Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Canopy Tents & Outdoor Fabric Covers

Canopies tents do not need a center pole and can be purchased with optional sidewalls. These shade structures are light in weight and provide shelter from the sun and the rain in a variety of environments and applications.

One example would be outdoor holiday festivals. Celebrations like Memorial Day, the Fourth of July, and Labor Day so not always happen on days with perfect sunlight. Sometimes it rains at the worst possible times; at others there are no clouds and too much sun and your skin blisters.

With canopy tents and patio canopies you can protect the crowds from both extremes. Larger models made just for outdoor events are ideal for large groups who want to selectively enjoy the sun in reasonable safe amounts and still cook their hot dogs if it decides to pour down rain.

Another great place to use a fabric sun shade canopy tent is in your own back yard. There are many times you may want to host an event outdoors. You want your guests to be protected from sunburn, and you do not want a sudden shower to spoil the party for anyone.

With the proper canopy in place, your swimming pool can be shielded from the sun’s UV light. Your patio will be comfortable, rain or shine, for a family reunion. Your wedding reception a wedding can still be celebrated in all of its richness and joy. Beneath a canopy tent or playground shade with decorative colors and side panels, even on a rainy day, you can still take pictures and enjoy your time outside.

If you like to rough it in the great outdoors, by all means do so. However, do not risk of severe sunburn in a remote wilderness area where you are dozens or possibly hundreds of miles from medical help. Also, and avoid the risk of hypothermia than often result from getting drenched by the rain.

The body can lose 20 degrees of temperature almost instantly when it gets soaked by rain. This can happen even on a warm summer day. Smaller canopy tents and solar shades can be transported into any remote camping areas in mountains or on beaches and erected to shield the body from both sun and rain. This will not hurt the environment, nor will it limit your enjoyment of Nature.

Also, many commercial, municipal, and government entities routinely benefit from canopy tents that are custom made to their specific type of operations. Such organizations include:

· Outdoor media events
· Catering
· Trade shows
· Military recruitment
· Car racing
· Local sporting events

Canopy tents are made from shade cloth that is designed to block up to 90% of the sun’s ultraviolet light. Many sizes and colors are available. One is perfect for you, and will not only protect you, but also aesthetically compliment your environment.

Easy Rack carries a wide variety of used pallet racks, commercial shelving, material handling equipment, commercial lighting,and modular prefab buildings installed nationwide. If you can not find what you are looking for call us toll free at 1-888-776-3720 and we will find it for you.

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Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Deck Shades & Fabric Shade Structures

What is a deck shade?
It is an outdoor, roof-like structure that covers a seating area or standing area that otherwise would be exposed to continuous, direct sunlight. A deck shade protects homeowners, guests, clients, children, pets, or plants from the heat and the ultraviolet radiation of direct sunlight.

What is a deck shade cover made of?
It consists of a shade portion that functions as a roof. This canopy shade is made out of a special fabric that offers powerful tensile and tear strength. Because it is flame retardant, it is also heat resistant. A galvanized steel frame, stabilized by corner bracing and brass plates, supports the deck shade. Panels can be added as options to the side of the structure, and optional plant hangers can be installed on the shade as well.

Who needs deck shades?
Homeowners definitely need them because so many homeowners sit outside on some kind of patio or deck throughout the spring, summer, and early fall. Kids and pets will be much better protected from heat and ultraviolet radiation when sheltered by one of these solar shades.

Businesses can also use deck shades to cover eating areas, break areas, and gathering areas. Rather than constructing expensive outdoor break areas, a simply canopy and a few basic benches can create all the comfort that employees need to enjoy a break or a lunch hour outdoors.

Restaurants and bars can increase their businesses by making it safe and comfortable to sit outside on the patio under a custom sun sail fabric cover.

Deck shades can cover anything from a concession stand at a sporting event to the seating areas where the fans watch the game. Trade shows depend on shade canopies to keep their booth areas comfortable for visiting professionals. Street vendors near beaches or sidewalks can use deck shades to protect themselves and their customers from heat and sunburn. Playground deck shades also provide protection for small children.

What if I only use my deck for plants?
Any deck in your yard that has potted plants certainly needs a deck shade cover. You may have assumed that plants live in sunlight and are impervious to UV light. This is not the case. It all depends on where the plant is from. A good many plants that we grow for decoration grow in the wild in places like forests where the tree canopy above them blocks most of the direct sunlight. Still other species thrive in cold weather climates or parts of the world where it there are more cloudy, rainy weather than they are to sunny days.

It makes sense then that if some of our most attractive flower and garden arrangements are that sensitive to ultraviolet light; they need protection prolonged exposure to the sun using a custom patio canopy. They may not need it to the degree that humans do, but they need it nonetheless.

Any poolside area also needs a deck shade. Without it, the reflectivity of the water will increase the intensity of light and the sunburn it ultimately will cause. However, putting a shade over the both the seating area and the water will minimize both. Tanning areas still be done in areas off to the side where people can get just enough sun in control doses without overdoing it and hurting their skin.
Easy Rack stocks a vast inventory of fabric sun shade structures, commercial shelving, material handling equipment, commercial lighting, used pallet racks, and modular prefab buildings installed nationwide.

If you can not find what you are looking for contact us toll free at 1-888-776-3720 and we will find it for you. Our home office is located in Houston, Texas with warehouses located throughout the United States that enable us to service all 50 states including Memphis, Tennessee, Baltimore, Maryland, Charlotte, N.C, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Seattle, Washington, Boston, Massachusetts, Denver, Colorado, Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky, Irving, Texas, Amarillo, TX, Dallas, TX.

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Monday, January 18, 2010

Canopy Shelters & Fabric Shade Structures

Canopy shelters provide protect against the sun’s heat and ultraviolet light. They can protect people, animals, and plants. Everywhere they are used, they make the environment safer. Today’s technology lets manufacturers build these shade structures in a variety of colors, too, so the appearance of the facility is enhanced by their presence.

When buying canopy shelters, it is necessary to select a model that can withstand other environmental variables besides the sun. These shelters ought to be able to withstand a beating from rain, wind, snow, and hail. Talk to an Easy Rack expert to determine the requirements of your particular application so that he or she can recommend the very best patio canopy shelter for your part of the country.

One thing to always consider is who you plan to protect, and when. If you own a home, you will no doubt want to cover those areas where people gather the most. Patio canopy shelters are a great way to protect outdoor seating areas from sunlight. A variety of colored fabric sun shade covers are made that will also compliment your home’s architecture and your landscape design theme. You can use these shade covers over either conventional patios or swimming pool patios.

If you have a very large yard with a practice field or a large open space where children play freely, nothing stands in the way of you buying a playground shade covering. These canopy shade covers block 95% of the sun’s harmful UV radiation and are the best way to keep your kids safe while they have fun. They are also ideal for keeping pets safe.

Of course, if you operate a school, public playground, water theme park, or outdoor athletic field, you will definitely benefit from one of these solar shades. Made exclusively in the USA and covered by a comprehensive warranty, you can count on playground canopy shelters to last for years.

Commercial entities and large public parks often require a great deal more shade in open areas. In the summer, municipalities often hold special events in these parks and need huge areas in which to host concerts, games, and food concessions. Tensile canopy sail structures are normally recommended for these purposes. They provide plenty of breathing room in the shade so crowds of people can enjoy the summer fun without the summer sunburn.

These tensile structures are clear span shade covers that stretched over a variety of frame types with high tension force. The tension makes them super resilient and stable in high wind and rains. There are all kinds of supports, including frame supports, cable net supports, air supports, grid shells, and even geodesic domes.

The shade cloth that is used to manufacture canopy shelters is flame retardant and typically waterproof. This makes every solar shade covering compliant with building codes all over the country and applicable to the climate of any region of the United States.
Easy Rack carries a wide variety of commercial shelving, material handling equipment, commercial lighting, new and used gondola shelving, used pallet racks, and modular prefab buildings installed nationwide.

Contact us toll free at 1-888-776-3720. Our home office is located in Houston, Texas with warehouses located throughout the United States that enable us to service all 50 states including Washington DC, Nashville-Davidson, Tennessee, Las Vegas, Nevada. Portland, Oregon, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Tucson, Arizona, Long Beach, California, Atlanta, Georgia, Fresno, California, Sacramento, CA, Corpus Christi, TX, Plano, Texas, Garland, TX, Laredo, Texas, Lubbock, TX, Jersey City, NJ Newark, New Jersey.

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Friday, January 8, 2010

Sun Shades & Shade Structures

Are sun sails cheaper than other types of shade structure?
Yes. In terms of cost per square foot, they are the most cost effective shade solution on the market.

Are sun sails as stable as other shade structures?
Yes. You don’t want your shade structure blowing in the time or collapsing in the middle. The tension force of the fabric keeps the sail tight across its surface. The perimeter of the structure curves slightly toward the center to help maintain tension. Meanwhile, the edges are reinforced by webbing that goes all around the perimeter of the shade. Stainless steel rings fasten to this webbing to evenly distribute tension all around. When mounted properly, fabric sail structures retain their shape in the wind without sagging, flapping, or wrinkling.

What are the benefits and features of sun sails?
There are benefits that directly relate to human health in the form of protection against skin cancer. Other benefits pertain to protection against property loss caused by heat buildup. Still others, such as comfort and peace of mind, are more less tangible, although by no means less important.

Just a few benefits of playground shade structures include:
  • Protect human and animal skin from the ultraviolet rays of the sun
  • Protects humans, pets and assets from heat damage
  • Sun sails can double function as protection against hail
  • Highly decorative sun shades create attraction factor for areas of interest
  • Can be mounted where full steel frame shade structures cannot be erected
  • Much more affordable than many other shade products
  • Can be used by homes, municipalities, schools, and businesses
  • Residential sun sail covers are easy to install
  • Designed to be maintenance free
  • Holds shape better than canvas and is resistant to mold and mildew
Where are sun sails used?
Sun sails are beautiful patio canopies and practical for a wide range of applications such as residences, swimming pools, auto dealers who want to highlight a special area of their store, parks, museums, etc. They can be adapted to awkward or unevenly shaped outdoor areas more readily than awnings, canopies or shade structures can be.

Companies can use sun sails as well to shelter employees who like to go outside on break. Parks use them to shelter picnic areas. Water parks use fabric sun shade structures as decorative covers over swimming pools. Many stores have mounted them over their entrances to attract and shelter customers with a flair of decorative protection. Parking areas can also be protected with sun sails so patrons do not have to touch hot steering wheels when they get into their vehicles to drive home.
Do you have many varieties of sun sails?
Oh yes. Call Easy Rack to see what color, size, and fabric material will work best for your home, business, school, or Municipal Park now.

Easy Rack also carries a wide variety of commercial shelving, material handling equipment, commercial lighting, new and used gondola shelving, used pallet racks, and modular prefab buildings installed nationwide.

Contact us toll free at 1-888-776-3720. Our home office is located in Houston, Texas with warehouses located throughout the United States that enable us to service all 50 states including Washington DC, Nashville-Davidson, Tennessee, Las Vegas, Nevada. Portland, Oregon, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Tucson, Arizona, Long Beach, California, Atlanta, Georgia, Fresno, California, Sacramento, CA, Corpus Christi, TX, Plano, Texas, Garland, TX, Laredo, Texas, Lubbock, TX, Jersey City, NJ Newark, New Jersey.

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Monday, January 4, 2010

Patio Canopy & Shade Structures

What is a patio canopy?
It is an outdoor, roof-like structure that covers a seating area or standing area that otherwise would be exposed to continuous, direct sunlight. Patio canopies or shade structures are intended to protect homeowners, guests, clients, children, pets, or plants from the heat and the ultraviolet radiation of direct sunlight.

How large are these sun shades?
Patio canopies are made to fit almost any standard patio. Common dimensions include 12’ x 10’, 12’ x 20’, and 12’ x 30’ shades.

What is a patio canopy made of?
The shade portions that works like a roof is made of a special fabric that features superior tensile and tear strength. Due to its heat resistance, it is also flame retardant. The frame that supports the outdoor shade structure is made of 16 gauge 2 3/8” galvanized steel with exceptional stability maintained by corner bracing and brass plates. Optional plant hangers are available upon request, along with shade panels for side protection.

What types of patios need a canopy?
Any garden patio that is home to plants needs shelter from UV radiation. While you may assume that all plants are tough and thrive in direct sunlight, this is certainly not the case. Many plant species grow in forests where the tree canopy above them blocks the majority of direct sunlight. Other species deliberately hug vertical surfaces that provide shade for the majority of the day. Still other species in cold weather climates are far more used to cloudy, rainy weather than they are to sunny days.

Some of these produce some of our most attractive flower and garden arrangements, and due to their sensitivity, need almost as much protection from UV rays and prolonged exposure to the sun as human skin requires.

Any poolside patio can use a fabric sun shade structure. This is because the water’s reflectivity will increase the intensity of light. A shade over the both the seating area and the water will minimize direct exposure to the sun. Tanning areas can be set aside where people can control the amount of time that they lay out in the sunlight

What organizations need patio canopies?
Any home with an outdoor seating area can benefit from one of these amazing awnings, canopies or shade structures. Kids and pets with sensitive skin will certainly do better with UV protection they provide. Businesses can save a great deal of money on building outdoor break areas simply by erecting a sun shade over a few benches or outdoor lounge chairs.

Everything from concession stands to seating areas at sporting events will benefit from shad structures as well. Trade shows depend on patio canopies to keep booth areas comfortable, and a wide range of other business that merchandise products or services near beaches or sidewalks also depend on sun shades to provide protection from heat and sunburn.

Complimentary Consultation
Contact us today at 1-888-776-3720 to let an Easy Rack specialist help you determine how best to consolidated resources, save time, and add space without wasting profits. See our reviews and what customers are saying about Easy Rack.

Our outdoor shade and canopy structure distribution center is located in Houston, Texas with vendor contacts located throughout the United States that enable us to service all 50 states including Memphis, Tennessee, Baltimore, Maryland, Irving, Texas, Amarillo, TX, Brownsville, Texas, Grand Prairie, TX, Pasadena, Texas, Fort Worth, Texas., El Paso, Texas., Charlotte, N.C, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Seattle, Washington, Boston, Massachusetts, Denver, Colorado, Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky.

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Monday, October 12, 2009

Outdoor Fabric Shade Canopy Structures

Easy Rack custom shade covers reduce temperature beneath the canopy structure and keep seats cool and comfortable for attendees, visitors, patrons, and sports fans. These amazing sun shields are made to be strong and durable, and they require very little maintenance to last for many years.

Even better, Easy Rack fabric shade structures are also attractive additions to any municipal, academic, commercial, or residential environment. Many different colors are available that can be matched to the compliment the specific colors of outdoor architecture.

The importance of protecting people from direct sunlight cannot be understated. Did you know that one sunburn prior to the age of 13 doubles a human’s risk of melanoma? Did you know that 80 percent of all UV exposure a person receives occurs prior to the age of 18?

Studies indicate that at present trends, 1 in 5 of children playing outside today will grow up to develop skin cancer as adults. Whereas in 1930, the chances of getting skin cancer were 1 out of 1500, today they are only 1 out of 75. Now is the time to act, because recent studies have shown that melanoma rates have doubled over the past 20 years.

But something can be done. Fabric shade structures from Easy Rack play a critical role in reducing skin cancer rates by reducing UV exposure up to 95%.

The fabric used in Easy Rack shade structures is superb in many respects. It features a strong weave that gives it a durable texture that is resistant to rough weather. Special treatments make it resistant to ultraviolet light, and many sun canopies are also fire retardant as well.

Outdoor fabric structures are used to create all sorts of exterior shade canopies. In corporate environments, municipal court areas, city halls, and schools, they can be stretched over sidewalks and patio areas to create awnings. Larger canopies can be stretched over entire open areas. In places where skylights are used, these sun protection screens can also be used as skylight cover to prevent harmful UV radiation from finding its way indoors.

Fabric shade structures have a widely diverse range of applications. They can be used to provide shade for plazas in downtown areas where people go for lunch breaks, outdoor events, and conversation. Fabric structures can shield they eyes of players on tennis courts so they won’t miss a crucial shot at the worst possible time.

Other athletic facilities use them as well to protect players in a number of sports, and to keep bleacher areas free of direct sunlight so fans can better see both the players and the ball in play.

Fabric structures can be stretched over parking lots to prevent car interiors and steering wheel columns from becoming hot to the touch. Car lots often use these sun canopies to keep new models ready for a comfortable test drive.

Companies often stretch large canopies over walkways between buildings so that executives in suits can walk comfortably in the shade without the heat ruining dry cleaning and makeup. Public parks normally have a sun canopy over pavilions so family reunions, outdoor concerts, and special events can be held in the comfortable shade.

Another very important place to stretch a fabric shade structure is a public swimming pool or water park. Water makes the skin very vulnerable to UV radiation. Keeping children and adults sheltered from direct sunlight while they swim is not only good medical sense, it is good public service.

If you can not find what you are looking for contact us toll free at 1-888-776-3720 and we will find it for you. Easy Rack stocks a vast inventory of commercial shelving, material handling equipment, commercial lighting, used pallet racks, work platform forklift attachments and modular prefab buildings installed nationwide.

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