The single greatest contributor to the inside temperature of a home in sunny New Mexico is the exterior walls. Put your hand on the outside stucco, wood or stone during the warm months and feel that heat. That heat translates to a warm interior, like a cocoon. Some homes have the advantage […]
We are bombarded with thousands of visual messages every day on the road, on TV, on T-shirts, on food packaging, in elevators, office buildings, airports and even in our own cars. Exit arrows, men’s & women’s restroom icons, on and off buttons in red & green, falling rock zones, steep inclines, railroad […]
If you have ever had a rug, carpet or drapes exposed to sunshine from windows, day after day, you know the damage of UV rays from the sun. Colors fade, sometimes dramatically, and fibers deteriorate. In the southwest, most of us live at altitudes much higher than the rest of the states […]
In the great southwest wind and sun are the greatest sources of both energy and property damage. Winds cool the air and sun warms the exterior walls of buildings. Exterior screening can be the most effective way of taking advantage of these elements. Many homes in the southwest are constructed with deep […]
For all you GrillMasters and Motorheads out there, you can chuckle quietly to yourself when steaks are on order in the dead of January. Instead of running around the side of the house to crank up that screen over the door, you simply press the remote. You had the foresight to ask […]
World’s Largest Seamless View Screen! We just have to toot our horn about this one. We think it may be the coolest product we’ve come up with this year. A double roll tube is incorporated into our Santa Fe Patio Wind and Solar Screen™ allowing a free span, seamless, retractable screen up […]
Happy New Year one and all! 2015 has been a year of challenges, development and found us opportunities to create fabric solutions on a scale that has been exciting. We have enclosed patios, built mud rooms, covered a school playground area with patio covers on steel structures, installed motorized awnings over windows […]
Virtually any high traffic entry like kitchen doors, back entrances and employee entrances can benefit from a mud room. In addition to creating a space outside of the entrance for shoes, coats, and other items, a mud room creates an area which protects a building from changes in temperature. In cold months, […]
The winter months are a great time to consider minor repairs or replacement of your awnings, patio covers and outdoor screens. You’ll want that sun toasting the patios, porches and sides of your home or business anyway to cut down on interior heating costs. Rather than trying to let it go for […]