Patio screens in Highland Park · Texas
Rear loggias a few feet from the fence.
Highland Park patios sit close: a loggia or a covered porch off the back of the house, a small pool or a courtyard, and a neighbor just past the fence. Screens there are as much about privacy and evening use as about the sun. We measure, make and install from Farmers Branch, about twenty minutes down the Tollway.
The houses, and what suits them.
Painted brick and stone on tight lots, two-story rears with a balcony or a loggia, courtyards and plunge pools. Openings tend to be tall rather than wide, and some are upstairs: screens on balcony openings are common here.
Light on light, dark for the view.
Light fabrics on the white and painted-brick houses, black where the opening faces the yard. On a balcony, the fabric matches the trim so the screen reads as part of the facade from the street.
Compare the fabrics →Five steps, one firm from the first call.
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The call
Fifteen minutes about the patio, which way it faces and what you want from it.
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The visit
We come to Highland Park with the samples, measure every opening and check power and the slab.
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The design
Fabric per opening, screens or panels, how they are controlled, and one written price.
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Made to measure
Each screen is made in Richardson to your openings, three to four weeks.
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Installed
The same people who measured install, usually in a day, and set every screen to stop at the same line.
What Highland Park homeowners ask us first.
Can screens go on an upstairs balcony?
Yes. The housing mounts above the balcony opening and the tracks on its posts, with power at the motor end, the same as a ground-floor patio. The balcony screens in our gallery are a Highland Park house.
Can screens go on a house that is already finished?
Yes, and most of our work is. The housing surface-mounts above the opening and the side tracks go on the face of the posts or jambs, with 120 V brought to the motor end. Recessed, hidden housings are for new construction, planned before the ceiling closes.
Can the patio be used in the winter?
Yes, with clear vinyl on the same track: it keeps out wind, rain and cold while you still see the yard. Many patios carry a sun screen and a vinyl screen on the same opening.
How long does it take?
Three to four weeks from the deposit to installation, most of it the screens being made to your measurements in Richardson. Installation is usually a day.
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Start with the free call.
Fifteen minutes tells us both whether screens are the right answer for the patio, and roughly what they involve. No payment, no obligation.
Telephone
214 865 9936Showroom
11410 Mathis Ave, Office 1, Farmers Branch, TX 75234 — our showroom. Monday to Friday, 8:00am to 5:00pm, by appointment
Send a few photographs of the openings and which way they face. That is usually enough for a first answer.
The inquiry form →Screens on the same keypads as the rest of the house, programmed by the same firm.
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