Commercial Application
Commercial retractable screens for restaurant patios, sidewalk dining sections, and licensed outdoor seating. Improve guest comfort, soften street exposure, and make the patio easier to use through more of the season.
Restaurant patios work best when they feel sheltered, comfortable, and intentionally defined. Retractable privacy screens help create that feeling without locking the patio into a permanent enclosure.
They give operators better control over wind, glare, street exposure, and daily patio setup while keeping the space flexible for changing service conditions.
How Restaurant Patio Projects Typically Work
In Ontario, restaurant patio season effectively runs from May through October, which means any patio investment has to earn its return inside roughly a six-month window. Retractable privacy screens make a meaningful difference to how many of those seating days are actually usable. They block the low-angle afternoon sun that makes west-facing tables too hot to seat, cut the wind that shortens shoulder-season service, and soften the visual exposure to streets and parking lots that often prevents guests from choosing the edge tables at all.
Operationally, restaurant screens are usually specified as motorized grouped systems because service teams need to set the patio quickly at the start of service and close it just as quickly at the end of the night, sometimes multiple times per week in early and late season weather. A single grouped-control press is much more realistic for a busy shift than individually adjusting several manual bays.
Where patios are licensed, screens can also provide the clean physical boundary that helps define the licensed perimeter without committing to heavy permanent partitions that complicate off-season storage or winter operation. We recommend confirming the specific boundary requirements with your municipality or AGCO before specifying the system, and we design the layout to suit those boundaries during the site visit.
Reduce harsh sun, wind, and street exposure so more tables stay comfortable through lunch and dinner service.
Lower one side, close the full edge, or retract everything completely depending on the weather and service flow.
Define the patio without heavy permanent partitions that make the space feel closed off year-round.
Motorized grouped controls make daily opening, service adjustments, and closing much easier for staff.
Each fabric performs differently across privacy, view-through, airflow, and UV blocking. We help you choose the right option for the way the space is used.
Heavy-duty insect mesh with maximum airflow. Neighbours can see through clearly, so privacy is not a feature of this fabric.
45% Openness
Recommended:
Balanced solar screen that cuts heat and glare while preserving reasonable outward visibility from inside the space.
10% Openness
Recommended:
Our most popular fabric with solid daytime privacy, excellent UV blocking, and a comfortable filtered-light quality inside.
5% Openness
Recommended:
Near-opaque daytime privacy with softly diffused interior light. Neighbours cannot make out occupants or furnishings.
1% Openness
Recommended:
Fully opaque fabric that provides complete visual blackout and total weather enclosure from either side, day or night.
0% Openness
Recommended:
Near-clear enclosure that preserves your view while blocking weather and UV. Fire rated.
0% Openness
Recommended:
How It Works
We start with the patio layout, structure, exposure, and how your team currently uses the space during service.
We measure the openings, review mounting conditions, and confirm whether the project needs coordination with a landlord, contractor, or patio build team.
Screens are built to the exact patio openings, with the right cassette size, fabric, and control method for commercial use.
We install the full system, test every screen, and show your team how to operate the patio efficiently before service begins.
Flexible privacy and shade systems for residential and commercial seating areas.
Commercial retractable screens for hotel terraces, guest lounges, and poolside spaces.
Screens for office courtyards, rooftop amenities, and staff breakout areas.
Common Questions
For most restaurant patios, motorized is the better long-term choice. Staff can operate multiple screens quickly and consistently, which is much more practical during opening, service changes, and closing.
A 3 percent or 5 percent solar fabric in charcoal or grey is usually the strongest fit. It balances heat control, outward visibility for guests, and improved privacy from the street or neighbouring properties.
Yes. That is one of the main advantages of retractable systems. Many operators use partial drops to control glare or wind while keeping the patio open and visually welcoming.
Yes. We regularly work with existing pergolas, awnings, patio frames, and commercial builds. We measure around the actual conditions on site and coordinate the screen system to suit the structure you have.
We design retractable screen systems around real patio service conditions, from guest comfort and wind control to daily opening and closing routines.
