Raise the screen completely when shade, privacy, or insect control is not needed.
Operate compatible motorized screens with a remote, smartphone app, wall control, or supported smart home system.
Create scenes and schedules that adjust screens around changing sunlight and daily life.
Lower the screen for heat, glare, UV rays, bugs, or daytime privacy while the zip-tension system helps keep the fabric captured and aligned within the side rails.
Blinds Brothers has spent more than 25 years serving Dallas-Fort Worth homeowners, with more than 7,000 screens installed across DFW. The team provides custom measurement, product selection, professional installation, and ongoing support for exterior screen projects.
A retractable screen has to do more than move up and down. The housing, motor, rails, fabric, bottom bar, screen dimensions, mounting conditions, and controls have to function together as one system.
Blinds Brothers installs Tucson Solution Screen systems that use zip-tension construction to keep the fabric captured inside the side rails. The design helps maintain alignment and tension while the screen raises, stops, and retracts. Specific Tucson s56 configurations using Natté 5% and 10% fabrics have also undergone controlled wind-tunnel testing at speeds up to 150 mph without failure. The test result applies to the specific tested configurations and is not a universal 150 mph rating for every screen or installation.
Warranty terms and conditions apply.
The main benefit of motorized retractable screens is flexibility. Lower them when harsh sun, heat, insects, or daytime privacy become concerns, then retract them when you want the opening completely clear and the outdoor living space fully connected to the backyard. This makes retractable screens a versatile option for patios, porches, and other outdoor areas throughout the year. To discover more ways to manage heat, glare, and privacy, explore our outdoor shades in Dallas and find the right solution for your space.
Our most popular solar screen fabrics come in 5% and 10% openness, providing approximately 95% and 90% sun protection. Choose from Natte's classic basketweave or Satine's decorative twill pattern in a variety of colors to balance shade, glare control, privacy, and visibility.
We stock a variety of colors for Natte fabrics. See the choices below for readily available options.
Our solar screens are installed with a powder-coated, durable aluminum housing and rail system. Using extruded T6061 American-made aluminum, powder coated at a USA based manufacturing facility. Our customers can choose from 9 standard colors for their rail and housing system, but we can also custom powder coat.
Motorization is the core of how Blinds Brothers retractable screens operate. A built-in motor allows the screen to raise, stop, or lower without manually pulling a large exterior shade. This is especially useful for wide openings, tall systems, multiple screens, and outdoor areas where repeated manual adjustment would quickly become inconvenient.Compatible motorized screens can be operated individually or in groups using remotes, wall controls, mobile devices, and smart home systems.
A handheld remote provides straightforward screen control without requiring a phone. Depending on the configuration, one remote can operate an individual screen, a group, or multiple motorized screens. Single-channel and multi-channel options are available for different system layouts.
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The Connector app allows compatible motorized retractable screens to be controlled from a smartphone. Homeowners can operate screens, group screens together, create scenes, and schedule movement around the way the property is used. For example, you can create scenes that lower several screens before direct afternoon sunlight reaches the house, then retract them later when shade is no longer needed. Scheduled operation can also reduce the need to think about each screen throughout the day. Instead of repeatedly adjusting individual systems, automation can make screen movement part of your normal routine.
The Hub Connector adds remote access and compatible smart home integration. Depending on the selected motor and controls, homeowners can operate supported screens from a smartphone, group products together, schedule operation, or use compatible voice platforms.Learn More About Smart Home Integration
When a retractable screen reaches the bottom of an opening, uneven concrete, pavers, or sloped surfaces can leave gaps. The Tucson Adjustable Bottom Bar follows compatible uneven surfaces to help reduce those gaps. When the screen retracts, the bottom bar returns to level.
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A motorized patio screen can lower for shade, insects, privacy, or glare and retract when homeowners want the patio completely open. This page focuses on the mechanism and control of the screen itself. For broader patio comfort and outdoor-living applications, see Blinds Brothers' Dallas outdoor shades information.
Retractable screens allow a covered porch to move between an open-air environment and a more protected screened space. When lowered, screens can help reduce direct sunlight and insects while maintaining airflow. When raised, the porch reconnects visually with the yard and surrounding nature.
Motorized screens can be installed across compatible garage openings. A garage screen can provide shade, insect protection, privacy, and ventilation while allowing the garage door opening to remain functional. Retracting the screen returns the opening to normal use when screening is not needed.
Retractable screens around compatible covered outdoor kitchens can provide solar protection and a physical barrier against insects during cooking, dining, or entertaining. Raise the screens when the outdoor kitchen is not in use or when weather conditions make full openness more enjoyable.
Large covered backyard structures can use motorized screens to create temporary separation without permanently changing how the outdoor space feels. That can be valuable where the backyard includes a pool, green space, grass, flowers, potted plants, or other landscaping that homeowners still want to see when the screen is raised.
Compatible gazebos and pool houses can use retractable screens for adjustable sun, insect, and privacy control. The screen can remain hidden in its housing when the goal is an open-air setting and lowered when protection becomes more important.
Blinds Brothers screens retract into their housing rather than remaining permanently across the opening. You can enjoy solar protection when needed and an unobstructed view when you do not.
The motor raises, pauses, or lowers the screen without manual pulling. Motorized options are particularly useful for large screens and multi-screen installations where repeated adjustment would otherwise be cumbersome.
Compatible systems can be controlled with a handheld remote, giving homeowners immediate control over individual screens or groups.
Compatible screens can be managed through a smartphone app, including remote access when you are away from the house.
Supported smart home integration allows compatible systems to respond to voice commands through supported platforms.
Screens can be scheduled to move automatically at selected times, making it easier to respond to regular sunlight patterns without repeated manual adjustments.
Lowering a screen can provide additional daytime privacy while maintaining outward visibility. Privacy depends on fabric openness and lighting conditions, so it should not be treated as guaranteed one-way privacy under every condition.
Available screen fabrics help reduce direct sunlight, heat, glare, and UV rays. Blinds Brothers' verified Natte fabrics provide between 90% and 97% heat and UV protection depending on the selected openness factor.
Appropriate mesh creates a physical barrier against mosquitoes and other insects while allowing fresh air and airflow through the screened opening.
Different fabric openness levels allow homeowners to balance solar protection and privacy with outward visibility.
When the screen is not needed at all, retracting it restores the opening completely.
The zip-tension design retains screen fabric in the side rails to help keep it aligned and taut during normal operation.
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Every screen is professionally measured and configured for the specific Dallas property and opening where it will be installed.
Fiberglass-core fabrics, powder-coated housings, aluminum rails, and exterior hardware are selected for long-term outdoor use and North Texas conditions.
Motorization removes much of the repeated physical effort involved with opening and closing a large screen. Actual maintenance needs and product lifespan depend on sun exposure, wind, frequency of use, care, and other conditions.
Blinds Brothers installs retractable motorized solar screens. When the screen is needed, lower it for shade, privacy, or insect protection. When it is not, retract it and restore the opening. There is no fixed screen sitting across the view all year.
The screen fabric stays captured inside the side rails as it raises and lowers, helping maintain alignment and tension. This track-guided approach supports a cleaner, more stable retractable system than fabric simply hanging loose across the opening.
Some exterior screens span large patio or outdoor living openings. Motorization makes these systems far easier to operate than repeatedly handling a large screen manually. Blinds Brothers offers systems for openings up to 32 feet wide depending on the selected model.
The screen does not have to be operated from one physical location. Compatible systems can work with remotes, smartphones, voice controls, scenes, schedules, and group operation so control can match the way the house is used.
Blinds Brothers installs American-made Tucson Rolling Shutters & Screens products with local measurement, professional installation, and ongoing support throughout Dallas-Fort Worth.
Specific Tucson s56 Solution Screen configurations using Natté 5% and 10% fabrics were tested at wind speeds up to 150 mph without failure under controlled conditions.
Actual performance depends on the screen size, selected system, fabric, installation, and weather conditions. The result does not mean every screen is universally rated for 150 mph.
A fixed screen determines how an opening feels all the time. A retractable screen lets the homeowner decide. On a summer afternoon, lower it to create shade. During spring or a mild Dallas winter day, retract it and enjoy the warmth, breeze, and open connection to the backyard. When insects become active, lower it again.
That versatility allows the same outdoor living space to shift between protection and openness without permanently changing the structure.
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Outdoor spaces serve different purposes throughout the week. One evening may be about entertaining family and friends around a table. Another may involve simply relaxing with a good book. A quiet morning may be about enjoying flowers, grass, potted plants, and the rest of the backyard. At other times, the patio becomes a place for food, fun, entertainment, or an escape from the indoor living space.
Retractable screens support those different uses because the screen itself does not have to dominate the space. Lower it when its benefits make sense, then retract it when you want the beauty of the outdoors completely open again.
A retractable screen is not just a patch of temporary shade. It can provide adjustable solar protection, daytime privacy, insect protection, glare reduction, and convenient control across a large opening. The system can also become part of a broader smart home setup rather than functioning as an isolated exterior feature.
For the full range of available motorized exterior solar screens, visit the main Blinds Brothers product page.
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Blinds Brothers professionally measures each opening and installs the housing, rails, motor, screen fabric, bottom bar, and controls as a complete system.
The right configuration depends on the opening dimensions, intended use, screen type, mounting conditions, control preferences, and other project requirements.
Retract the screen into its housing to restore the opening rather than leaving permanent mesh across the view.
Move easily between open-air and screened conditions as sun, bugs, privacy needs, and weather change.
Operate compatible screens using remotes, smartphone controls, wall switches, scheduled automation, or supported smart home systems.
Appropriate mesh helps keep mosquitoes and other insects outside while preserving fresh air through the opening.
Lower the screen during strong sun, then raise it when solar protection is no longer needed.
Retractable coverage can enhance patios, porches, garages, outdoor kitchens, and other compatible spaces without permanently closing them in.
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Blinds Brothers provides custom retractable screen installation throughout Dallas, TX and the surrounding Dallas-Fort Worth area. The company installs motorized exterior screens for residential and commercial properties, including patios, porches, garages, windows, doors, outdoor kitchens, storefronts, and other large compatible openings. Each project starts with the actual opening. The team can review dimensions, mounting conditions, fabric choices, solar protection, insect-control needs, desired visibility, motor options, automation, and how the homeowner plans to use the space before recommending a system.
Retractable screens are exterior screens that lower across an opening when shade, privacy, insect protection, or solar protection is needed and retract into a housing when homeowners want the opening completely clear.Blinds Brothers installs motorized retractable solar screens rather than permanent fixed screens.
Yes. Blinds Brothers states that its motorized solar screens are retractable and that there are no fixed screens blocking the view year-round.The screen raises and lowers on demand, allowing homeowners to choose between protection and a completely open view.
A motor moves the screen vertically through its housing and side-rail system. Depending on the selected controls, homeowners can raise, stop, or lower screens using a remote, wall control, smartphone app, or supported smart home platform.
Yes. Compatible systems can use scheduled controls so screens raise or lower according to the time of day.
Available smart home and weather-based automation depends on the selected motor and control system.
Yes. Compatible motorized retractable screens can be controlled from a smartphone app, including supported remote access when you are away from the house.
Yes. Compatible systems can integrate with supported smart home platforms for voice operation. Available compatibility depends on the selected controls and connection hardware.
Yes. The Connector mobile app supports scenes, screen grouping, and scheduled operation for compatible systems.
Yes. Screen fabrics are designed to maintain outward visibility while providing shade and protection, and retracting the screen restores an unobstructed opening.
Fabric openness affects visibility while the screen is lowered.
Motorized screens can provide additional daytime privacy while maintaining outward visibility.
The privacy effect varies with fabric openness, lighting, and conditions on either side of the screen.
Yes. Appropriate screen material creates a physical barrier against mosquitoes and other insects while allowing airflow through the covered opening.
Yes. The amount of UV protection depends on the selected fabric.
Blinds Brothers currently lists Natte 4500 at 90% heat and UV protection, Natte 4505 at 95%, and Natte 4503 at 97%.
Yes. Exterior solar screens reduce direct solar heat before it reaches patio areas, doors, or adjacent glass.
Blinds Brothers does not publish a universal temperature reduction in degrees because results depend on the opening, exposure, fabric, property, and conditions.
Yes. Blinds Brothers confirms garages as an application for retractable exterior screens.
A motorized garage screen can provide ventilation, shade, privacy, and insect protection while allowing the garage opening to remain functional when the screen retracts.
Yes. Patios and covered porches are common applications for motorized exterior screens.
Lower the screen when shade, privacy, glare control, or bug protection is useful, then retract it when you want the outdoor space completely open.
Yes, when the outdoor kitchen is within a compatible covered structure.
Screens can provide shade and insect protection around cooking, dining, and entertaining areas while still retracting when full openness is preferred.
Yes. Blinds Brothers offers multiple screen systems for different opening sizes, including systems that support widths up to 32 feet depending on the model and application.
The zip-tension design keeps the screen fabric captured inside the side rails, helping it remain taut and aligned as it raises and lowers.
Blinds Brothers installs Tucson Solution Screen systems with zip-tension construction for exterior use.
In controlled testing, specific Tucson s56 configurations using Natté 5% and 10% fabrics were tested at wind speeds up to 150 mph without failure. Actual performance depends on screen dimensions, fabric, system, installation, and conditions. The result is not a universal rating for every retractable screen.
Yes. Every Blinds Brothers exterior screen is professionally measured and configured for its specific opening.Custom sizing is part of the project rather than a separate upgrade.
Maintenance needs vary according to sun exposure, wind, usage, environmental conditions, and the selected system.
Blinds Brothers notes that screen lifespan depends in part on use and maintenance, so care recommendations for the selected fabric, rails, and motor should be reviewed during the project.
Cost depends on the number and dimensions of screens, selected system, fabric, controls or smart home integration, mounting conditions, and installation requirements.
Blinds Brothers provides a free estimate based on the actual configuration rather than publishing one standard price.
Yes. During a free consultation, the team can measure the opening, discuss how the space will be used, and recommend a screen system, fabric, controls, and installation setup.
