Patio screens in Westlake · Texas
Modern lines, a view worth keeping.
Westlake houses are built around the view: long roof overhangs, glass walls, a pool and the land beyond it. A screen there has to disappear when it is up and keep the view when it is down, so our Westlake work runs to dark fabrics where the view is the point and light ones where the house is light. We measure, make and install from Farmers Branch, about thirty-five minutes up 114.
The houses, and what suits them.
Modern stucco and stone with deep overhangs, wide single openings under a flat or low roof, pools and acreage beyond. The housing tucks under the overhang; the screen is one wide panel, black or charcoal, so the view stays in the picture when it is down.
Light on light, dark for the view.
Black or charcoal where the opening looks out on the land: the darker the fabric, the clearer the view through it, and against a dark overhang the screen vanishes when it is up. Light fabrics on the light stone and stucco houses.
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 Westlake 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 Westlake homeowners ask us first.
Will a screen block the view?
Less than you expect. A dark fabric reads like a window screen from inside: the yard, the pool and the trees stay in the picture, and the glare, the heat and the insects do not. The lighter fabrics stop a little more sun and show a little more weave.
Do I need HOA approval in Westlake?
Usually yes for anything on the exterior, and most associations approve screens on the rear elevation when the frame color matches the trim. We give you a one-page submittal with the frame color, the fabric and a photo of a similar installation, which is what the architectural committee wants to see.
How wide can one screen be?
Up to 22 1/2 ft on a zipper track, 25 ft recessed. A wider patio is split at a post or column so every screen stops at the same line.
Can the screens run on the house system?
Yes. Blue Note A/V, our parent company, programs ELAN and Control4, so the screens sit on the same keypads and app as the lighting and the interior shades, with a wind sensor that raises them on its own.
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.
Blue Note A/V →