Betterliving™ Tension Shades
With motorized tension shades, extend your outdoor living area up to twice as much as a standard awning.
With motorized tension shades, extend your outdoor living area up to twice as much as a standard awning.
Shade your patio at the touch of a button. Tension shades are an elegant solution to your shade requirements. The fabric is held tight at all times by hidden struts. Compared to traditional retractable awnings, tension shades can cover larger areas and are not as susceptible to wind and rain. Great for outdoor cafes and large decks. See our huge selection of 100% solution dyed acrylic fabrics treated with genuine Dupont® Teflon® and sewn with Gore™ Tenera thread that will not deteriorate.
Yes! With the Somfy myLink™ you can control your tension shade from your phone. For more information please select the Specifications tab above.
Solariums get hot. Often homeowners will cover them with a retractable awning, but mounting is difficult and they can’t stay out in windy weather. Interior ceiling treatments are fighting a lost battle since the heat has already entered the solarium. The Betterliving™ Tension shade mounts right onto the existing framework of your solarium, providing an elegant and practical shade solution.
Extend your outdoor living space in cool comfort with a Tension Shade System.
Type of Mounting:
Top Mounted: Units are installed to the top of an existing structure: (Pergola, Glass Roofs, Solariums, etc.)
Bottom Mounted: Units are installed below an existing structure: (Pergola, Arbour, Trellis, Glass Roofs, Solarium, Roof Blind etc.)
General Information:
Type of Mounting:
Top Mounted:
Wall Mounted with Legs
General Information:
Motor Information:
The myLink puts you in control so that you can function your motorized shades and canopies with your favorite mobile device whether you’re home or not. The myLink can control any Somfy products featuring Radio Technology Somfy®.
You can easily add a myLink to existing installations or include smart phone app control from the very beginning.
Craft-Bilt has a huge selection of durable outdoor fabrics for your shading requirements. Please visit our Awning and Canopy Fabric page to view available fabric colours & patterns for your Betterliving™ Tension Shade
Attention to detail and not cutting corners makes our Northport fabric stand out: