Our Canopies
Make your move to outdoor living seamless. Only ShadeFX affords the comfort of fine cushioned furniture, overflowing dining tables, and memorable family events free of concern for the elements: rain or shine.
Entertain outdoors on a grand scale. The luxury of covering areas up to 600 sq-ft under one retractable canopy happens at the push of a button. Only ShadeFX is designed to protect large areas from both sun and rain, while allowing the option of open sky for enjoying perfect days to the fullest.
Style also comes with substance. ShadeFX allows you to take your love of outdoor living anywhere, with a design strength suited to withstand the rigors of terrace locations in the sky and the wind forces common among tall downtown buildings and seaside locales.
Only ShadeFX has the patent pending monorail drive beam that supports the canopy in the middle with actual 'wings' instead of fabric tension. This unique design solution allows rain to drain to the sides rather than pool in the middle, so it behaves like a flat roof. Also, because the drive is a monorail, (one track) it does not need the high degree of parallelism between tracks. This is always a problem for wood framed pergolas that move over time and the seasons while shrinking and expanding. All canopies are made to order to fit a frame that is existing or being constructed separately by your contractor. Most commonly, these are wood pergola frames (also called arbors) or lattice patio covers.
Specify ShadeFX to your architect, landscape designer, or contractor and we'll work directly with them to make the specification and installation of your ShadeFX canopy system a seamless and pleasant experience. Or, contact one of our dealers directly. They offer complete ShadeFX solutions on pergola and lattice patio cover frames made local to you.
With ShadeFX, beauty comes with practicality. We weld the seams instead of sewing them, so they won't leak, and we offer two types of fabrics.
- Water resistant - protects from rain for a few days - standard price list.
- Waterproof - impermeable, protects from rain year round - add 15% to the standard price.
Visit the Sunbrella fabric showroom. There you will see the full complement of our water resistant fabrics where you are sure to find the right fabric to make your ShadeFX canopy the perfect blend of beauty, comfort and practicality.
For waterproof fabrics, we use Sattler Yachtmaster. Coated on one side, it offers protection against any weather effects while at the same time allowing condensation to evaporate. This leads to a reduction in mildew formation and damage due to corrosion!
Sattler Yachtmaster is available in different colors. We will be posting images of those colours soon. In the meantime, check with your ShadeFX dealer for more information.
Until ShadeFX, retractable awnings had a number of limitations and could present certain problems to a homeowner. For example:
- Low eaves on a home that don't provide headroom to allow for the slope of a roll retractable awning.
- Coverage areas that project more than 13 feet from the home, like a 16x16 deck or bigger.
- Difficult to install if your home has an irregular shape
- Shade is needed away from the supporting wall of your home and a frame is required.
These problems are addressed with the ShadeFX design. The difference is the frame. Because ShadeFX embraces an aesthetic pergola or lattice patio cover frame, it can project to 30 feet with strength unattainable with fabric tension awnings. We use that strength for rain protection and wind resistance and the flexibility to retract to any point of the frame brings design and installation options you can only consider with ShadeFX.
