Raise the screen when you want the opening clear and the outdoor space fully connected to the rest of the property.
Use compatible remotes, wall controls, smartphone apps, or supported smart home integration.
Create scenes and scheduled operations around changing sunlight and your daily routine.
Lower the screen for sun, heat, glare, privacy, or bugs while the zip-tension system helps keep the fabric aligned, taut, and contained 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 motorized retractable system depends on more than the motor itself. The housing, rails, screen fabric, bottom bar, dimensions, mounting surface, controls, and professional installation all work together.
Blinds Brothers installs Tucson Solution Screen systems with a secure zip-tension design. The screen fabric remains captured inside the side rails, helping it stay aligned and taut as the screen raises and lowers. Specific Blinds Brothers screen configurations have also undergone controlled wind-tunnel testing at speeds up to 150 mph. That testing applies only to specific configurations and should not be interpreted as a universal 150 mph rating for every installation.
Warranty terms and conditions apply.
The key benefit of motorized retractable screens is versatility. Fort Worth homeowners can lower them when direct sun, heat, insects, or privacy become concerns, then retract them when they want the patio, porch, garage, or other outdoor living space completely open again. This flexibility provides screened protection without creating a permanent enclosure and makes it easier to adapt the space throughout the day. For the broader range of shade, heat, glare, and exterior screen applications, visit outdoor shades in Fort Worth.
Choosing the right screen type depends on the opening and what you want the system to accomplish. A homeowner focused on maximum solar protection may choose a different fabric from someone who prioritizes fresh air, outward visibility, insect protection, or daytime privacy. Blinds Brothers offers multiple openness levels so the screen can be built around the specific space.
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 central to how Blinds Brothers retractable screens work. A built-in radio receiver allows compatible screens to raise, stop, or lower with a transmitter. Screens can be controlled individually or grouped together, which is especially convenient for larger patios, porches, outdoor living areas, and multi-screen installations.For large openings, motorized operation also eliminates the need to manually handle a wide or tall screen every time conditions change.
A handheld remote gives homeowners immediate control without opening an app. Single-channel control can operate one screen or one group, while multi-channel options can control several systems separately. A magnetic wall-mounted base gives the remote a consistent storage location.
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The Connector smartphone app allows compatible screens to be operated from a phone. Homeowners can move individual screens, group systems together, create scenes, and schedule shade movement around daily life. A scene might lower several shades before strong afternoon sun reaches an outdoor area or raise them later when an open view is preferred.
The Hub Connector adds another level of control for compatible retractable screens. Through supported smart home integration, homeowners can control screens through an app or voice commands with platforms such as Alexa and Google Home. Bond can also support customized schedules and remote operation while you are away.
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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Motorized patio screens and motorized patio shades can lower for solar protection, privacy, heat control, or insects, then retract when homeowners want an open outdoor space. This page focuses on how the retractable mechanism operates. For the patio use-case itself, including comfort and extending usable outdoor hours, see Outdoor Shades Fort Worth.
Retractable porch screens can provide insect protection while allowing fresh air and visibility. Blinds Brothers also confirms that porch screens can help reduce wind-blown debris while keeping the space from feeling permanently closed in.
Garage door screens can turn a compatible garage opening into a more flexible space. When lowered, a motorized screen can help provide shade, ventilation, and a barrier against bugs. When raised, the garage opening remains completely accessible.
Compatible covered outdoor kitchens can use retractable screens for sun, shade, insect, and privacy control. Raise them when the opening should feel completely connected to the outdoors, then lower them during cooking, dining, or entertaining when protection becomes more useful.
Large gazebos, pool houses, and similar structures can use motorized retractable systems for flexible screening across wide openings.
Exterior screens installed across windows, sliding doors, and other glass openings reduce solar heat and glare before sunlight enters the adjacent living space.
Restaurants, offices, retail properties, and other businesses can use retractable exterior screens to manage light, shade, heat, glare, and privacy across suitable openings.
A balcony or other unique opening should be evaluated based on its dimensions, mounting surfaces, structure, exposure, and intended use. Blinds Brothers measures each project and determines the appropriate fit instead of assuming every opening can use the same solution.
The screen rolls away when it is not needed, preserving an unobstructed opening rather than leaving permanent mesh across the view. This makes retractable screens a practical solution for homeowners who want protection without permanent enclosure.
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.
Handheld remotes allow fast operation of one screen, one group, or multiple motorized screens depending on the control configuration.
Compatible motorized screens can be operated through a smartphone app, including supported remote access when homeowners are away.
Supported smart home platforms can add voice commands for compatible screens.
Schedules can automatically move compatible screens around daily routines or changing sun conditions.
Solar-shade fabrics help reduce direct sunlight, glare, heat, and UV exposure. Blinds Brothers' confirmed Natte fabrics provide between 90% and 97% heat and UV protection depending on the selected openness level.
Solar-shade fabrics help reduce direct sunlight, glare, heat, and UV exposure. Blinds Brothers' confirmed Natte fabrics provide between 90% and 97% heat and UV protection depending on the selected openness level.
Lower the screen when additional daytime privacy is useful, then retract it when separation from neighboring properties is no longer needed. Privacy depends on fabric and lighting conditions and should not be treated as guaranteed one-way visibility.
Fabric openness can balance shade with outward visibility, while fully retracting the screen restores the opening altogether.
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Each screen is measured specifically for the opening so the housing, rails, fabric, motor, and controls work together rather than relying on a one-size-fits-all product.
The zip-guided construction keeps the screen fabric contained within the side rails, helping maintain alignment and tension during normal movement.
Blinds Brothers uses American-made aluminum components, fiberglass-core fabrics, exterior-grade finishes, and custom screen systems designed for demanding outdoor conditions.
Motorization reduces the work involved in repeatedly opening and closing large screens. Maintenance requirements still depend on fabric, sun exposure, operating conditions, frequency of use, and care.
Blinds Brothers installs retractable motorized solar screens. Lower the screen when you need sun, privacy, or pest protection. Retract it when you want an open view. The opening does not have to remain screened all year.
The screen fabric stays captured in the side rails as the motor raises and lowers it. This design helps the screen maintain a cleaner, more controlled fit instead of allowing loose fabric to move independently around the opening.
Motorized retractable screens are particularly useful across openings where manual screening would be inconvenient. Blinds Brothers offers systems up to 32 feet wide and 20 feet high depending on the model.
Compatible screens can work with remotes, smartphone apps, voice commands, scenes, schedules, and grouped controls. That makes the screen part of a broader connected-home system rather than an isolated shade.
Different fabric colors, openness levels, housing sizes, and controls allow the finished installation to fit the home's architecture and style. The goal is a system that looks built for the property rather than added later.
Blinds Brothers installs American-made Tucson Rolling Shutters & Screens products and has served the Texas area of Dallas-Fort Worth for more than 25 years.
Specific screen configurations have undergone controlled wind-tunnel testing at speeds up to 150 mph. Actual performance depends on system selection, dimensions, fabric, installation, and weather conditions, so this test should not be treated as a universal wind rating.
Outdoor living does not always demand the same setup. A Fort Worth patio might need shade during a bright afternoon, insect protection during a warm evening, and no screen at all during comfortable weather. Retractable operation lets the same living space respond to each situation. Instead of permanently enclosing the area, homeowners can create protection when they want it and restore the opening when they are ready to enjoy the surrounding property again.
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The benefits of retractable screens go beyond a single patio. A garage may become a better ventilated workspace when screened. A porch can provide fresh air with fewer bugs. A large motorized patio opening can transition from shaded relaxation to open-air entertaining without changing the structure. That versatility gives homeowners more control over how different spaces function throughout the day.
When raised, the screen material stores inside its housing. Available fabric and hardware colors can also help the system coordinate with the house, allowing motorized patio shades to protect the opening without dominating its appearance.
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Blinds Brothers provides exterior screens for homes and businesses. The right solution depends on the opening, intended function, screen fabric, controls, structure, and installation requirements rather than whether the property fits one standard category.
The right configuration depends on the opening dimensions, intended use, screen type, mounting conditions, control preferences, and other project requirements.
Blinds Brothers' installers measure each opening, help homeowners choose suitable options, and professionally install the screen system. During a free consultation, the team can discuss the opening, style, intended use, automation options, maintenance considerations, and budget before preparing a custom quote. For the wider range of motorized exterior solar screens, visit the main product page.
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Retract the screen completely when sun, bugs, or privacy are not concerns.
Lower the screen when outdoor conditions make shade, solar protection, or insect control useful.
Fresh Air With Fewer Bugs
Insect screen fabric helps maintain ventilation while creating a barrier against mosquitoes and other insects.
Motorized systems make it easier to operate screens across wide patios, garage openings, doors, and other large areas.
Retractable screens can enhance outdoor living without permanently enclosing the space.
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Blinds Brothers provides custom retractable screen installation throughout Fort Worth and Dallas-Fort Worth. The team works with Fort Worth homeowners and businesses on patios, porches, garages, windows, doors, outdoor living areas, gazebos, and other suitable openings. Every project is built around the actual property. Blinds Brothers can evaluate the opening, mounting conditions, dimensions, screen fabric, controls, privacy needs, insect protection, desired appearance, and intended use before recommending a system.
Retractable screens lower across an opening when protection is useful and retract when homeowners want the space open again.
They provide a flexible alternative between leaving an outdoor area completely exposed and permanently screening it in.
Yes. Blinds Brothers installs retractable motorized solar screens that raise and lower on demand rather than permanent fixed screens that block the view year-round.
A motor raises, stops, or lowers the screen within its housing and rail system.
Depending on the selected setup, homeowners can operate compatible systems through a remote, wall control, smartphone app, or smart home integration.
Yes. A compatible remote or wall control can operate the screen with simple commands, while app and smart home options provide additional control methods.
Yes. Compatible systems can use scheduled operation, scenes, grouped controls, and supported smart home integrations.
Bond automation can also create schedules according to time or sun position.
Yes. Compatible motorized screens can be operated through a smartphone app, including supported remote control while away from home.
Yes. Compatible systems can integrate with supported platforms such as Alexa and Google Home for voice operation.
Yes. Motorized operation is particularly convenient for large openings because homeowners do not need to manually move a large screen.
Blinds Brothers offers systems supporting widths up to 32 feet and heights up to 20 feet depending on the model.
Yes. Blinds Brothers' S5 and S56 systems support heights up to 16 feet, while the s7 system supports heights up to 20 feet.
Yes. Patios and porches are confirmed applications for Blinds Brothers motorized exterior screens.
They can work with suitable covered structures when appropriate mounting surfaces and dimensions are available.The installation approach depends on the architecture and specific opening, so Blinds Brothers evaluates the structure before recommending a configuration.
Yes. A garage screen can provide shade, ventilation, and a barrier against insects when lowered while leaving the opening accessible after the screen retracts.
Yes. Appropriate screen mesh provides a barrier against mosquitoes and other unwanted insects while maintaining airflow.
Yes. 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%.
Blinds Brothers states that porch screens can help protect against wind-blown debris while preserving airflow and visibility.
Retractable screens are designed to provide flexible shade, insect protection, airflow, and privacy while keeping an opening retractable. They should not be treated as the same type of structure as a permanent enclosed room.
They can provide useful daytime privacy while maintaining outward visibility.Lighting conditions and fabric selection affect the result, so screens are not guaranteed to provide one-way privacy under every condition.
Blinds Brothers uses zip-tension construction that keeps the screen fabric captured inside the side rails, helping it remain aligned and taut during normal operation.
Blinds Brothers exterior screen systems have undergone controlled wind-tunnel testing at speeds up to 150 mph in specific configurations.
The result is not a universal rating for every screen. Actual performance depends on system size, fabric, installation, and conditions.
Yes. Every Blinds Brothers exterior screen is measured for its specific opening, including the screen size, fabric, housing, controls, and installation setup.
Maintenance needs depend on fabric, exposure, care, operating conditions, and frequency of use.
Blinds Brothers' confirmed Natte fabrics carry a 10-year limited warranty, while the aluminum housing and rail systems are designed for long-term exterior use.
Cost depends on the width and height of each opening, number of screens, system, fabric selection, housing requirements, controls, automation, mounting conditions, and installation.
Blinds Brothers provides a free custom quote instead of advertising one price for every project.
Yes. Fort Worth homeowners can schedule a free consultation so the team can measure the opening, understand how the space will be used, and discuss screen type, fabric, controls, style, and installation requirements.
