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What you Need to Know before buying your homes sun screens.
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What you Need to Know before buying your homes sun screens.
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The tighter the pattern of the weave that make the screens will determine the shading coefficent inside your home. The two most popular weaves are the suntex 80% and the suntex 90%. We also sell the suntex 70% for maximum viewing ability still with solar uv blockage. So when deciding what screens you will buy take these factor into consideration. The darker screen colors allow for more sun screen blockage vers the lighter screen colors. The tighter the weave(90%) these screens allow for more privacy and ultra shading of course. Scientifically the color is in act a determing factor when choosing your screen and that screens ability to block the harmfull uv rays.
- Before purchasing a screen know what kind of product you are buying. Various solarproduct companies are selling screens that are in fact made for patio shadings, made for keeping bugs and insects out. These screens are much less expensive to manufacture and do not stand up against our screens. Also, the frame of the screens is obviously an important aspect of the total product. Other companies sell plastic screens versus our aluminum screens that will not bend or break. Our frames are the heaviest frames in the industry providing long term benifits for you, without having to replace them over time. The corners of the frames are also an important part of the total product becouse these are like the joints of furniture. The corners are what holds the frame together other companies cut costs by providing plastic corners that over a period of a year or two will fail in the the elements because we all know plastic just dosnt hold up. Our corners are aluminum because this allows us to stand by our product with a strong warranty that other companies may provide but dont live up to. Another factor that goes into the finished solar screen window shading is the spline. Onceagain this is what seperates the good from the not so good because this is the element that keeps you screen stretched secure over the entire window fram.