Retractable awnings by San Signs and Awnings give homeowners the need to create a shade free area all year round. It will expand your living space while creating an elegant outdoor environment that is safe from harmful UV rays. The durable fabric used in SSA retractable outdoor awnings is also weather-resistant and helps protect your home from damaging sunlight. Retractable patio and porch awnings not only offer protection from harmful UV rays, but also provide shade for your outdoor furnishings as well as those inside your home. Shaded windows protect your furniture from sun damage and fading while also cutting down on costly air conditioning bills.
These are a modern version of the old storefront crank-up awnings of the last century. Tension arms and a roller bar are supported by a torsion bar. The torsion bar fits into wall or soffit brackets that spread the load to the width of the wall. Hand-cranked awnings are still available, but motorized awnings are now most common. The motor is inside the roller tube. Many motors now have a built-in receiver and are operated by remote control or home automation. Lateral arm awnings are also known as deck or patio awnings, as they can extend as far as 14feet (5.49 m) and be as long as 30 feet (9.14 m) or more – thus covering a large outdoor space.
Retractable Side or Drop Arm Awnings
Commonly used to shade a window, with a roller tube at the top, spring-loaded side arms, and a motor, crank or tape-pull operator. Awnings with sides are commonly known as traditional style awnings as they have been used for many years dating back to the early 19th century using cotton canvas fabric. Canvas was replaced in the 1960s by more acrylic materials and polyester in more recent times driven by a focus on the environment. Traditional style awnings are appropriate for historical buildings and are still popular today using a more weather resistant fabric such as a solution dyed acrylic fabric such as Sunbrella Fabric and a rope and pulley system for retracting the awnings. Awnings without sides do not provide as much sun protection as those with sides. Awnings without sides come in many different styles.
Drop Arm Awnings without sides come with roller tubes at the top and are available with motors and wind sensors for automatic retraction. Spear Awnings are made with out sides and are made with Wrought Iron Framesand they can be retracted with a rope and pulley system but are not available with motors. Awnings with sides provide the best sun protection for east and west facing windows. North and South facing windows can be protected from the sun with awnings without sides. Awnings provide shade keeping your house cooler, awnings are also great shade creators around porches, retractable solar shade screens shade screens utilize acrylic canvas or a mesh fabric, which allows some view-through while blocking the sun’s rays. The roller at the top may be hand-cranked or motorized. The fabric is gravity-fed, with a weighted bottom rail pulling the fabric down between guide rails or guy wires. Exterior shades are much more effective at blocking heat than interior shades, since they block the heat before it enters the glass. Solar shade screens can also be installed at the end of awnings to provide horizontal shade during early morning or late afternoon sun positions.
Our installation crew covers all over the NY, NJ and CT Tri State area. We cover Westchester, Putnam, Rockland, Nassau, Suffolk, and Bergen Counties. If you are in Manhattan, Bronx, Brooklyn or Queens we can assist you.
