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Adding retractable screens to your home will improve the overall experience of your home by extending your living space. Retractable screens create seamless transitions between your indoor and outdoor living space, opening your home and allowing the fresh air to flow through. Creating a cross-ventilation throughout your home is seamless when you have retractable screens installed throughout your home; the most common applications would be on your front door and patio door, which would allow the fresh air to cool your home naturally.
How Retractable Screens Help with Indoor-Outdoor Integration
Retractable screens will add a seamless indoor-outdoor experience to your home as they open up your home to bring the outdoors inside. Connecting your outdoor living area to your home with retractable screens will create a unique experience that will enhance the functionality of your living space. Bring all the positive parts of the outdoors into your home while keeping the negative parts outside!
Maximizing Natural Light and Views
There is no better feeling than having the glowing sunlight beam into your home. Adding retractable screens to your home will allow natural sunlight into your home, bringing all the positives of the outdoors into your home without the pesky bugs. Retractable screen mesh is designed for you to see through easily, so you barely notice anything across your way – make sure to let your house guests know, as it’s common for people to walk through the screens!
Improved Ventilation and Air Quality
Enjoying a coffee or a glass of wine in your living room while a fresh breeze circulates through your home is what makes having retractable screens installed so worth it. Retractable screens let the fresh air into your home, naturally cooling your home while keeping bugs and critters outside! We recommend installing a retractable screen on your front door and patio/back door to create a cross-ventilation throughout your home.
Versatile Living Spaces
Turning your outdoor patio area into an outdoor living room is a reality when you have motorized retractable screens installed. Motorized screens installed on your patio will create an outdoor oasis that will be an extension of your home that you and your house guests will enjoy for years to come. Standard retractable screen doors installed on your front door or patio door will also turn your living room into an extension of your outdoor living space, bringing the best of the outdoors inside!
Aesthetic Space Enhancement
Adding retractable screens to your home to create a seamless indoor-outdoor transition will enhance the aesthetic space. Whether you install screens on your front door, patio door, french doors, or outdoor patio, you will add another dimension to your home that will elevate the overall experience.
Retractable Screen Features You Can Use to Create Indoor-Outdoor Transitions
There are many retractable screen features you can use to create indoor-outdoor transitions depending on what your screening needs are and the layout of your home. Mirage retractable screens have the best solutions for you and our dealers will work with you to understand what the best product and application is. Mirage Screens has retractable products for single doors, double doors, gazebos, covered patios and so much more!
1. Use Large Windows for Framing
When designing your indoor-outdoor space you need to factor in the lighting and how that will add to the overall experience. Using large windows will allow lots of natural light into your home, while also giving you a nice view of the outdoors in the protection of your home. Natural light in your home will add to the overall environment while the retractable screens let the fresh air inside – this combination will bring all the positives of the outdoors inside your home and keep the negatives outside!
2. Use Sliding Doors to Unite Spaces
Installing retractable screens on your sliding doors will bring fresh air into your home while keeping the bugs out. By having a retractable screen installed on your sliding door, you can keep your home open to your patio, uniting the two spaces. Retractable screens installed on your sliding doors are easy to use as they retract in and out of their housing seamlessly. The screens will match the color of your home or doorway, so you won’t even notice them as they will blend in naturally.
3. Open Layouts and Continuous Flows
Designing your home to have an open layout with continuous flows throughout will be sure to enhance the living experience for you and your family. In addition, when you carefully select which openings to install retractable screens on, you will add another dimension to your home as you bring inside the positives of the outdoors while keeping the negatives out. Retractable screens will allow fresh air and light into your home while keeping the pesky bugs and critters out. When retractable screens are in use, they blend in seamlessly with your home, and when they’re not in use, they easily retract into their housing out of sight and out of mind.
4. Terrace and Patio Outdoor Extensions
Motorized retractable screens installed on your outdoor terrace or patio create an extension to your living space. When the screens are down, your outdoor living space will be a climate-controlled room that you can enjoy without sun glare, bugs, and peaking neighbors.
Practical Considerations for Homeowners
When choosing what the best retractable screen solution is for your home you need to consider what the current layout is and what the best product application would be for your home’s design. Read below for more details when considering what is practical for your home:
1. Choosing the Right Retractable Screen
Choosing the right retractable screen for your home depends on the layout of your home and what solution you want the screens to provide. If you want to allow more fresh air into your home, then our standard 1750 retractable screen doors would be your best option, if you have large French doors or bi-folding doors then our 3500 large opening retractable screen would be ideal, and if you want to have screens installed on your outdoor patio or garage door then the 4800 motorized retractable screens would be the choice. Consulting with your local Mirage dealer will help determine what the best retractable screen option is for you.
2. Installation Methods
Different installation methods depend on the type of retractable screens you have installed on your home for a seamless indoor-outdoor transition. The 1750 standard retractable screen door can be mounted on the face of your door or in the jamb of your door, and the 3500 large opening retractable screen can be installed on the face, in the jamb, or can also be recessed into the casing of your wall. The 4800 motorized retractable screens can be installed on the face of the structure, in the jamb, under the header of the structure, or also recessed in the structure so that the cassette and tracks are hidden.
3. Material Selection
When choosing which material is the best to have installed in your retractable screens, you need to determine what solution you want them to provide. If you want your retractable screens to let fresh air in while keeping bugs outside, then the best mesh option would be a standard tuff screen or no-see-um mesh. Tuffscreen is a polyester mesh that is lightweight and will allow fresh air into your home. No-see-um mesh is a vinyl-coated polyester mesh that has a tighter weave and will keep out even the smallest bugs and insects from your home. If you are looking to limit or control the amount of sun coming into your home or living space, then a Suntex 90 or 95-grade mesh would be a solid choice. Solar mesh is a more solid material than insect mesh, which will block some of the harmful UV rays from the sun while still allowing some airflow in. Retractable screens can also be made with privacy/blackout material, which will block most light and create a private experience, and vinyl material that can be customized with different designs of clear and solid vinyl.
4. Customization Options
All Mirage retractable screens are custom-made to fit and match your home perfectly. The 1750 standard retractable screen doors are cut to size either at the Mirage dealers shop or on-site at your home to the exact size of your door, and are offered in a variety of colors to choose from. You also have the option of the standard or PivotPro handle for ease of use. The 3500 large opening retractable screen is custom-made to the exact dimensions of the door or opening it is being installed on and comes in a variety of colors and two handle options to choose from. The 4800 motorized retractable screen is also custom-made to the exact dimensions of the opening or structure it is being installed on, offered in a variety of colors to choose from, and can also be ordered with home automation options for ease of use. If your home is a unique color, you can also request to have your retractable screens custom-colored at an additional cost.
Conclusion
Adding Mirage retractable screens to your home will create a seamless indoor-outdoor transition that will enhance the overall experience of your home. You have many retractable screen options depending on the layout of your home and your budget. The most cost-friendly option would be installing retractable screens on your front door and patio/back door, which will circulate air throughout your home. If you have an outdoor patio area in which you want to install motorized retractable screens, you will create an extension of your home that will act as an outdoor living room for you and your house guests to enjoy. Whatever your retractable screen needs, Mirage retractable screens have a solution for you. To learn more about the process of having retractable screens installed on your home, contact your local Mirage screens dealer by visiting our dealer locator.