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Not all awnings are equal. Our custom Florida 2008 awning price guide shows a base price range of $1725 to $6540 that you may use for budgetary purposes for these high quality retractable awnings that are made to last.

Cheap import custom awnings cannot compare to the high quality we offer for design, durability, and choices of fabrics with manual or motorized options.

We service Orlando and surrounding communities of Central Florida and ship retractable awning kits to all 50 states in the USA.

Sizes vary by projection in feet including 5′, 6’8″, 8’3″, 10′, or 11’6″ and width in feet from 5′ to 38′. Florida custom awning price option estimates include installation for $250 to $595, electric motor upgrade for $395, motor outdoor wiring $118, $120 for manual motor over ride (hand held remote included), or optional wind sensor at $289 plus $75 outdoor wiring fee.

Measure the desired awning width then select the projection preference, and then add the cost of options from the paragraph above for a total budget range per awning.

Call for a firm quote or answers to any questions.

The idea behind awning fabric quality cost savings for your Florida home or business shade solutions is simply pay more for something that lasts longer. Useful life can be measured in time yet our high quality retractable awnings offer savings in less obvious ways, too. Cost of ownership is lower over the long term when you avoid cheap imports and consider purchasing top quality patio, door, and window awnings.

Window and door awnings can reduce your energy costs. Technical evaluation by the ASHRAE American Society of Heating and Air Conditioning Engineers concluded that the choice of awning fabric can reduce heat in your home or business. Their studies report using solution dyed acrylic fabrics on awnings can drastically save energy by lowering your electric bill.

Our custom retractable motorized or manual awnings are constructed with Sunbrella brand solution dyed acrylic and double stitched with Gortex thread. In addition to high quality awning fabric, we offer over 400 color choices in solids or stripes. Why buy a cheap product you have to repair or replace often? Our awning fabric materials are known to last up to 12-15 years, so consider the useful life and energy savings when ready to add new awnings to your Orlando area home or business.

Keep in mind we do awning sales, installation, and service in Orlando and the surrounding communities of Central Florida. Elsewhere in the USA we ship retractable awning kits for homeowners or commercial business to all 50 states. Have a contractor or handyman to do the installation? Visit our Florida awning website or contact us today to learn more about how to specify and order a retractable awning for your patio, doors, or windows.

The high quality retractable screen products from Roll Screen Solutions are designed with top quality materials for years of use, yet like most products our screens are not rated indestructible.

While mishaps with your retractable screen may be suitable for America’s Funniest Home Videos, the damage may not be covered by warranty and could cost you for repair, replacement, and service.

Here are some retractable screen tips to extend the useful life of your retractable window, door, or patio screens to avoid bad things happening to good screens.

Children or pets may push on screens thinking the structure is solid when in fact they are not locked in place, and are designed so the magnet may release. To avoid damage a childproof gate may be appropriate for pets or toddlers. Retractable screens are not intended as a substitute for an enclosure or fence.

Bigger kids, and certainly adults, have been known to walk into glass sliding doors and are just as likely to walk into a retractable screen. If they do then the door is designed for the pull bar to release the magnet, yet significant damage may occur.

Decorative decals at eye level may help avoid this type of mishap, yet the real solution if keeping people mindful the retractable screen is there.

Finally, you may notice loose screens caused by a person or gust of wind so that the screen is off the track. Though rare, it could happen and keep in mind retractable screens are not connected at the top and bottom guides when your screen door is in use. Don’t try to force it back into place, but instead be careful as you fully retract the screen. It should reset itself back into the track.

Use this advice to avoid the cost of non-warranty bad things happening to good screens.

Since the launch earlier this year of individual websites for our shade and screen related product lines, our retractable awning content transferred recently from FloridaRollScreens.com to RollShadeAwnings.com.

These two sites represent the original and oldest product lines, and were previously combined on one site. It made sense to spin off the awning related content as we continue to grow.

As a reminder, our motorized and manual retractable awnings are made in the USA with top quality material. We provide sales, service, and installation in Orlando and the surrounding communities of Central Florida. We offer awning kits, too!

Our full range of awnings are also available as kits for do-it-yourself projects, and can be shipped to all 50 states in the USA.

Please visit our website at RollShadeAwnings.com for retractable awnings and bookmark the site.

The awning website will continue to grow as we add more awning product information, retractable awning project photographs, and related awning news and advice.

Our custom retractable awnings are designed to withstand winds up to 150 mph coastal wind load which is important for our customers, especially in the Orlando and Central Florida area. Keeping your motorized awning retracted during a storm is still best for the life of the product, so here’s some advice for retractable awnings and high winds.

Most importantly, our advice is to roll in the awning each night and be aware of the weather at all times so the awning is primarily used under proper and normal weather conditions. When you’re away, nature may not cooperate, so there’s still protection when the awning encounters high winds.

Unlike cheap imported awnings, our retractable awning construction will withstand hurricane force winds to strict certified Florida standards. The high quality is appropriate outside of Florida, also, and we ship awning kits to all 50 states in the USA. If you are at home when a storm approaches, our advice is retracting the awning rather than test the hurricane rating.

Otherwise, we recommend an optional wind sensor system for your retractable awning to sense wind speed and automatically retract the awning to avoid potential high wind damage. Keep in mind the wind sensor operates on electricity, so an emergency backup generator would be needed in case of a power outage.

Call 407-345-9283 with any questions about retractable awning sales and installation in Orlando and the surrounding Central Florida communities, or custom residential or commercial retractable awning kits shipped anywhere in the USA.

In choosing a shade solution with retractable roll screens, homeowners have the option of retrofit or new construction screens for their home. View the photos below for an example of a motorized retractable screen for new construction.

We can work with you, the custom home builder, or your architect to design the perfect solution in manual or motorized roll shade screens.

This first photo (above left) shows archways leading to the pool and patio area of a new home construction project.

Note the slots for the screens in the vertical column and the header compartment at the top that holds the screen in the rolled up postion.

The next view (above right) is from the outside showing screens at each opening in different levels of being raised.

Looking from the outside you can still see the column slots yet the roll up compartment is hidden from view. Certainly it is more cost effective and aesthetically pleasing to have roll screens designed-in during the custom home construction planning phase.

However, our products are designed to retrofit in custom applications so that they look like part of the original plan.

Depending on the shape of the opening we will suggest the best option with the screen mounted inside, outside, or within the opening. Questions? Call for a prompt reply today!

When choosing high quality retractable awnings as a shade solution for your Orlando area home or business consider doing a manual and motorized awning comparison. If you’re buying cheap imports it may not matter. Cost of ownership when buying cheaper awnings may cost more over time once you factor replacement cost because poor quality doesn’t last.

Our awnings are not imports. The designs use premium materials, are made in the USA, and we offer your choice of manual or motorized versions of retractable awnings. The difference is slightly higher cost for motorized versions because of the motor and controls versus a simple hand crank to extend or retract the awning.

People choose motorized for ease of use, convenience, less physical work, and may prefer motorized awnings if they go through more frequent cycles between open and closed. Manual operation of our retractable awnings makes sense if they stay open for seasonal needs, and although not as convenient, manual versions only require average strength to extend or retract.

Keep in mind our awnings for your Orlando area home or business do not require vertical support posts so there’s less clutter to trip over or ruin your view. Finally, keep in mind our 150 mph coastal wind load approved awnings can withstand hurricane force winds to strict Florida State certified standards.

Manual or motorized? If you’re unsure when looking at quality retractable awnings from Roll Screen Solutions, call us and ask the experts. We service Orlando and Central Florida plus ship awning kits to all 50 states in the USA.

When you decide you need a shade solution and consider retractable awnings don’t give up if you don’t have an awning dealer nearby. The Roll Shade Awnings product line from Roll Screen Solutions is available as quality retractable awning kits.

We ship do-it-yourself awning kits anywhere in the USA. If you’re not comfortable with doing the installation, hire a handyman or contractor to do the work for you.

Why pay more and why choose us? From experience we meet awning owners who made the mistake of buying based on price only to find their awning was more expensive in the long run.

Imagine a poor quality import that falls apart in a year or so as frequent replacements drive up the cost of ownership. It makes sense to pay more for quality, and Roll Screen Solutions only sells top quality products.

Choose from motorized or manual retractable awnings, or call us for advice about your application. We offer residential and commercial quality awnings designed to meet 150 mph coastal wind load approval to survive extreme weather conditions. Call or email us today with any questions about quality retractable awning kits.

Mark your calendar for the Fall 2010 Orlando Home Show coming Friday through Sunday October 22-24 at the Orlando Convention Center (South Hall B). Roll Screen Solutions LLC is a featured exhibitor in the Orlando Home Show for both the Spring and Fall shows every year, so stop by our booth #757 to discuss the latest shade solution products.

Learn about the newest developments for retractable screens and retractable awnings, both manual and motorized, plus our new product lines for rollup hurricane shutters, cooling mist fans, security screens, and roof gutter screens. We specialize in high quality products that last rather than cheap knockoffs because lasting value means you won’t be spending money on replacements every other year.

Just in time for the Orlando Home Show, and especially for commercial clients, we are introducing our newest line of large area patio umbrella shade solutions that represent a radical approach to adding outside shade. Stop by our booth for a 36 page full color catalog including huge umbrellas up to 13′ x 13′. Rows of oversized patio umbrellas provide large shade areas for owners of theme parks, restaurants, stadiums, auto sales, and more.

We look forward to seeing you at the Fall 2010 Orlando Home Show October 22-24. Visit the official tradeshow website for details, or call Roll Screen Solutions with any questions!

When it comes to specifying high quality retractable awnings and retractable shade screens, we specialize in working with Florida home builders. Contractors building homes in the Orlando area of Central Florida wake up every day ready to perform a juggling act.

We’re not talking about the circus. Keeping a project on time and within budget takes a great deal of skill when coordinating all the resources for building a luxury home.

The demand for retractable shade screens and retractable awnings in Orlando and the surrounding communities has skyrocketed in recent years. Home and business owners are looking to retrofit existing construction with shade solutions including screens and awnings for the comfort of their family and customers.

As a result, architects and home builders now specify these high quality shade screen and retractable awnings in their blueprints for the new construction phase. In addition, we can assist in the design phase for retrofit of exisiting openings for your home or business.

Keep in mind the price tag on a retrofit as an afterthought is usually more, so specifying screens or awnings up front is more cost effective for the home builder, architect, and homeowner.

If requested by the homeowner half way through construction, the added work and delays may affect the bottom line and meeting any deadlines. In addition, motorized versions of retractable awnings and screens require power, so advance planning for electrical connections means lower overall cost for the builder and homeowner, as well.

Again, Roll Screen Solutions LLC specializes in sales and installation of high quality retractable awnings and retractable shade screens. Contact us for help or ask questions in the design phase to learn more about our reputation for working with Florida home builders and architects.