Patio screens in Lake Highlands · Texas
Brick patios, a tile floor and a grill.
Lake Highlands patios are older and well used: a brick house, a covered patio with a tile floor and a built-in grill, a pool or a lawn beyond. Screens keep the afternoon sun off the grill and the mosquitoes off the table. We measure, make and install from Farmers Branch, about twenty minutes down 635.
The houses, and what suits them.
Brick on established lots, covered patios between brick columns with a tile floor and an outdoor kitchen. Black screens between the columns, stopped at the same line, with the grill left room to vent.
Light on light, dark for the view.
Black on the brick for the view across the yard; light fabrics on painted brick.
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 Lake Highlands 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 Lake Highlands homeowners ask us first.
Can I use the grill with the screens down?
Yes, as long as nothing hot touches the fabric and there is a gap for ventilation. A built-in grill a normal distance from the screen is fine; most of our screened patios have one.
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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