Screened patios and pool enclosures
A screen stops bugs and does nothing about low sun, which is why so many of these jobs are outdoor shades.
Through Boynton Beach, Wellington and Royal Palm Beach, most houses have a screened patio or a pool cage on the back. Screen is almost transparent to heat and glare, so the space is unusable for the two hours that people most want to be in it.
An outdoor shade on the west side of the cage fixes that, and because it is mounted in the open it needs fabric and hardware built for weather rather than indoor parts used outside.
Gated communities with an approval process
In many communities here the association approves the exterior look before the work is done.
Wellington, Palm Beach Gardens and most of the gated communities west of Boca Raton have architectural rules, and an outdoor shade or an exterior-facing fabric usually needs sign-off. That is not a problem, it is a timeline: it works best when the approval is in motion while the treatment is being made.
We will tell you at the appointment whether what you are choosing is likely to need it, so the two run side by side instead of one after the other.
Seasonal homes that sit empty
A house closed up for the summer needs something you can leave set, not something adjusted every day.
A large share of Palm Beach County housing is lived in for part of the year. For a house that will be shut for months, the questions change: fabric that holds its color through a full summer of direct sun, and a motor you can put on a schedule so the shades still move while nobody is home.
A cord left in one position for five months is also the fastest way to end up with a line permanently marked in the fabric.
