Need outdoor curtain recommendations, please

[bmoreswim]

Here is picture of the mounting bar on ours. I overexposed the picture to highlight the shady area. Ours is side mounted but it could be mounted from above as well. This one is hidden. The other one is exposed. It was only out for a few months. No melting occured. I suspect they will degrade much faster if exposed versus not, but melting? I wonder if they had a focused reflection coming from somewhere that increased the temperature locally.

 

[Nursenini]

We got ours from Home Depot and they have worked well! We've had them for quite some time.

Other side we added a 2x4 to mount.

Here is picture of the mounting bar on ours. I overexposed the picture to highlight the shady area. Ours is side mounted but it could be mounted from above as well. This one is hidden. The other one is exposed. It was only out for a few months. No melting occured. I suspect they will degrade much faster if exposed versus not, but melting? I wonder if they had a focused reflection coming from somewhere that increased the temperature locally.

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Thank you you so much for the pictures!! I bought one at Lowes today. I'll post pictures once I get it hung next week.
I appreciate all the input and feedback!!

 

[bmoreswim]

Good luck with the install. Looking forward to shady pics!

 

[RobinLee]

We put Coolaroo shades on each end of the patio mainly for privacy and they are great!

 

[Nursenini]

I ended up with the Coolaroo shade. Love it! Now we need one more on the west end of the pergola.

Thank you all for the advice!

 

[bmoreswim]

Sweet! Looks great!

 

[sham]

Looks great! I need one of those on the end of our covered patio!

 

[Nursenini]

Sweet! Looks great!

Thanks! And thank you again for the pictures you posted! Helped my decision tremendously.

Looks great! I need one of those on the end of our covered patio!

I need to get one more as well. It was simple to install. Probably would have been even easier if my son and I hadn't waited until 11pm trying to use our cell phone flashlights....

 

[ctrav]

Nursenini - the shades look awesome and love the pic with the view of the pool...

 

[court77375]

Can you post a link to the ones you purchased?

I ended up with the Coolaroo shade. Love it! Now we need one more on the west end of the pergola.

Thank you all for the advice!
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[camueller]

Sam's Club has been carrying these coolaroo shades the last 2 years. I bought one last year, love it. I think I paid $70.

 

[Nursenini]

Nursenini - the shades look awesome and love the pic with the view of the pool...

Thank you so much!

Can you post a link to the ones you purchased?

I just bought it from Lowes. Both Lowes and Home Depot carry them in a couple of different colors and sizes. The Coolaroo website is where I looked at the various shade colors, then checked to see what Lowes carried.

Sam's Club has been carrying these coolaroo shades the last 2 years. I bought one last year, love it. I think I paid $70.

I actually looked at those at Sam's, but My Sam's didn't have the color I wanted.

 

[YippeeSkippy]

We use Coolaroo shades on our screened in porch. We needed visual privacy from a neighbor who cut down a *mess* of trees and we felt on display in the back porch. We left a few inches on each side for air movement.

I like the rods (stringless? ropeless, whatever!) to raise and lower them as it is less obvious and I really like the tie downs. I bought extra so we can tie it down in at least two positions.

 

[Nursenini]

Looks really nice, Maddie!!

Are those "special" rocks on the ledge? My daughter used to collect "special" rocks when she was little. She ended up with quite a collection. She may actually still have them

 

[YippeeSkippy]

Looks really nice, Maddie!!

Are those "special" rocks on the ledge? My daughter used to collect "special" rocks when she was little. She ended up with quite a collection. She may actually still have them

Thanks

The large smooth rocks on the right were rocks I painted as a child. My father had apparently kept them and they were passed back to me after he passed.

My grandson got some idea that we liked rocks so every time he finds one in the yard he placed it up there. I can't ever move them now, right???

Maddie

 

[Nursenini]

Thanks

The large smooth rocks on the right were rocks I painted as a child. My father had apparently kept them and they were passed back to me after he passed.

My grandson got some idea that we liked rocks so every time he finds one in the yard he placed it up there. I can't ever move them now, right???

Maddie

So sweet! They ARE special rocks!! We had also kept my daughter's rock collection- some of which was just rocks that caught her eye (for whatever reason) on the sidewalk or road when we would walk some place. She kept them in a teal plastic box. I remember looking at it when she moved out when she got married almost 8 yrs ago.

Nope, you can't ever move the grandson's rocks! Good thing it looks like you have LOTS of ledge space!

 

[gustafsa]

Try the wind sails I heard they are great for shade.

 

[Nursenini]

Try the wind sails I heard they are great for shade.

Thank you for the suggestion! We went with the Coolaroo shade and love it! I still need to get a second one and hunt down where to buy extra tie downs like Maddie and Skippy.

 

[gustafsa]

Thank you for the suggestion! We went with the Coolaroo shade and love it! I still need to get a second one and hunt down where to buy extra tie downs like Maddie and Skippy.

Oh that's great do you love it??

 

[YippeeSkippy]

You can order extra tie downs from the Coolaroo site. Minimal cost. That's where we ordered our extras from.

Maddie