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Exterior Patio Screens
Exterior patio screens, also called outdoor solar screens, are versatile vertical blinds that retract, defining outdoor spaces. Luxury screens from Corradi USA offer the ultimate control over temperature, UV rays, and privacy. Your custom shade screens will offer stylish, motorized, and intuitive protection against insects, light wind, and rain.
Enhance Outdoor Areas with
Exterior Patio Screens
Outdoor solar screens enclose a patio, adding a sense of luxurious privacy as they define your exterior space. Unlike walls or fences, shade screens maintain the stunning view around you. The result is a sense of complete privacy as you and your guests take in the sights and sounds of the outside world.
Plus, exterior patio screens are a year-round solution. Luxury solar shades can potentially conserve heat, allowing you to enjoy your patio or pergola in any weather. Imagine enjoying a cup of coffee while warm and cozy in your screened porch on a chilly winter morning.
With heat-preserving solar screens, you might even reduce your energy costs. For the ultimate in efficiency, shades can be mounted outside windows for use inside the home.
Contact us to learn how exterior patio screens can transform the way you enjoy your property.
Exterior Patio Screens from Corradi USA
Exterior Screens
Summit
Our benchmark screen design is offered in both a round or square cassette. With multiple modes of function, it’s the most favored exterior solar shade in North America.
Exterior Screens
Harbor
Achieve superior stability with our largest exterior patio screen. The Harbor is suited for projects needing widths over 20 feet and longer drop-lengths with thicker fabrics.
Exterior Screens
Vista
Discover minimalist design with complete adaptability. The Vista is an open roll screen with no cassette, ideal for spaces that demand innovative placement
Exterior Screens
Horizon
With 360° mounting & bottom-up operation, the Horizon shade screen challenges conventional sun control systems. Choose this solution for comprehensive interior or exterior skylight shading.
Customized Exterior Shades for your Screened Porch
Our exterior solar sun screens are available in several configurations, so homeowners can perfectly customize their environment.
- Manual or automatic. Automatic exterior solar shades are ideal for smart home integration, allowing tech-savvy homeowners to automate their experience. For a more traditional home exterior, opt for manual shade screens and control the privacy level yourself.
- Enclosed in a cassette or on an open roll. Choose your preferred level of aesthetics, protection, and durability. Cassette-enclosed shade screens are clean and stylish and hold up to harsh weather year-round. Open-roll shade screens offer an exposed industrial look for pergolas or rustic-style outdoor spaces.
- Fully blocking light or semi-transparent. Take your privacy, heat control, and visibility preferences into your own hands. Opt for light-blocking exterior retractable screens for the ultimate in privacy and UV protection. For more natural light and daytime privacy, semi-transparent shade screens will keep things bright and open.
It’s time to transform your patio, pergola, or outdoor seating area with a customized solar screen solution. Our competent and experienced team of installers can help. Our team is well-versed in both smart home technology and home installation. Shade.Shop professionals will work closely with you to personalize an exterior shade solution that achieves your goals.
How to Choose an Exterior Screen
An exterior patio screen, also called an outdoor solar screen, drops down like a vertical shade to define a patio, close the side of a pergola or cut the sun on a window or skylight. The right model depends on the size of the opening, how the screen will be mounted and how much privacy and view you want.
Choosing by model
- Summit is the benchmark design, offered in a round or square cassette with several modes of operation. It is a good starting point for most patios.
- Harbor is the largest exterior screen, suited to openings wider than 20 feet and to longer drops with thicker fabrics.
- Vista is an open roll screen with no cassette, which gives more freedom in where it can be placed.
- Horizon offers 360 degree mounting and bottom up operation, so it works for interior or exterior skylight shading as well as for vertical openings.
What to consider before you choose
- Width and drop. The size of the opening decides which model can carry the fabric.
- Sun direction. West and south facing patios get the most heat in the afternoon, so they benefit most from a screen.
- Fabric. A tighter weave gives more privacy and heat control, and a more open weave keeps more of the view. Our guide on outdoor patio screens in Sonoma explains the trade off.
- Mounting. Screens can be fixed to a wall, a beam or a pergola frame, so check what you have to attach to.
- Controls. Our exterior screens are motorized, so you choose how you want to operate them.
Screens, awnings and pergolas
Exterior screens work on their own and also pair well with other shade. A retractable pergola covers the area above you, a retractable awning shades the space next to a wall, and a screen closes the open side. Our outdoor shades and the guide on how to choose outdoor roller shades for your patio help you compare the options.
Exterior screens in Sonoma, Napa and Marin
Shade.Shop serves homes across the North Bay. See our service areas for the towns we cover, and contact us to talk through your patio.
Frequently asked questions
What is an exterior patio screen?
It is an outdoor solar screen that rolls down vertically to cut sun, glare and heat and to add privacy, while keeping the view.
Which screen is best for a very wide opening?
The Harbor is designed for openings wider than 20 feet and for longer drops with thicker fabrics.
Can an exterior screen shade a skylight?
Yes. The Horizon can be mounted at any angle and works from the bottom up, so it is used for interior and exterior skylight shading.
Can I add screens to an existing patio or pergola?
Often yes. Screens can enclose a patio or the side of a pergola, depending on the frame you have. Send us details and we will tell you what is possible.
Contact us
Download the catalog or request a quote for your exterior patio screen solution.