How Can Tampa Benefit from Solar Screens?

The scorching summer sun beats down on anything it can touch, including your home.  According to the Department of Housing and urban development, a good way to keep your home cool in the summer is to shade it from the outside, anything you can do to stop the sun’s rays before it gets to the glass is 7 times better than curtains or blinds inside the glass at keeping your house cool.

Since large shady oak trees don’t grow everywhere, a great way to accomplish this is exterior solar screening.  Solar screens help  cool your home by reflecting, absorbing, and dispersing large amount of solar heat and glare.the suns rays before they have a chance to reach and penetrate the glass in your windows and doors.  They are made of a woven mesh and custom made for your windows and doors by Sun Block Screens of Florida to replace the regular insect screens currently on your windows and doors. 

While blocking heat, solar screens allow plenty of light to get thought and also maintain high outward visibility.

They are easily removable the ease of removal is so you can store them during the winter or wash the windows.

Solar screens will continue to block the hot sun’s rays even through open windows if you would like a cool breeze t blow through your house.

How Do They Work

The woven mesh screens take the place of regular screens and simply block the suns heat before it ever gets to the windows.  The diagram at the right is a great illustration:  If 230 BTUs of energy are heading toward a window, solar screens can block 184 BTUs, leaving only 46 to actually reach the window.  Insulated glass now only has to contend with the remaining 46 so a mere 35 reaches the inside of the window. 

Benefits of Solar Screens

• Cool your home by cutting up to 80% of the heat produced by the sun coming into your house.
• Energy conservation enjoyed from the cooling effect of solar screens requiring less air conditioning in your home during hot months helps the environment and your checkbook.
• Reduce fading as the result of direct sunlight that can be an expensive problem for interior rugs, furniture, and décor.
• Windows and doors are kept cleaner with the protection of the screen.
• Improve curb appeal by giving a more uniform appearance to your home, camoflauging curtains, blinds and indoor décor that can be seen from the outside.
• Exterior solar screens leave the light coming through your window into the interior of your house softer and more usable.
• Cut glare on TVs and computer screens.
• Keep insects out with the window open.
• Protects hardwood floors and carpets from damaging ultraviolet rays.
• Works on homes and office buildings to reduce costs.

Sun Block Screens of Florida is a lisenced reseller of Phifer SunScreen^® energy saving solar screening.  Call us today to set up a free on-site estimate for custom screens on the windows of your home or business.