Exterior Patio Shades In Kansas City
Exterior Patio Shades in Kansas City, KS
Our Solar Shield Blinds Exterior Patio Shades are motorized outdoor shades, also called patio screens and solar screens, and 37 of them hang on the Rock Island Bridge over the Kansas River in Kansas City, KS. The same shades close in a Piper deck or a Turner porch against the sun, the wind and the bugs.
Where It Fits In Kansas City
Where Exterior Patio Shades Fit In Kansas City, KS
From a venue over the river to a screened porch in Turner, an exterior shade turns open air into a room you can use.
- Decks on newer two storiesThe deck off a Piper kitchen can face west and heat up from four o'clock on. A shade on the west side lowers when the glare hits and raises when it's gone.
- Restaurant and event patiosThe Rock Island Bridge seats guests above the Kansas River behind 37 of our exterior shades, and a patio on Minnesota Avenue or out at the Legends can work the same way.
- Screened porches on older homesA screened porch keeps the bugs out and lets the wind through. Exterior shades close it up for spring and fall and open it back up in July.
- South and west glass wallsA family room wall of glass on a 2000s two story stays cooler when the shade is outside the glass, stopping the heat before it reaches the window.
Worth Knowing
Wind Rating, Sensors And A Bridge Over The River
Some of our best known exterior shades are right here in Kansas City, Kansas. The Rock Island Bridge, a 100 year old train bridge turned venue over the Kansas River, has 37 Solar Shield Blinds Exterior Patio Shades keeping the wind and the sun off the tables. The same shades go on a deck in Piper or a patio behind a ranch in Turner, and a shade built for that kind of wind makes a patio you use instead of one you look at.
Our Exterior Patio Shades run in our Self-Adjusting Tracks and carry a 75 mph wind rating, so a spring storm doesn't turn the fabric into a sail. Closed, they keep out wind, rain, snow, ice and bugs, and our 95% solar screen blocks 95% of the wind and moisture. Push button control raises and lowers them, and sun and wind sensors can do it for you. A single shade covers an opening from 3 feet to 30 feet wide, and the screen color decides how much of the yard or the river you still see.
Exterior shades take 8 to 10 weeks from order to installation because the tracks and the headbox are built to the opening. They need a header to mount to, like a porch beam or a covered deck, so an open deck with no cover takes a Retractable Awning instead. Your Design Specialist comes to your home or your restaurant, looks at where the sun and wind come from, measures the opening and writes an itemized quote on the spot that holds for 180 days, and our own full time Install Techs put in the tracks and the motor.
What Comes As Standard
- 75 mphWind rating, with wind rated side tracks
- Wind ratedSelf-adjusting side tracks
- Sun sensorsAnd wind sensors that retract for you
- 8 to 10 wksOrder to install on exterior work
- Carefree GuaranteeA lifetime product warranty that transfers if you sell, plus our five year service guarantee
- Free Temporary ShadesOn every window you order for, installed while your custom order is made
Our Process
Planned, measured, and installed by our team in Kansas City
- Free ConsultationWe bring our shop to your Kansas City home or office. We'll listen to what you're wanting to accomplish with your windows, take a good look at every opening, and explain the options that will actually work for them.
- On the spot quoteWe take the time to make sure you know exactly what you're getting, and you'll have a complete and exact quote before we leave, so there are no surprises on install day.
- Installed by our teamEverything we install is custom built to the exact measurements of your windows, and when ready, professionally installed by our full time installers. Most projects are installed in less than a day.
Screen Colors
Exterior screen colors we bring to Kansas City
Your Design Specialist holds each one up against your siding, stone and trim so you see it in your own light before you decide.
Flat Black
The clearest view out of anything here. A dark screen absorbs light rather than scattering it, so the yard stays sharp.
Charcoal
A middle tone that reads as shadow from outside, with a clear view from inside.
Granite
A gray with visible texture in the weave. Holds up against stone and painted siding without going flat.
Tobacco
Warm mid brown. The usual pick where the house has cedar or a stained deck.
Espresso Texture
A woven texture rather than a flat color, which breaks up a very large span so it does not read as one sheet.
Shadow Texture
Blue gray with a textured weave. The one that suits a modern exterior with gray or black window frames.
Stone Texture
A pale textured neutral. Brighter underneath than the darks, and it hides dust between cleans.
Bone
Soft off white. Light stays bright under the shade, at the cost of some outward visibility.
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Straight Answers
Exterior Patio Shades questions from Kansas City homeowners
Yes. The Rock Island Bridge has 37 Solar Shield Blinds Exterior Patio Shades over the Kansas River, on the Kansas City, Kansas side. They're the same product, with the same Self-Adjusting Tracks and 75 mph wind rating we install on a deck in Piper or a porch in Argentine.
Our shades carry a 75 mph wind rating, and the Self-Adjusting Tracks flex up to 3/4 inch on each side under wind pressure, then pull the fabric tight again. We recommend leaving the shades down in windy or stormy weather to avoid damage, and a wind sensor can manage that for you when nobody is home.
Yes, and a screened porch is one of the easiest places to do it, since the posts and the beam are already there to mount to. Shades on each open side lower when the wind is cold or the rain is sideways and raise on a nice evening, so a porch on an older Rosedale home that gets used only in June becomes a porch you use from spring through fall.
Yes, and the Rock Island Bridge is a great example. Exterior shades let a restaurant seat guests outside in weather that would send them indoors, and Meddy's went from closing its patio all winter to seating guests year round. A patio on Minnesota Avenue or near the Legends can get the same shades, with push button control and sensors.
Yes. Exterior shades take 8 to 10 weeks from order to installation, compared with 4 to 6 weeks for interior shades, because the side tracks, the headbox and the fabric are built to your opening. Order after the holidays and the deck is ready before the first hot afternoon, and your quote holds for 180 days.
Yes. Our shades help hold in warmth when used with a heating source, since the 95% solar screen fabric cuts air movement by 95%. On one of our patios, a 30 degree February day turned into a space over 60 degrees with the shades down and the heaters running. The space needs ventilation when a propane heater, grill or fire pit is in use.
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Exterior Patio Shades around Kansas City
We serve all of Kansas City, KS, including Strawberry Hill, Rosedale, Argentine, Armourdale, Turner, Piper and Village West. ZIP codes 66101, 66102, 66103, 66104, 66105, 66106, 66109, 66111, 66112.
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