FAQs · 2026-06-25
How much cooler will solar screens actually make my patio?
Shaded surfaces run 15 to 25 degrees cooler, UV drops by up to 97 percent, and glare by about 70 percent.
How much cooler will solar screens actually make my patio?
Measured at the surfaces, the drop is 15 to 25 degrees Fahrenheit — deck boards, furniture, and railings behind the mesh stop absorbing direct sun, which is what makes the space livable on a July afternoon. Alongside the temperature drop, the fabrics block up to 97 percent of UV, protecting skin and stopping the fading that sun works on cushions, rugs, and hardwood thresholds, and cut glare by roughly 70 percent.
What you keep is the view: solar mesh reads like one-way glass in daylight, clear from the shaded side and opaque from outside. On a west-facing patio in the DC suburbs, the practical effect is reclaiming the 3-to-8 p.m. window that summer currently takes from you.
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