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
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.
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.
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.
| Blind | Pelmet | Max width | Operation | Fabric |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fixed Fabric Screens | No pelmet | At measure | Fixed | Woven mesh |
| Roof to Fence Blinds Roof to fence retracts, so the space can be opened up again. | At measure | 5.0 m | Crank handle | Mesh, wide openness range |
| Crank Handle Blinds A crank blind rolls away; a fixed screen has nothing to service. | No pelmet | At measure | Crank handle | Woven mesh |
Maximum spans for the licensed systems are confirmed at the free measure. See all nine side by side.
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.
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.
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.
Woven mesh cuts glare and heat while remaining partly transparent from inside during the day. Denser mesh gives more privacy and less outward view.
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.
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