What Can a Home Automation Company Do For Me?
Service Tech Crafts Customized Living Experiences in Central Texas
Spending time at home doesn’t need to be boring! By working with a professional home automation company like Service Tech, homeowners in the Austin area can transform their daily routines and entertainment experiences with the tap of a button or with a preset schedule, all thanks to innovative technologies.
Tech doesn’t need to be overwhelming, either. With our seasoned expertise, your smart home control systems can blend seamlessly into your Texas property's existing design and decor and can even hide in plain sight if you’d like. Read below to discover what’s possible when you incorporate home automation and total home control.
Create Ease and Beat the Elements with Outdoor Automatic Shades
Bring the Perfect Amount of Shade to the Outdoor Spaces in Your Home
If you have yet to consider outdoor automatic shades for your Austin, TX, home, let us bring you up to speed! Motorized shades can easily extend to the outside of your home in conjunction with indoor window treatments, creating a private, pulled-together aesthetic.
Automatic outdoor shades are an exciting smart home upgrade for many homeowners, but they harbor perks other than good looks. Keep reading if you'd like to learn more about how automatic shades outside your home can ultimately elevate your space.
5 Types of Exterior Shades You Can Add to Your Home
Increase Your Outdoor Space with the Right Outdoor Shading Solution
After spending time, money, and energy designing your backyard and patio, you’ll want to spend as much time outdoors as possible. But sometimes, weather, bugs, and intense heat can get in the way of those plans. That’s why you need exterior shades for your outdoor space. There are many types of outdoor shades, so one solution is sure to fit your needs. To learn more, here are five popular types of outdoor shading solutions that may suit your home in Austin, TX.
SEE ALSO: 4 Benefits of a Retractable Patio Roof
1. Retractable Roof
Sometimes you want to sit in your open-air space and soak up the sun. Other times, you need a break from the rays or need to protect your furniture from UV. That’s where a retractable roof comes in! Choose between an open top on your pergola or arbor for a little protection. Retract your roof to enjoy the sun or extend it at the touch of the button.
2. Motorized Bug Screens
Your outdoor patio space is built to optimize your time on your property. However, pesky gnats and mosquitos quickly ruin your time outside. So keep them out! With motorized bug screens, the bugs stay out of your patio space. With the touch of a button, you lower the screens to enjoy the sun’s warmth and outdoor view - all without worrying about pests ruining your time alone or with friends and family.
3. Patio Screens
Patio screens work much like motorized bug screens but also provide protection from ultraviolet rays and heat for superior outdoor solar control. Companies like Draper allow you to pick the size and style to get the right balance of UV protection and airflow to your outdoor space. The screens can span large areas too - more than 192 inches wide. On top of that, Draper shades can be controlled with ease using a wall switch, remote, or smart home tablet.
4. Louvered Roof
A louvered roof comprises many panels that tilt to either open or close. When the panels lay flat, you get complete protection from rain and cool shade. You can tilt them slightly for a balance of sun and shade or have the slats lay vertical for full exposure to the Texas sky.
5. Rolling Shutters
Rolling shutters go over your home’s windows to provide more security, privacy, and overall comfort. These shades completely block your home from the outdoors so that no one can see in. They also block out sunlight and reduce outdoor noises, so they are perfect solutions for rooms where you need quiet and privacy, like a home office or theater.
Service Tech has the solution no matter what exterior shades your Austin, TX home needs. Our team partners with some of the best outdoor shading companies on the market, like Rainier and Draper. So, get started extending your living space by adding outdoor protection from bugs, the sun, and rain. Contact Service Tech today!
Enhance Your Patio With Motorized Shades And Fans
Enjoy More Of Your Outdoor Spaces With Products That Create Comfort, Privacy, And Protection
One of the great pleasures of homeownership is opening our living spaces for family and friends to share and bond over food and fun. In Austin, TX, We have the privilege of enjoying the outdoors all year round, and with it comes the opportunity to entertain under the sun and stars in any season.
Extending your home living to the outside provides the benefits of fresh air, a sense of freedom, and health-improving melatonin production, the hormone associated with happiness. Yet, the summer sun does bring the potential for overbearing heat, pests, and eye squinting glare.
Our expert team of installers makes your outdoor space more usable with the combination of patio motorized shades and Big Ass Fans. Are you intrigued to learn more? Continue reading below.
3 Reasons We Love Motorized Outdoor Patio Shades
Extend Your Living Spaces to the Great Outdoors
We don’t want to sound cliché by starting a conversation by talking about the weather, but when you’re in Texas, you can’t get away from it! Isn’t the Texas weather always throwing us for a loop? Especially this time of year, Lakeway-area residents can never put their winter coats, flip flops, or shorts away!
If you’re lucky enough to be able to hang out on the back patio during one of those rare warm winter days, or if you want to get a head start on summertime fun, then you need to consider motorized patio shades!
Keep scrolling to read our blog on the topic! We cover three of our top reasons for loving this outdoor home solution.
Top 5 Ways Motorized Outdoor Shades Improve Your Backyard Hangouts
Enjoy Your Patio Like Never Before with this Automated Home Solution
Doesn’t it seem like mosquito season never ends? Until the first cold snap in Texas, the bugs are rampant, making it difficult to enjoy sitting on the porch in the mornings while sipping coffee or relaxing by the fire pit in the evenings.
Fortunately, there are several styles of motorized outdoor shades available that can help you combat pesky bugs, reduce harmful UV exposure, and more. Keep reading below to learn five ways these exterior shade solutions can help you enjoy your Austin-area backyard hangouts more than ever before!
Are You Ready for the Summer Sun?
Have More Fun in the Sun with Exterior Shades & Screens
Just a few weeks ago, Austinites were dealing with the snowstorm of the century, yet here we are again, awaiting summer’s arrival in a few short months. The temperatures are already beginning to rise, and as you know, the Texas sun can be brutal!
Why not make your outdoor areas more hospitable with exterior shades to prepare for the hottest season of the year! Outdoor shades, screens, and pergolas can improve your backyard space in the West Lake Hills area, not only extending your entertainment possibilities to your backyard but improving the aesthetics as well. Texas homeowners may not be able to skip the heat entirely, but Service Tech can help you make the most of it. Keep reading below to learn more about exterior shading solutions. Read more