Zip Screens
The product that turns an exposed deck into an outdoor room — mesh or clear PVC, locked tight in aluminium side channels so it holds against real coastal wind instead of flapping loose.
The zip difference
The fabric edge is welded into a zipper that runs captive inside aluminium side channels — no flapping, no gap at the edge, real wind resistance. An ordinary drop screen escapes its guides in exactly the conditions this coast produces regularly; a zipped screen holds tension through them. That's the whole argument for specifying this over a plain roll-down screen anywhere near open water.
02Mesh or clear, depending on the job
Sunscreen mesh keeps the view out while cutting glare, UV and insects, with daytime privacy as a side benefit. Clear PVC panels seal the same opening against wind and rain while keeping it fully transparent — the choice for a winter braai room where you still want to see the water. Blockout panels exist too, for an outdoor cinema wall or a hard west-sun opening that needs a harder stop.
03Specified for two-directional wind, not one
Because this coast takes both the summer south-easter and winter cold-front north-westerlies, we motorise as standard on any span over a couple of metres and fit a wind sensor for auto-retract on exposed positions — Gansbaai's open decks and Kleinmond's wind-funnel patios both call for it. Channel colour is matched to the structure, not left as an afterthought.
- Zipped edges hold tension where a drop screen flaps or escapes its guides
- Mesh, clear PVC or blockout fabric depending on the room's job
- Motorised with wind-sensor retract standard on exposed spans
One honest limit
A zip screen manages wind and glare; it is not a permanent building enclosure. On the most exposed decks — Gansbaai's harbour-front and Kleinmond's estuary mouth in particular — we'll tell you honestly if a span is beyond what any fabric screen should be asked to hold, rather than oversell it.
Any exposed deck or patio qualifies, but Gansbaai's harbour-front and Kleinmond's wind-funnel positions are where a zip screen earns its keep the fastest.
Turn your deck into an outdoor room
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