01 / Fixing1
Slab edge or frame
A slab-edge fixing usually means a pocketed panel on a tensioned cable or bar. A frame fixing allows eyelets or a track. Tell us which and we will advise on the edge finish.
Pocket, eyelet or track
Application
Sunscreen fabric for balcony and privacy screens
Fixed or roll-up panels on a balcony, loggia or terrace. The panel is often seen from both sides and from close range, so the back of the weave matters as much as the face.
Seen from both sides
A balcony panel has no back.
A balcony screen is usually viewed from the street as well as from the balcony, and often from a metre away. The coating on a dip-coated fabric is carried through the yarn rather than applied to one face, so the back of the cloth reads as the same material rather than as a raw substrate. That is the practical difference between dip coating and lamination in this application.
Both faces
Dip coating carries PVC through the yarn, so the reverse side reads as the same fabric.
Fixings
Pocketed, eyeleted or tracked, depending on the frame.
Cutting
Crush or ultrasonic cut for a clean edge that will not fray.
Specifying
Balcony panels in practice
The panel is small, but it is seen more closely than any other use of this fabric.
Ask about edges
02 / Colour2
Match the building, not the furniture
A balcony screen is read as part of the elevation. Choose the colour against the facade material rather than against the balcony interior.
21 colours across two ranges
03 / Openness3
Privacy and view pull in opposite directions
A 3% weave gives more privacy and a softer view out. A 5% weave is more open and lets more daylight in. Neither gives night privacy, because at night the interior is brighter than the street.
3% or 5%
Questions
Sunscreen fabric for balcony and privacy screens: common questions
What buyers ask before specifying this application.
Figures quoted are the measured properties of the fabric. System performance depends on the complete assembly.