Installing an outdoor sun shade can significantly reduce cooling costs inside your home and create a pleasant atmosphere for your patio, deck or sunroom. Outdoor shades are made with solar screen fabric, which stops the sun's heat before it strikes your window, reducing heat transfer and keeping your home or business cooler. Sun shades also reduce glare and help block damaging UV rays without losing your view.
Reasons to put shades outdoors include:
- To allow a window to be completely unobstructed (when open)
- To use in addition to other window treatments that provide too little sun blockage
- To dress up a patio or porch
- As outdoor shades for a patio where there are no windows
- To provide privacy to bedrooms during outdoor entertaining
- For seasonal use as a means of lowering air conditioning bills
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Outdoor shades features:
- Available in varying degrees of openness for your light control needs - the openness factor describes what percentage of light the material allows through. Also called opacity, this changes the character of your outdoor window shades to suit your preferences
- Offers daytime privacy while still allowing you to see out
- The loosely woven fabric shade material allows air to pass through, and allows you to see out.
- Outdoor shades are available in several colors to match or complement the exterior style of your home.
- Shades can be mounted directly above a door or window, or spaced away from the door on a eave or fascia.
