Screen Solutions
Motorized Screen Solutions
Sun and glare, insects, privacy, wind-driven rain, blowing dust. Different problems with different specifications — and most of them can be configured within one coordinated motorized screen system, provided the decision is made per opening rather than per house.
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Start with what you want the space to do
The fastest way through this page is to start from the failure rather than the product. If the patio empties out at four in the afternoon, the question is a solar one. If it is comfortable and nobody is on it, the question is insects. If one sightline decides whether you use the space at all, it is a privacy weave. If the problem is rain arriving sideways or grit on every surface ahead of a front, it is a closed vinyl panel rather than a mesh.
Two openings on the same patio can land on different answers, and often do — the west side and the north side of the same structure are not solving the same problem. That is why the specification happens opening by opening, and why nothing here is priced from a page. The cost guide explains what actually moves a number instead.
Underneath all four questions sits the same structural one: what the header, the posts and the mounting surface can actually carry. The system layer is where that gets settled, and if the answer there is no, the material choice never comes up. How the systems work covers the mechanism if you want it in detail.
Where the screens go changes the answer too. A covered patio and an open pergola are different engineering propositions, and a commercial terrace changes the arithmetic entirely. Once the material is settled, how you operate it decides whether it gets used daily or twice.
One product class sits apart. Hail and severe-weather exposure is not a setting on an ordinary motorized screen. It is a separate question with its own answer, and we treat it separately rather than letting a link imply it is part of the coordinated system.
The system
Four layers, decided separately
Questions
Questions about screen solutions
Can motorized screens be added to an existing covered patio?
Often, yes. What decides it is the structure rather than the screen — header depth, the mounting surface, whether the posts can carry side tracks, and whether there is a sensible route for power. Those are site questions, which is why a specification cannot be finalised from photographs alone.
Can one fabric do everything?
No. A solar mesh does not keep insects out. An insect mesh does little about glare. A privacy weave is not a blackout blind. Clear vinyl does not breathe. Each material does one job well, so the choice is made per opening — and a house can carry different materials on different sides.
Can I screen only one side, or do part of it now?
Yes to both. Screening the one opening that fails first is a common and sensible starting point, and a system can be extended later. Planning the whole space at the outset is still worth doing, because it affects where power and controls are placed.
Are these hurricane or hail screens?
No. An everyday motorized screen is not storm protection and it is not hail protection. In this region that distinction matters more than most — a retractable screen should be retracted ahead of severe weather, not left down through it.
Why do you not publish specifications?
Because they are the manufacturer's, they differ by component, and they change. Wind ratings, spans, fabric openness figures, finishes, approval numbers and warranty terms all fall into that category. We confirm the current published figures for your specific openings, in writing, before anything is quoted.
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