Zip Screens

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The zip difference

The fabric edge is welded into a zipper that runs captive in aluminium side channels — no flapping, no gaps, real wind resistance. Ordinary drop screens flap and escape their guides in the wind that Mossel Bay's open bay front and an exposed Wilderness dune position both see on a regular afternoon.

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Fabric choices for a wet corridor

Sunscreen mesh gives view-out, glare and UV down, insects out, and daytime privacy in. Clear PVC or crystal panels turn a deck into a genuinely wind-and-rain-proof room — the practical choice on a corridor that gets rain in every month, not just a wet season. Blockout panels suit an outdoor cinema setup or a west-facing sun kill on a Sedgefield or Mossel Bay patio.

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Where it earns its keep

Deck and braai-room enclosures on exposed coastal positions — Mossel Bay's bay front, an open Wilderness dune frontage — where wind-sensor motorisation is standard, and lagoon-facing patios in Sedgefield wanting enclosure without losing the water view.

• Wind-sensor motorisation standard on exposed coastal positions
• Clear PVC option keeps a deck usable through the corridor's wetter months
• Colour-matched channels to timber, stone or render facades

What it costs

What outdoor zip screens cost along the corridor

A screen is priced by the area it closes in. Installed, a crank-operated zip screen runs about R2,800 to R4,500 per square metre, and a motorised one R4,000 to R6,000 per square metre, including the control and a wind sensor where the position needs one. Clear PVC panels, wider spans and heavier channel sections all sit at the upper end.

Small screens carry a minimum charge, since the channels, spline and fixing work barely reduce with the opening. Exposure and the fixing substrate are assessed on site, and the figure for each position follows the free measure, in writing.