Monday, February 8, 2010

Shade Canopies & Sun Shade Covers

Shade canopies protect you from heat and ultraviolet light. Easy Rack shade protection products are high quality fabrics designed for specific environments and applications. Many cantilever shade covers are intended for commercial environments, while others are made for home back yards. We also sell sun protection screens for playgrounds to protect kids from sunstroke and sunburn.

UV factors in include 45 percent, 63 percent, and 80 percent. Easy Rack shade cloth can be used in many different types of sun control structures. The shade canopy stretches tight over a support structure that shelters humans, animals, and in some cases, even plant life underneath. Shade canopies & custom umbrellas types include awning, tension structures, and garden structures.

Unlike permanent shelters, Easy Rack shade canopies are commonly on playground environments to protect children both UV radiation, heat exhaustion, and heat stroke. We have fabrics that can be also shelter people on school campuses and outdoor areas around hospitals. The UV factor you choose really should be based on the basis of what you are looking to shelter people from. If heat is the biggest concern, then a lower UV factor is acceptable. If the greatest concern is sunburn, then a higher UV factor will be necessary.

Easy Rack shade structure protection devices are more than simple fabrics that you stretch across an overhead frame. The fabrics we use to make these various protection devices are so tough that they can be used to build permanent shade structures. Many are fire resistant. Others are waterproof and made to withstand heavy rains. Others, like double shade sails are made to withstand wind speeds of up to 80 mph. Provided you have a structure that can take a beating for the elements, you can count on our sun protection canopies themselves to endure the elements and continue to perform when the sun—and heat—return.

In addition to sun shades for schools, playgrounds, and hospitals, we also make a number of models that are ideal for commercial office parks. Many companies like to build a shaded area between two buildings for employees to use as a comfortable break area.

Athletic facilities use our shade canopies as well. Some sports can actually be played under the larger canopies so players can get relief from direct sunlight. Other hip n ridge shade covers are made for seating areas so fans can watch the game from a comfort zone. This not only protects them from heat and UV rays, but it also keeps the sun out of their eyes so they can better see the game.

Residential shade canopies are intended for backyards and patios. They let families spend time outside free from direct contact with the sun. These canopies can be custom made to fit the dimensions of outdoor swimming pool patios, porches, or backyard gathering spots.

All of sun protection products are meant to look as good as they work. Both the textures and colors of we create provide very decorative additions to a playground, school, home, or office park. Just a few of the colors you can choose from include Black, Brown, Deep Sea Blue, Green, Medium Blue, Silver and Spiced Sand. Ask an Easy Rack expert which color, style, model, and custom size will work best for your environment and application.
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. 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.

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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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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