All About Retractable Screens

Standard skylights are a great addition to any room in order to capture more natural light and to illuminate a room’s features.

However, I have noticed that they are not without their drawbacks. Two problems that are frequently encountered are: lack of

control of the amount of light that enters or exits your living space and consequently the amount of heat lost or gained

through them. I have found the perfect solution to combat both these problems. It is the installation of a skylight Shades!

During those long, hot summer days, the temperatures outside and hence inside rise rapidly. Sometime during the day and into

the evening, we find that the temperatures inside can become just as unbearable outside. We end up turning on the air

conditioner, if we are blessed to have one, only to incur higher energy costs to cool our homes. The other result is to leave

windows open and hope that a nice gentle breeze will filter in without inviting pesky insects along. A skylight Shades provides

an ideal solution. It helps to control that unwanted rise in temperature and thus helping to maintain a cooler climate in your

home.

Conversely, during those long, cold wintery nights, the area around a skylight can drop approximately 5 to 10 degrees below

ambient temperatures. A skylight Shades works as a perfect insulator to minimize the valuable heat loss from your room due to

your skylight.

Another problem encountered is the amount of excess light that your skylight allows in. During the night, your skylight allows

extraneous light into your room, thus preventing you from trying to sleep. This is especially the case when trying to put a

small child or baby down for a nap during the day. Skylight Black out Shade literally allow you to turn day into night.

In addition to the light that enters, your home or office through your skylight is the unwanted UV rays. These damaging rays

have a profound effect on your floors, carpet and home furnishings causing them to dull or fade well before their time. The use

of a skylight Shade is a great protector against the sun’s harmful rays and their damaging effects.

The added bonus is that skylight screens come with a variety of options to make their use simple and trouble free.

Retractable skylight Shades:

These Shades are ideal for convenience, style and functionality. Their profiles subtly integrate with their surroundings and

blend effortlessly with exterior and interior surroundings of your home or office. Most retractable skylight Shades can be

matched to almost any color scheme.

Motorized Skylight Shades

This is one of the best features because it allows you greatest amount of ease when retracting your Shades. Literally with the

touch of a button on your own TV remote you can adjust your motorized skylight Shade the perfect amount.

Temperature Sensor:

This feature is ingenious because in the controls it has a built in digital temperature sensor. Thus, when the temperature

drops below or above your ambient control, the Shade will automatically open or close to allow more or less heat in. This

design of temperature sensor motorization is the latest in new technology in the retractable Shade market.

Although only 50% of the population is aware of their benefits, there are two main reasons to install a retractable screen doors or windows. The first is that it can be challenging to find a standard size one to fit the space provided by some exterior doors and window styles. Garage openings, French doors, and even some sliding style doors can present serious obstacles when it comes to finding an option that is effective, functional, and attractive all at the same time. Since a retractable screen doors fits any door style, from traditional on up to the most unique designs, it is the perfect solution for any openings where traditional hanging options are notpractical.

The second reason to choose a retractable screen door over standard models is the view. Standard screens are in your line of sight year round, dulling your view of the outdoors, collecting dust and debris, and blocking sunlight. With a retractable screen door or window, all those obstacles cease that ceases to be a problem. These door and window screens seemlessly disappear when fully retracted, meaning the view out of your  door or window is unobstructed and clear as day.

At Bravo, we offer the widest selection and options available, from motorization to temperature and motion sensor control of each product. We manufacturer retractable units for any large openings such as patios, verandas, balconies, gazeboes and so much more. Bravo products are know for their patent clutch system that ensures absolutely no slamming upon opening, but rather provides you a smooth retraction every time.

At Bravo, we are also known for the ease of installation of our products, which makes it easy for those of us that like to do it ourselves. In addition, we provide products that provide ideal control the sun’s exposure through our solar coated fabrics. These fabrics are ideal to help reduce fading of interior furnishings and hard wood floors, all the while still filtering out unwanted heat, glare and insects. At Bravo, we offers the most innovative screen designs are the cream of the crop, and their cutting edge technology and design is revolutionizing the industry.

One of the best ways to enjoy your beautiful views and open windows and doors is with retractable screens. Although only about 50% population is aware of the benefits of retractable screen doors, they are a great solution to solve many of your screen dilemmas.

Retractable screens doors are especially useful for spaces where a conventional screen door cannot be used. Some of these areas are: sliding glass patio doors, double French doors or doors where there is sufficient clearance available. Also, retractable screen doors use much less area when compared to a conventional screen door, so they provide an added benefit over their contemporaries.

Retractable screens benefits include a smooth sliding screen fit almost any doorway or window. Retractable screens are a great option to allow you to take advantage of the natural air ventilation and fresh air with a great appearance and functional protection.

The range of disappearing screen doors is affordable for most budgets, from inexpensive do-it-yourself installed models to high quality or custom manufactured professional installed models. The nice thing for the DIYers out there is that the assemble and installation requires few tools and are simple to set up.

Esthetically, retractable screens are a beautiful addition because they are available  in a variety of colours, wood grain finishes, pet or solar mesh and on and on, which complement any decor.

The most ideal feature of retractable screen is that they  do not distract from your views because they disappear into the natural recesses of the frame thus, the appear virtually invisible. Enjoying your beautiful views from your home or office is a must and with retractable screens as an option is that goal is attainable.

When deciding on screens for your windows and doors, do not forget about retractable screens as a great solution. They provide more benefits over conventional screens and come in affordable price to suit any wallet.

We have been testing a New type of  French Door Screen that has No Middle Bars, This Retractable French door screen give you unobstructed full view  thus making a very pleasant felling of openness.

This retractable screen pulls from one side all the way across the french doors, when you open it move back half way to let you out this can be adjusted during install. Like all other Bravo Retractable Screens its easy to install, can be fitted inswing & ourswing French Doors

Here is a company we found that has retractable screens that Do Not Slam. We have tried this screen & it really works,they have a hydraulic clutch system that automatically slow it down from slamming & is very quite.

Bravo Screens has very large selection of systems that will work for any applications and you can order online with free delivery in Canada & USA.

We are getting some more of their systems for testing, we just tested system 36 which is very nice looking and almost looks part of the door frame and they have good selection of colours. They have felt in top & bottom tracks to stop the bugs from crawling in and the felt also help the screen from coming out of the tracks in windy conditions.They are very easy to install and have PDF for Retractable screen installations and how to measure for retractable screens on the website. All the parts are power coated and it does not need any lubrication at all. They come with lifetime warranty ( not on screen mesh) even if you install now that’s a First from any  manufacturer.

They use full magnetic strips from top to the bottom to hold the screen sliding pull bar in place as compared to other brands and the handles are adjustable on both sides just slide them where you want them.

You can order them in kits or ready to install. We tested ready to install all we needed was a cordless drill and screw driver bit to install this one, about 30miniuts to do this job that’s very good since we had never installed this make before.

Picture supplied by Bravo Screens (French Door Screen)

This site is dedicated to Retractable Screens manual & motorized that can be used for any applications such as Front Door, French Doors, Garage Door, Patio,Balcony and Gazebo  and  will be testing all different retractable screens.

These screens have been around for about 30years or more but the modern one are much better and can be used for most openings. They are out of the way when not in use and you are not always looking through the screen.

We hope this website will help you in make the right choice for the Retractable Screen that is trouble free service.

Most of the retractable companies are reputable they all have their differences in design most of the retractable screens SLAM  when you open them so have to be care full.

We have been doing research of the top companies and their products & will be posting our testing and installation results.

Here is list of some of the top companies in the world and how they sell their products.

1-Bravo Screens-  Canadian & US manufacture – online USA , Canada online &  installed  by 750 installers & other countries  Plus DIY for any applications.

2-Genius Screens – OEM manufactures no sales to consumers.

3-Seiki Screens – Japaneses manufacture sold through retailers

4- Alco Ventures- Canadian manufacture sold through dealers

5-Phantom Screens – Canadian Manufacture sold through dealers.

This information is not just for home owners but will help retailer and businesses that are interested in carrying retractable screens.