Sun Screens
Exterior Sun Screens
Stop the Arizona sun before it ever reaches your glass.
Fabric
Woven solar mesh, Natte or Satine
Heat Blocked
Up to 95%, by mesh density
Frame
Powder-coated aluminum, built to size
Operation
Fixed, nothing to operate
Mounting
Exterior, over the full opening
Warranty
Lifetime + free repairs
Overview
A sun screen is a simple thing that solves a specific problem better than anything else: solar mesh stretched tight in a slim aluminum frame, built to your window opening and mounted on the outside of the glass. It stops the heat outdoors, before it comes through the window and becomes heat you are paying to remove. Nothing to wire, nothing to operate, nothing to break, which is why they are on so many Phoenix homes.
Every interior blind, shade, and shutter shares one limitation: the sun has already passed through the glass by the time it reaches them, so the room is already gaining heat. A sun screen is the only window treatment that intercepts it outside. On a west-facing window in July, that difference is the whole point.
Our Install Crew, a VIP Shutters installer setting a fixed sun screen panel into a window opening on a Phoenix home
01 / 07Stops Heat Outside the Glass
The one thing no interior blind or shade can do.
Up to 95% Solar Heat Blocked
Mesh density chosen per window and exposure.
Keep Your View
See out through the day while glare and UV are cut.
Nothing to Break
No motor, no roller, no cords, no track. It just works.
Daytime Privacy
Clear looking out, difficult looking in.
Protects Your Interior
Blocks the UV that fades floors, furniture, and art.
Build It Your Way
Options & Configurations
Mesh Density & Fabric
- Denser weaves block the most heat and glare, up to 95%
- More open weaves keep more daylight and a sharper view
- Natte, a traditional 2x2 basketweave
- Satine, a finer twill with a more decorative surface
- Engineered for sustained solar exposure and colorfastness
Frame & Mesh Colors
- Powder-coated aluminum frames in a wide range of colors
- Matched to window trim or stucco so the frame disappears
- Several mesh tones from charcoal through lighter neutrals
- Darker mesh gives the best outward visibility
- Finishes rated against UV and monsoon dust
Fit & Coverage
- Built to the measured opening, window by window
- Full-opening coverage rather than just the sliding sash
- Arches, bays, and tall two-story glass
- Single screens across mulled runs or panels per lite
- Removable by hand for washing the glass behind them
Where It Shines
The Windows Worth Screening First
West-Facing Rooms
The classic Phoenix problem room. Afternoon sun sits on the glass for hours and the space is unusable until sundown. This is where a screen makes the most immediate difference.
Rooms Where the Blinds Stay Shut
If you close a blind at 2pm every day and never open it again, you have already given up that window. Screen it and you get the daylight and the view back without the heat.
Home Offices
Glare on a monitor is a mesh-density problem, not a blind problem. Cutting it at the glass keeps the room bright without the washout.
Rooms with Fading Floors or Furniture
UV is what bleaches hardwood, rugs, upholstery, and art. Stopping it outside the glass protects everything inside the room.
Two-Story Elevations
Upstairs windows take the most direct sun and are the least convenient to reach. A fixed screen needs no access once it is installed.
Honest Guidance
Screens or Shades? Two Different Jobs
Sun Screens: Fixed, on Windows
A framed mesh panel built to a window opening and mounted outside the glass. It stays put, there is nothing to operate, and it is the least expensive way to fix a hot room. This is the page you are on.
Solar Shades: Motorized, on Patios
A retractable roller shade for a covered patio, pergola, or Arizona room, motorized and up to roughly 32 feet wide in one panel. Lower it for shade, raise it for the full view. This is what turns a patio into a room you use in July.
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