We have a west facing lanai. We installed Plantation Shutters from 48hr blinds that helps a lot. Got great service from Rick. Had Lowes install Cooleroo shades on the Lanai. They work well but had a very bad experience with Lowes and Cooleroo. They were suspose to be installed in 3 weeks. It was 6 weeks because Cooleroo sent the wrong color brackets. Lowes & Cooleroo did not care about the delay. They told us "things happen". Lowes use to be my first choice, now I go to Home Depot first.