Fixed Fabric Screens
Fixed fabric screens are permanently tensioned woven mesh panels fitted into an opening for shade and privacy. Fixed fabric screens do not retract, which makes them the simplest and most durable option wherever an opening never needs to be opened.
Also known as: permanent shade screens, fixed shade screens, tensioned fabric screens
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When an opening never needs to open.
Not every opening needs a blind. A carport side, a fence infill, a screen between a courtyard and a neighbour — these are permanent problems, and a retractable blind adds a mechanism that will never be used and will eventually need servicing. A fixed fabric screen solves the same problem with nothing that moves.
A mechanism you never use is a mechanism that fails
Every retractable blind contains a spring, a motor or a crank — parts that wear, and parts you are paying for. On an opening that will never be opened, all of that is cost and future maintenance for no benefit. A fixed fabric screen is fabric, frame and tension, and there is nothing in it to service.
Where fixed screens are the obvious answer
A carport side that catches the westerly. A gap in a fence line. A courtyard overlooked by a neighbour's upstairs window. These are permanent conditions, not occasional ones, and the honest solution is a permanent screen rather than a blind that will be left down for the next decade.
What Fixed screens is usually weighed against
| Blind | Pelmet | Max width | Operation | Fabric |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fixed Fabric Screens | No pelmet | 6.0 m | Fixed | Woven mesh, 85% to 99% blockout, 100% blockout |
| Roof to Fence Blinds Roof to fence retracts, so the space can be opened up again. | No pelmet | 5.0 m | Crank handle | Woven mesh, 85% to 99% blockout, 100% blockout |
| Crank Handle Blinds A crank blind rolls away; a fixed screen has nothing to service. | No pelmet | 5.84 m | Crank handle | Woven mesh, 85% to 99% blockout, 100% blockout |
Fixed screens, answered.
What are fixed fabric screens?
Fixed fabric screens are woven mesh panels held under permanent tension in a frame. Fixed fabric screens provide shade, glare reduction and privacy in openings that do not need to be opened.
How do fixed screens differ from a blind?
A blind retracts; a fixed fabric screen does not. Removing the mechanism means there is nothing to service, and the screen costs less than an equivalent retractable blind.
Where are fixed fabric screens used?
Fixed fabric screens suit carport sides, fence infill panels, courtyard privacy screens and commercial frontages — anywhere the opening is a permanent problem rather than an occasional one.
Do fixed screens block the view?
Woven mesh cuts glare and heat while remaining partly transparent from inside during the day. Denser mesh gives more privacy and less outward view.
Can a fixed screen be removed later?
A fixed fabric screen is fitted to a frame, so it can be taken out if circumstances change, but it is designed as a permanent installation rather than something to put up and take down seasonally.
Why the date holds
Anyone can make a blind. Fewer can finish on the day they said.
Ziptrak and Zipscreen design the product. What Nu Style adds is the part that decides whether your project actually lands: a factory it owns, departments that cover each other, and a phone that still gets answered years later.
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We make it, so we can date it
Nu Style is a fabricator for Ziptrak® and Zipscreen®, and builds Galaxy, Universal and Luna in its own Malaga factory. Nothing sits in someone else's production queue, which is why a date given here is a date Nu Style controls.
Five departments, not one van
Sales, measure, manufacture, installation and service are separate functions with separate people. That is what makes a date hold when somebody is away, and it is the difference between a business and a busy individual.
Systems, so less goes wrong
Measuring, ordering and fabrication run on systems rather than memory, so errors get caught in the factory instead of on your wall. Fewer remakes means fewer weeks added to your job.
Still answering in year seven
“I had an outdoor blind installed 7 years ago and had to replace the controller and, true to his word, Bruno replaced it free of charge even though out of warranty.” — Graham Nicholson, Google review
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