subject: Patio Awnings - Cool Your Home Form Sunlight [print this page] Have you ever had the experience of going outside, to your porch or patio and just being blinded by the blazing sunlight or the glare off of a scorching concrete portion? Patio awnings use a very simple but extremely effective technique to protect you from the glare and scathing heat, by blocking the sun.
What Patio awnings exactly do is that they block the sunlight even before it reaches your window, door, porch or deck. It means that all the heat energy of the sun will be stopped by the awning before it touches the surface of your home, keeping it cooler. This effect makes awnings much more efficient in stopping the heat and the UV rays than even the blinds and thermally glazed windows that have been rated the highest. There have been studies conducted, which prove that the use of awnings can lower Air conditioning use by over 77%, which saves a lot of electricity.
Patio Awnings provide a natural way to control the amount of heat and light coming in, which is the reason for them being used for thousands of years. Seaside villages and boats in countries like Italy, Egypt, and Greece used very simple awnings made of canvas to block the sun. Over the years, the style of the awnings has changed, the materials from which they are made have changed, and they have become more durable but the main reason for putting up awnings has not, which is to block the sun and the heat coming from it. Awnings have a lot of advantages, here are some of them.
Awnings can be retractable so that you can really control the amount of light that you want to get. In winters, you would prefer more of sunlight, and thus you can fold back the awning and in summers, you can open the awning so that you can protect yourself from the heat. Retractable awnings are well efficient, and they can reduce the indoor and the outdoor temperatures by as much as 20 degrees. They can take care of your health also, as they block the harmful UV rays, which can cause skin cancer, and the heat which harms you and your furniture as well. They can very well cut your electricity and air conditioning costs, which can be beneficial in the long run. Awnings are very colorful and come in varieties so that they easily fuse with any style of architecture. Retractable awnings will increase your outdoor living space making your patio or deck comfortable to be in. It is just like adding an extra room. They very well save on construction costs. A permanent construction would any day cost you a lot more than having an awning fitted. They will protect you and your furniture in the patio or deck or balcony when it rains, and you can also enjoy the rain sitting on a chair, sipping a hot cup of coffee, even without getting wet.
So, purchase a patio awning today and enjoy the outdoors even during summers.
