For 100 years the porch blind has served this purpose. Its simplistic flawless design has not changed in all these years.

Porch Shades are designed for use on screened porches, sun parlors and open verandas. Porch shades are intended to protect your porch from the intense rays of the afternoon sun or from blowing rain and inclement weather. All shades come with sway cords to protect the shade from wind damage during strong winds.

The porch shade provides privacy from the street traffic, as well as to add a touch of tradition and elegance to your sun porch. You will find that sun shades made from wood slats are far more appealing than a plastic shade both aesthetically and practically, since a wood shade remains cool with exposure to the afternoon sun.

The light weight basswood is easy to raise and lower and is available in any size up to 143” in width and 17 colors. Porch shades are easy to install and easy to remove for storage in winter months or if you are away for the season.

Features:

• Nothing insulates like wood
• Testing indicated porch shades reduce solar heating up to 85% on your porch or sun parlor
• No plastic parts
• Woven with weatherproof fisherman’s seine twine
• Fungicide additive to help prevent mildew
• Heavy duty plated steel hardware
• Multi-stop cord lock
• #4 ¾ braided reinforced cotton cord
• Adjustable sway cords for protection from the wind
• We can offer additional slat width sizes on request

In simpler times of years long past it was common for people to have breakfast on the sun porch. Americans have had a love affair with the sun porch for at least 300 years. It's time to reacquaint ourselves with those things in life which are truly important- A leisurely afternoon on the porch.

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Place shade in position you wish it to hang when installed. Mark Point of location open screw eyes (#3).

Install open screw eyes (#3) and hook hardware (#1 & #7) into eyes. If shade is installed indoors, it is now ready for operation. Pull on raising cord (#6) to raise the lower shade. To release automatic lock, pull cord to right. To lock at desired pull cord to the left and release cord.

For shades to be installed outdoors, two sway cords (#4) are furnished. These should be installed as follows.

Install closed screw eyes (#2)for sway cords (#4) directly above and below where cords are to be placed. They can be located as desired, but positioning about one fourth of the distance in from each end works best. Be sure they are located so as not to interfere with raising cords and not located so as to rub on a weaving cord.

Pass cord twice through lower screw eye, to prevent wear from movement of shade, then up and through upper screw eyes, and back down behind shade end through both sides of cord tightener (#5) and knot end. Loop other end of cord through cord tightener (#5) and then back on itself in loop.

Maintaining Your Woven Basswood Porch Shade

You have just purchased the finest shade available for your use. It is woven wood the oldest new material in existence today.

Better still, it is woven of choice North American Basswood - the hardwood with the greatest resistance to warping of all the hardwoods. It has far greater insulation value than plastic or aluminum insuring you maximum comfort.

The weaving cords are tightly braided cotton seine twine having a greater resistance to abrasion and stretching than synthetic filament yarns. This assures you of longer shade life, continued splint uniformity and tightness.

Be sure sway cords are kept tight enough that shade does not rub against railings, furniture, screens, or other abrasive surfaces.

Your shade is stained with Aerocrylic Oil Stain especially formulated for maximum retention, wearability and contains a fungicide to reduce the possibility of mildewing.

If mildew spots, due to heavy infestation in your area, should appear on your shade, immediately wash it with a mild solution or mildew remover obtainable at most hardware or paint stores.

Sweep shade occasionally with an ordinary broom to remove dust or pollen. This will help prevent rain stains and retain original color brightness.

When your shade is partially raised, the pull cord can be folded up and laid on the shade roll if you wish for it to be off the floor. When completely raising the shade, place the end of the pull cord in the shade roll and let it roll up with the shade. This will keep the surplus cord off the floor, but still allow sufficient cord to hang down from the cord lock so the shade can be operated.

If you follow these easy suggestions for care and maintenance, you will receive many years of cool comfort from your selection of this fine shade.