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Cafe Umbrellas For Pools, Parks, And Restaurants in Austin And Surrounding Texas

Cafe Umbrellas For Pools, Parks, And Restaurants in Austin And Surrounding Texas

post date May 15, 2012

The uses and styles of cafe umbrellas in Austin with modern materials and design

Austin Custom Shade Umbrellas around the pool

Cafe Umbrellas Provide Shade, Style, And Comfort For All Types Of Locations

Shade products are one of the top 3 most desired amenities by aquatics managers nationwide, as surveyed by Aquatics International. And 67% of NRPA members name shade products are their most needed purchase. Cafe umbrellas fit a wide variety of needs for a wide variety of clients. Around pool areas, picnic tables, and over lifeguard stations, even some cantilevered designs over kiddie pools.

Cafe umbrellas from Austin Custom Shade come in a center post or cantilevered design, and will  provide convenient shading for a variety of outdoor environments such as pools, skate parks, theme parks, concessions, restaurants, patios, and any other outdoor gathering places where people desire protection from the sun’s dangerous ultraviolet (U.V.) rays.

Reducing heat by as much as 32% while blocking 98% of harmful UV radiation, cafe umbrellas provide a stylish addition to any restaurant, park, or pool. Made with the best materials for a specific location, there are different colors and fabrics from which to choose. The all carbon steel structures are designed with strength and durability in mind. The cable is specifically determined based on calculated engineering load, and even the thread is high density, low shrinkage, abrasion resistant, unaffected by cleaning agents, acid rain, mildew, chlorine, saltwater and industrial pollutants. Absolutely nothing but the best of each and every cafe umbrella site and design.

Call us at (512) 271-9870 or email, or send us a message today. We’ll have you covered in no time!

Custom designed shade solutions for parks in Austin Texas

Custom designed shade solutions for parks in Austin Texas

post date May 11, 2012

Custom Designed Shade Solutions Should Be Provided In All Public Parks In Austin And Throughout Texas.

Austin Custom Shades custom shade solution for walkway in park.

A Custom Designed Shade Solution Protecting Park Goers

As with any outdoor recreational daytime activity, the need for shade at public skate parks is paramount, and Austin Custom Shades is the leading manufacturer of shade structures for public recreational areas.

Once a need for shade at public pools, parks, skate parks, and other public recreational areas was overlooked. Now, with the U.S. Environmental Agency and Centers For Disease Control And Prevention providing recommendations for the need for shade, making shade a health and safety matter, therefor a high priority, most parks and recreation facilities realize the need for providing shade to protect park goers.

It is estimated that one in five Americans will develop skin cancer in their lifetime, and possibly higher in states like Texas where higher levels of sun, and a greater number of outdoor activities are available. That number is rapidly growing in the child age group population. one serious burn could increase the risk by as much as 50%. Custom designed shade solutions can reduce harmful UV radiation by as much as 98%, while reducing temperatures by as much as 32%.

If your public pool, park, rec center, or skate park doesn’t provide shade, contact the city or organization responsible and make a recommendation. Austin Custom Shade has proved custom designed shade solutions for many cities and companies for their outdoor public areas, and can build one for your favorite park too.

For your city, county, state, church, business, or any other public need of a custom designed shade solutions call us at (512) 271-9870 or email, or send us a message today. We’ll have you covered in no time!

Other Uses For Custom Designed Shade Canopies

Other Uses For Custom Designed Shade Canopies

post date March 18, 2012

Think Of The Things You Can Cover With A Custom Designed Shade Canopy

Custom Designed Shade Canopy

A Custom Designed Shade Canopy Protecting Your Car, Boat, Or RV.

While the common uses for custom designed shade canopies like picnic tables, benches, playgrounds and decks or patios are well known and accepted, there are many other uses that could be very beneficial.

The sun and rain are both damaging to items kept outdoors. Having a custom designed shade canopy to protect those items will reduce damage due to exposure, extending their life.

That beautiful boat doesn’t get out on the lake every day. When it’s on it’s trailer, the sun and rain are trying to sink it. A custom designed shade canopy can keep it lake ready.

What about that RV? The sun and Rain are certainly not doing it any favors, and resealing the roof of an RV is not cheep. A custom designed shade canopy can save you those costly repairs.

A Custom Designed Shade Canopy

Here Is A Custom Designed Shade Canopy From Austin Custom Shade Protecting A Tropical Flower Garden.

Is it too hot and sunny out for that garden you’ve always wanted? A custom designed shade canopy can give the partial shade and cooler temperatures to build that tropical delight.

Think of that car restoration project, while your working on returning a car to it’s former glory, the sun and weather are trying to send it to it’s final resting place. A custom designed shade canopy can protect it.

Does your swimming pool get neglected during the hottest days of summer because it’s just to sunny and hot to really enjoy? A custom designed shade canopy can get you back out enjoying your pool. Think of the different ways, cover the whole pool for best sun protection it you have sun sensitive skin, cover just a portion of the pool for the best of both worlds, cover a portion of the decking or patio for lounging in the sun or shade. The options are almost endless.

Thinking of adding on a big expensive carport? Look at the styles of custom designed shade canopies that would look fantastic, protect your cars and save you money, and still have an open ans airy feel

Think of all the uses i didn’t think of! Call today with your idea of how a custom designed shade canopy can help you.

Call us at (512) 271-9870 or email, or send us a message today. We’ll have you covered in no time!

Preparing for the Spring with Shade Canopies

post date February 22, 2012

February is almost over, but for event planners and organizers everywhere, it is never too early to plan for the spring. Whether it’s an outdoor wedding reception, or an awards banquet.

This spring, throw away that old torn up canopy you bought at the hardware store. You know – the one with the rip in the corner that doesn’t even pop up all the way. At Austin Custom Shades, we’ve been making canopies for over 25 years. That means we know just what it takes to make a shade canopy capable of handling weekly use for the next ten years.

With our shade canopies, you get reliability and ease-of-use. Featuring four elegant arches, and a tension structure design, our shade canopies stand out in a crowd. Once set up, our shade canopies provide shade and comfort.

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Fabric Shade Solutions

post date February 16, 2012

Offering shade has become a progressively crucial concern across the U.S. Attributed to continually transforming and indeterminate weather conditions in addition to the growing awareness of skin cancer brought on by the damaging Ultra-Violet rays from sunlight. Austin Custom Shades‘ cost-effective and visually attractive fabric shade structures are utilized to shade Parks & Play areas, Schools and Childcare Facilities, Swimming pools and Water-parks, Sports and Athletic Facilities, Stadiums as well as Amphitheaters, Hotels and Resorts, Retail and Community Centers and much more.

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Shade Sails & Sun Shades

post date February 8, 2012

Shade Sails guard and shade your outdoor locations. Also referred to as Sun Sails, shade sails help to make gorgeous improvements to your outdoor patio, backyard, or perhaps different outdoor areas, and they will supply superb defense from the sunlight and its dangerous Ultra-violet radiation.

Sail Shades are incredibly adaptable; they may become connected to households, trees, or even patio columns.

Shade Sails are the epitome of elegant sun defense. Courtyards, swimming areas, gardens, children’s play areas, car spaces, and even entry ways can all benefit from the cool appearance of a Shade Sail resolution.

Easily obtainable in a number of shapes, colors, and materials, Shade Sails are a attractive and economical way to produce shade that will keep you more relaxed in hot weather. These advanced materials block the sun’s harmful UV rays yet remain totally unaffected by moisture and temperature extremes. Some shade sail fabrics provide waterproof / water resistant attributes.

Shade for School Playgrounds

post date January 11, 2012

Austin Custom Shades offers top quality shade structures to give shade protection for children at school playgrounds and childcare centers, and also at home.

Features and Benefits:

  • Provide shade for extended and safer playtime
  • Block nearly 98% Ultra-violet rays, guarding kids from increased Ultra-violet subjection
  • Prevent playground equipment from getting so hot
  • Protect playground equipment from Ultra-violet damage
  • Maintenance-free
  • Designed to meet up with local building codes
  • Class A fire rating (the best)
  • Numerous colors accessible to enhance a play area
  • Shade fabric won’t fade or even sag over time
  • Shade cloth will not rot or mildew
  • Austin Custom Shades quality product

Skin cancer is considered an epidemic. Schools and daycare providers hold the responsibility to defend the kids in their care. This importantly includes protecting them from the harmful effects of Ultra violet rays of the sun. Sun exposure and sunburn are the primary causes of skin cancer. 80% of the sun exposure that we get in our entire life comes in our first eighteen years. Our shade structures are made and created to provide up to 98% UV protection and provide a cool atmosphere for outdoor activities.

We offer the best quality shade structures, awnings, shade canopies and shade sails on the market..

To buy one of our shade products, or to explore how we can improve your school or daycare center by providing shade for playground areas, please contact us.

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Shade Sails

post date January 4, 2012

The sun is essential for our existence. Regardless, during summer time, we might get just a bit too much from the sun. A Shade Sail is the ultimate solution for any shade-need that may arise. It provides up to 90% UV block and reduces temperatures underneath up to 32%. The unique fabric resists mold and mildew and is easy to clean. You are sure to enjoy a nice cool spot no matter how hot it gets.

One of the nicest features this unique item has is the ability to have it in the shape of your choice for the perfect fit. You can have it as a triangle or a square, in different sizes and a variety of colors – this is your choice to have the perfect shade all set and ready for you to enjoy. Maybe it is the unique fabric, maybe it’s the special shape, could be the different colors or even the cool breeze – there’s nothing as inviting as a nice cool spot in the summer heat.

The Benefits of Shade Sails

post date December 14, 2011

Shade Structures enjoy UV resistant safety from the sun and heat without compromising eye appealing style. Shade Sail Structures combine modern architectural engineering with durable tensile strength material. The fabric canopy shade structures provide a safe and effective alternative to traditional wood, steel and metal framed modular structures.

Our custom awnings and shade sail structures are built out of customized fabric canopy that is perfect for playgrounds, outdoor recreational areas such as lakes and parks, especially during the extremely hot summer months when modular facilities heat up and become dangerous for our children to play.

Our awnings and outdoor shade sail structures block 95% of damage causing UV rays, making them ideal choices for any community facility. Providing cool shade for employees, patrons and children during the hot summer months makes custom built awnings and shade sail structures a perfect solution for any development or project.

Commercial shade structures are customized to fit any need. Contact us today to receive cost estimates for your project.

Shade Structures from Austin Custom Shades to Protect People and Property

post date December 7, 2011

The heat and light from the sun is important to our survival, but sometimes too much sun can harm both people and property. If you own a business that has an outdoor area, you will need some shade structures in order to keep patrons from getting too hot or sunburned and property from experiencing fading and other types of damage. UV rays are also known to cause trouble. Shade structures from Austin Custom Shades are the very thing that will provide shade from the sun and protect your assets.

Austin Custom Shades makes shade canopy coverings that provide shade for all kinds of outdoor areas. They can used for commercial or residential purposes. The shade structures also come with durable shade cloth that will hold up under intense weather conditions. Not only can they provide shade, but they can also protect you and your property from the rain, snow and high winds.

Typically, their shade structures are used by businesses ranging from medium-sized to large. Sometimes all that is needed is a simple four-post structure and other times a complex superstructure is needed. Regardless of the size of the job, the designers at Austin Custom Shades are experienced and talented enough to meet the demands of any project handed to them. They can design shade structures in traditional designs which are perfect for covered parking areas or playgrounds. Their functionality and aesthetic appeal will work for just about any landscape. They can be made in the Pyramid style with four posts and four rafters. Or the traditional shade structures can be designed in the Hip & Ridge style which almost the same as the Pyramid except it includes two spider joints and has one ridge down the middle.

Some other shade structures available at Austin Custom Shades are the cantilever styles. They offer the in full and semi styles. These are great shade structures for covered parking lots, bleacher covers, pools and many other options. Shade sails are another type of shade structure available at Austin Custom Shades that have a more artistic flair to it. Dress up your restaurant or playground with it and reap the benefits of having good shade with a bit of creativity.

Commercial awnings are another type of shade structure available at Austin Custom Shades. They are great for entryways and windows. Not only can these structures provide shade, they also help reduce cooling costs dramatically. In hotter places, like Austin, canopies and awnings can help prevent your air conditioning unit from working overtime and that cuts down on high energy costs.

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5 Patio Shade Canopy Options

post date November 23, 2011

A patio shade canopy is a valuable addition in the height of summer by helping to keep you cool and reducing the glare from the sun. The following will take a closer look at five popular varieties of patio shade canopies.

Umbrellas

The most basic of all patio shades are umbrellas. These can be as large as a ten foot patio umbrella or as small and delicate as a parasol. They can be free standing on a tripod base, set in a socket in the patio floor, or held up by a patio table.

Retractable Patio Canopies

Canopies that can be wound onto a roller are very popular. These canopies give a wider range of shade than an umbrella and do not need to be fully extended. The roller is controlled by a worm screw that operates upon a toothed gear wheel connected to the roller core. A handle is used to turn the worm screw and the canopy extends or retracts. Because the roller is wall mounted and the canopy requires no support, retractable canopies do not take up any valuable patio space.

Draw String Canopies

Draw string canopies (often referred to as toldos) are built onto frames over the patio. The frame does not take up any patio space and is usually made of angle iron or metal tubing. The canopy is suspended from steel wires stretched the length of the frame and is fitted with a draw string. The draw string is threaded through pulleys and can pull the awning along the wires to open it or close it. For a wide patio, there can be two awnings each with their own draw string so that they can operate independently.

Venetian or Persian Curtains

Venetian or Persian curtains are made up of strips of stiff material or plastic. They work in a very similar manner to venetian blinds. The strips can be raised out of the way so that they block the minimum amount of light. An advantage of Persian curtains is that they do not have to be joined at the bottom so people can have free access through the curtain, even if it covers a door.

Mobile Screens

Concertina screens made up of three or five panels are excellent for giving shade in particular areas. The concertina design means that they can be opened as wide or as little as required. The screens can be quite elaborate or made of simple rattan woven panels. An advantage of the screens is that they’re very light. Unfortunately, this lightness is also a disadvantage because it does not take much of an impact or breeze to make them fall over.

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Shade Canopies and Shade Structures

post date November 16, 2011

If bright sun and sweltering heat keep you regretfully indoors during much of the day, you can begin to enjoy your garden, patio, or deck to the fullest again with a Backyard Shade Canopy. With a shade canopy, you can relax in the shade on even the sunniest days, define an outdoor living room in which to entertain guests, protect children from the harsh rays of the sun while they play in the sandbox, and take pleasure in an afternoon snooze by the pool.

In addition, you can bring your own sun and wind protection to the beach or park with one of our lightweight, Portable Shade Canopy structures. Our shade canopies set up in mere minutes, fit in the trunk of most small cars, and are adjustable to maximize your shade all day long. They come in a variety of sizes to fit just about everyone’s space requirements, and the selection of available colors will satisfy any taste and existing color schemes.

From Portable Shade Canopies and a Retractable Shade Canopy to Shade Sails, we have a variety of shade structures to help shield you and your family from the effects of the sun throughout the day at home or beyond.