Retractable Awnings In Prairie Village
Retractable Awnings in Prairie Village, KS
Our Solar Shield Blinds Retractable Awnings give full shade over the uncovered patios behind Prairie Village homes, then roll back into their cassette when you want the sun. Many of these patios are a slab off the back door, and a motorized awning shades it without a permanent roof that would darken the kitchen.
Where It Fits In Prairie Village
Where Retractable Awnings fit in Prairie Village
An awning is the answer for the uncovered patio behind a ranch or the deck off a new addition, where a permanent roof would darken the house or fight the look from the street.
- Uncovered patios behind ranchesThe slab off the back door has no roof and full sun. An awning covers the whole patio at lunch and retracts so the kitchen window keeps its light.
- Decks off second story additionsA deck that sits high enough for the neighbors to see wants shade and a little cover. The cassette housing mounts to the house wall above the door and stays out of the way.
- Patios next to the gardenAn awning covers the chairs and the table and stops short of the garden beds, and it retracts whenever the plants need the sun.
- A clean look from the yardRetracted, the cassette is a slim box under the eave and nothing changes about the elevation. Extended, it's a clean line of fabric over the patio.
Good To Know
Pitch, cassettes, and shade without a roof
Most of the back yards off 75th Street and Somerset were never built with a covered patio, and adding a roof to a 1950s ranch means a permit, a contractor, and a kitchen that stays darker for good. A Retractable Awning gets you the shade without any of that. It mounts to the house above the door, extends over the patio when you want it, and disappears into its housing when you don't. From the street nothing changes, and the neighbors see a clean line of fabric rather than a roof.
The main decision is the size and where it mounts, and our Design Specialist works that out on site. After that, EZ-Pitch lets you use the included crank handle to tilt the awning down to block the low morning sun on an east patio or the evening sun on a west one, without retracting it. A cassette housing keeps the fabric dry and clean when it's rolled up, which matters through a Kansas winter. Every awning we install is motorized, and the LED lights under the arms come standard so the patio works after dark. Fabric colors come from the sample books we bring to the house.
An awning is shade, not shelter. It handles a light rain and blocks the sun, but in a storm it should be retracted, and the motor brings it in with one press before the weather gets here. It also needs a solid wall to mount to, so a detached pergola out in the yard needs a different solution. Our Design Specialist comes to your house for free and writes an itemized quote before leaving, held for 180 days. Plan on 6 to 8 weeks from order to install, our own Install Techs install them, and the Five Year Service Guarantee covers defects at no charge.
What Comes As Standard
- AdjustablePitch for morning and evening sun
- CassetteHousing keeps fabric dry and clean
- LEDIntegrated lights come standard
- MotorizedOpens and closes at the push of a button
- 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 Prairie Village
- Free ConsultationWe bring our shop to your Prairie Village 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.
Frame And Fabric
Awning colors that suit Prairie Village homes
Three frame finishes and a full fabric range, brought to your patio so you can see them against the house.
Frame colors
Three standard finishes chosen to read as trim.
Greys and blacks
Neutral fabrics that recede against most houses.
Tans and beiges
Warm neutrals for brick and stone.
Blues
Traditional striped and solid options.
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Straight Answers
Retractable Awnings questions from Prairie Village homeowners
That's exactly where an awning belongs. It mounts to the house wall above the patio door and extends out over the slab, so an uncovered patio behind a Prairie Village ranch gets full shade with no posts and no roof. Retract it and the patio is open to the sky again, and the kitchen window behind it keeps all its light.
Not from the front. The awning mounts on the back of the house, and retracted it's a slim cassette under the eave that you won't notice from the yard, let alone the street. Extended, it's a clean line of fabric over the patio, in a color picked to sit with the brick or siding.
Yes. EZ-Pitch lets you tilt the front edge of the awning down with the included crank handle, no tools and no ladder, so a west facing patio stays shaded as the sun drops toward the neighbor's roofline. Tilt it back up when the sun is high. The built in LED lights are dimmable and run from their own remote, so the patio is still usable once the sun is gone.
Yes. We only offer motorized retractable awnings, because the weight and projection of our units make a manual crank a poor choice for extending the awning. Our Install Techs complete the wiring to the closest outlet during the install, so you extend the awning from the back door in a second and bring it in just as fast when the sky turns.
Yes. Awnings are covered by our Carefree Guarantee, including the Five Year Service Guarantee, so any defect in the awning is fixed at no charge for five years. The 180-Day Price holds the quote, so you can get a quote in March and order in the summer at the same number. Our own full time Install Techs install it, and a good rule for planning is 6 to 8 weeks.
Yes. Our Retractable Awnings are made to the exact inch in widths from 10 feet to 40 feet for one unit, and they project 8, 10 or 12 feet from the house. That covers the slab behind most Prairie Village ranches with room to spare, and your Design Specialist measures the wall and the patio on site before recommending a size.
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Retractable Awnings around Prairie Village
We serve all of Prairie Village, KS, including Corinth Hills, Somerset Hills, Prairie Hills, Town & Country Estates, Ridgeview Heights and Meadowbrook. ZIP codes 66206, 66207, 66208.
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Tim and Denise founded Solar Shield Blinds in 2006 with one simple mission; to bring elevated comfort to more people, in more places. Over the years they have hired and trained a professional team of like minded individuals who all continue to push toward that same mission every day. Tim now oversees the sales and installation side of the business by training and growing the team. Denise is over people & finances and her role helps Solar Shield Blinds continue to stay focused on an amazing team culture.
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