14′ × 12′ Motorized Awning + OpenRoller Cable Solar Screen

This Marsh Landing home is a great example of using two different systems where each one performs best. We installed a 14-foot by 12-foot motorized retractable awning for overhead shade, and an OpenRoller cable-guided solar screen using Phifer SheerWeave 2500, a dense roughly 1%-openness fabric that blocks about 99% of UV, to cut the low, direct sun coming in from the side.

The cable-guided OpenRoller system is the right call here because it spans a large opening cleanly without bulky side tracks, which keeps the sightlines and the architecture intact, exactly what you want on a home like this. One honest note we always make clear to homeowners: a cable-guided solar screen is built to knock down sun, heat, and glare, not to seal out insects the way a track-guided screen does. For this family, solar control was the goal, and that’s what the system delivers, while the awning handles overhead shade.

Written by Kent Taylor, Local Screen Specialist, Cheetah Screens