physical Protection: Riot Glass is designed to withstand extreme impacts far better than traditional glass or even standard safety glass. Unlike ordinary glass that shatters on impact, Riot Glass remains intact, preventing or delaying unauthorized access. This reinforced barrier significantly reduces the chances of successful forced entry or smash-and-grab theft.
Psychological Deterrence: A storefront outfitted with Riot Glass sends a clear message to would-be criminals. The visible reinforcement deters them from attempting to breach the glass, encouraging them to seek out less secure targets instead.
Protection Beyond Crime: Riot Glass also shields your storefront from non-criminal impacts, such as flying storm debris or accidental damage, minimizing repair costs and ensuring uninterrupted operations.

Maintaining Style While Enhancing Security

One of the standout benefits of Riot Glass is that it preserves the aesthetic appeal and visibility that glass storefronts provide. You don’t have to sacrifice the modern, inviting look of your entryway for the sake of security. Riot Glass seamlessly integrates with your existing design, offering a virtually invisible yet highly effective protective solution.

How Riot Glass Turns Your Glass Doors Into Unbreakable Barriers

Using specialized retrofit framing adapters, Riot Glass transforms your existing storefront doors into robust security doors. These adapters are securely fixed to the existing door frame, holding the new security glazing in place. For example, when overglazing, Riot Glass is installed in front of the existing glass and framed using retrofit adapters that fit within or on top of the existing framing system. Once installed, this system creates an incredibly durable barrier that protects against forced entry and other threats.

Depending on the combination of security glazing and framing used, Riot Glass can even make your glass entry doors virtually unbreakable, providing unmatched peace of mind for your business.

Secure Your Storefront with Riot Glass Today

Riot Glass retrofit security glazing solutions offer retail businesses a reliable, cost-effective way to enhance storefront protection. By reinforcing your glass entryway doors with Riot Glass, you can ensure your business remains safe from various threats while maintaining its sleek, inviting look.