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Old 10-24-2021, 07:49 AM
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Originally Posted by mspicer1234 View Post
We are closing on a new house in The Villages next month that has a lanai that is in full sun in the afternoon/evening. I am looking at installing a couple of exterior weather rated shades that would be about 6 1/2’ to 7’ wide each. I have been driving around a number of the areas in The Villages and noticed some have installed the shades on the outside of the lanai and some installed them on the inside.

Questions for those has have installed wide exterior weather rated shades:

- Who did you purchase them from?
- Did they install them?
- Are there different shade fabric options that allows better shading and air flow?
- Manual versus electric operation?
- Pros and cons of inside versus outside of lanai shade installation?

Thanks in advance for your responses.

Definitely go electric outside. We did and have never regretted. Ours are several years old, but I totally expect that there is now an app for them, which would allow you to (for instance) raise and lower them according to sunrise and sunset. Or if you're not home, lower them when it's raining. Get as dark as you can - you'll still be able to see out but darker will of course block more sun.