Outdoor Shades & Screens in Pittsburgh, PA — Turn Your Patio Into a Room
Outdoor zipper shades, retractable screens, screen enclosures, and wind screens — sold and installed across the Pittsburgh area. Free in-home consultation. Call (412) 634-5526.
- ★ Free in-home consultation
- ★ Licensed & insured installers
- ★ Lifetime workmanship warranty
- ★ Pittsburgh-based & family-owned
A covered patio with the right outdoor shades is a three-season room. Block sun, deflect wind, keep bugs out, control rain spray, and gain 50–80 days of outdoor living a year. Penn Shades installs outdoor zipper shades, retractable screens, screen enclosures, and outdoor roller shades for homes and restaurants across the greater Pittsburgh area.
Signs You Need Outdoor Shades & Screens
Your patio is unusable in afternoon sun. Bugs make summer evenings miserable — citronella isn't working and the kids stop coming outside. Wind blows out candles, flips tablecloths, and chills the patio in spring and fall. Your neighbor's house has a direct sightline to your patio and you've felt watched while eating dinner outside. You've invested in nice outdoor furniture that's getting beaten up by sun, rain, and pollen because there's no enclosure.
Outdoor shades and screens turn a covered patio into a usable room without adding a permanent enclosure that needs HOA approval, permits, or major construction. Most installs are non-permanent — fabric and tracks mount to existing posts, headers, and beams without altering the structure.
Our Outdoor Shades & Screens Options
We install six outdoor product lines. Zipper Shades are sealed-edge outdoor shades where the fabric runs in side tracks (the "zippers") — they stay flat and tight in wind, block bugs completely, and offer the cleanest outdoor look. Outdoor Roller Shades are the simpler open-edge version — fast to install, lower cost, but the fabric flutters in wind. Retractable Screens roll up out of the way completely when you don't need them — best when you want the option of fully open patio plus full screen on demand.
Screen Enclosures are permanent screened framing around a covered patio — the most enclosed option short of building a sunroom. Wind Screens are partial-height fabric panels designed primarily for wind deflection — common around restaurant patios and rooftop dining. Patio Shades is the catch-all for our mixed-product patio projects where multiple outdoor shade types are combined on the same space.
Outdoor Shades & Screens for Pittsburgh Homes & Businesses
Pittsburgh's outdoor season runs late April through mid-October — about 25 usable weeks if the weather cooperates. Mosquitos peak July through August in low-lying areas near the rivers and creeks (parts of the Strip District, Lawrenceville, the South Side flats). West-facing patios across Mt. Lebanon, Upper St. Clair, and Bethel Park get the worst of summer afternoon sun. Patios in Sewickley, Fox Chapel, and the Wexford/Cranberry suburbs often back to wooded lots — beautiful but bug-heavy.
Zipper shades handle all four issues at once: bugs, wind, sun, and partial privacy. We install across Pittsburgh, Moon Township, Coraopolis, Sewickley, Robinson, Carnegie, Bridgeville, Mt. Lebanon, Upper St. Clair, Bethel Park, Cranberry, Wexford, McCandless, Fox Chapel, and surrounding communities.
What to Expect
Call (412) 634-5526 or book online. Free on-site consultation within a few business days — outdoor projects must be assessed in person. We look at the structure (posts, headers, beam height), measure each opening, talk through fabric weight and openness percentages, and quote with a fixed price. Outdoor zipper shades typically ship in 3–5 weeks because fabric and tracks are custom-cut. Install is 1–2 days depending on the number of openings.
Why Choose Penn Shades for Outdoor Shades & Screens
Outdoor installations have to handle wind, rain, UV, and seasonal temperature swings — wrong fabric and wrong tracks fail in the first storm. Family-owned, Moon Township-based, licensed and insured Pennsylvania installers, free on-site consultation, upfront fixed pricing, lifetime workmanship warranty.
Want to see the rest of what we install? Visit the Penn Shades main site for our full range of window treatments and smart film.
Pick the right outdoor shades & screens for your space
Zipper Shades
Sealed-edge fabric in side tracks — tight in wind, blocks bugs.
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Open-edge rollers — faster install, lower cost, flutters in wind.
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Roll up completely out of the way when not needed.
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Permanent screened framing — closest thing to a sunroom.
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Partial-height fabric panels for wind deflection.
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Mixed-product patio projects combining multiple outdoor shade types.
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Don't lose another summer to bugs and afternoon sun. Call (412) 634-5526 or book a free consultation online — most outdoor shade projects install within 4–6 weeks.