Zip screens for a deck that catches the funnel

An ordinary drop screen flaps and escapes its guides the moment the wind gets serious; a zip screen doesn’t. The fabric edge is welded into a zipper that runs captive inside aluminium side channels, so it holds real tension even when the valley funnel comes down hard off the ridge — the difference between an outdoor room that works every evening and one you stop using by spring.

Fabric choices

• Sunscreen mesh — keeps the view out to the water, cuts glare and UV, and adds daytime privacy while letting the evening breeze through.
• Clear PVC / crystal panels — a wind-and-rain-proof enclosure for a winter braai room without losing the view, useful on a deck exposed to the open Atlantic.
• Blockout panels — for an outdoor cinema wall or west-sun kill on the hottest exposed side of the house.

Specified for a wind valley, not a garden

Because Llandudno sits in a valley that funnels the summer south-easter straight down onto exposed decks, we treat a genuine wind rating as the baseline spec, not an option. Motorisation is standard on wide spans, and colour-matched channels keep the hardware discreet against the timber and stone finishes common on this hillside.