Around the lake, summer evenings on the porch are the whole point — until the mosquitoes come off the water at dusk. Motorized retractable screens fix that. One button drops a tight, side-tracked screen around your porch or patio — bugs out, breeze in — and rolls it back out of sight when you don't need it. We design them, build them, and install them ourselves, and back the motor and screen for 20 years. Nobody else around here does that.
Up here the porch is where the summer happens — until the mosquitoes and gnats come off the lake at dusk and chase everyone inside. Motorized retractable screens give the space back. Push a button and a screen drops from the top of the opening and seals down both sides, turning an open porch or patio into a bug-free room in about twenty seconds. Push it again and it disappears into the housing overhead. No storm windows, no seasonal panels, no fighting with anything.
The motor is the part that makes or breaks one of these — a cheap one is why people stop using their screens after a season or two. Ours is the Maverick, which Apollo builds in-house. You run it from a remote, a wall switch, or your phone, anywhere on the property. It's quiet, it stops right where you want it, and we warranty it for 20 years — most companies only cover the motor for five to seven.
If a screen has gaps along the sides, the bugs get in — and off the lake there's no shortage of mosquitoes and gnats looking for the way in. Side tracks fix that. Both edges of the screen ride inside an aluminum channel, so there's nothing to slip past and nothing for a summer storm to catch and tear. It stays put, and it stays sealed.
The fabric runs inside vertical aluminum channels bolted to each side of the opening. Captured the full height. No slack. No edge for the wind to catch. The shade moves smoothly and stops flat — whether it's calm or gusting at 30 mph. When fully lowered it seals against the track frame on both sides. No gaps. No light leaking around the edges. Just a clean, flat wall of shade.
A Wisconsin summer afternoon by the lake is bright and humid. The sun beats on a west-facing porch, the glare comes off the water, and the humidity makes the whole thing sticky. A wide-open porch barely helps. By mid-afternoon it's the last place anybody wants to sit.
Solar screen mesh knocks down the heat, glare, and UV before it reaches you — while still letting the air move through. You can see out to the water and the yard, the sun stays off you, and the porch actually breathes instead of trapping the heat. Drop the screen on the sunny side and you'll feel the difference within a few minutes.
The fabric is warrantied for 20 years. Not 5, not 7 — twenty. Because it's designed to live outdoors in Wisconsin sun, not fade out and sag in three seasons.
Most shade companies warrant the motor for 5 years and the fabric for 7. We cover both for 20. That's not a marketing line — it's in writing, and we can stand behind it because we build the product ourselves.
Apollo's proprietary motor system. We designed it. We warrant it. For 20 years.
Premium exterior-grade solar mesh. Rated for Wisconsin sun, humidity, and wind. Warranted for 20 years because we stand behind what we build.
We build it. We ship it. We install it. No distributors, no middlemen, no franchise. What you order is what we make — for you, to your measurements.
Apollo manufactures its own screens in-house. We don't buy product from a wholesaler and resell it. We source our own components, build to your order after we take your measurements, and ship straight to our installation crew.
That's how we can offer 20 years. A company that doesn't control its own product can't make that promise. We can.
Lakefront and resort lots around Geneva Lake sit close together, and in the busy season there's plenty of foot and boat traffic with a view of your porch. A darker screen mesh closes off the sightlines when you want privacy, without boxing in your view of the water. Down when you want it, up when you don't.
The fabric keeps people from seeing in but still lets the air through, so you're not trading privacy for a stuffy patio. Lower them when you want to be left alone, raise them when you want the open yard back. Takes about three seconds.
There are a few ways to shade a Wisconsin patio. Here's how motorized retractable screens with side tracks stack up against the alternatives.
| Feature | Apollo Retractable Screens | Fixed Screen Enclosure | Shade Sail | Manual Roll Shades |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Motorized one-button operation | ✓ Standard | None | None | Manual only |
| Side-track guided system | ✓ Standard | ✓ Framed | No tracks | No tracks |
| Retracts completely out of sight | ✓ Fully | Permanent structure | Manual removal | Manual only |
| Custom-built to your opening | ✓ Every unit | ✓ Custom | Standard sizes | Standard sizes |
| Privacy + sun block in one | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes | Overhead only | Partial |
| Local Wisconsin installation team | ✓ Wisconsin-based | Varies | Self-install | Self-install |
| 20-year motor & fabric warranty | ✓ Yes | N/A | N/A | N/A |
We handle everything from measurement to motor wiring. You don't coordinate a thing.
We come out to your home across Wisconsin's Walworth County and the Geneva Lake area — Lake Geneva, Williams Bay, Fontana, Delavan, Elkhorn, Walworth, and the surrounding communities. We measure every opening, show you screen and frame options in person, and walk you through it. About 45 minutes, no obligation.
Your retractable screens are built to your exact dimensions — width, height, fabric openness rating, frame color, motor type, and control preference. Nothing off the shelf.
Our Wisconsin-based crew handles mounting, track installation, motor wiring, and control setup. Most single-opening jobs take a few hours. We do a full walkthrough before we leave so you know exactly how everything works.
Powder-coated aluminum frames in white, bronze, black, and custom colors. Solar mesh fabric in multiple openness ratings and tones. We bring samples to your consultation so you can see them in your actual space before committing.
"Screened in the lake porch with the motorized screens and it's a different place now. We're out there every evening — no mosquitoes, no putting up panels every spring. The screens drop in seconds and you forget they're there when they're up. Crew was clean and on time."
"Got them on the porch for the bugs off the lake, and they handle the afternoon glare too. You can still see straight out to the water but the gnats stay out. The motor is quiet and the app actually works. Wish we'd done it years ago."
"Called, had someone out that week to measure, and the screens were installed not long after. They showed up when they said they would and answered every time I called. If you want motorized porch screens in Wisconsin, these are the people."
Free estimate, no obligation. We come out, measure your openings, show you samples, and give you a real number. Takes about 45 minutes.
Tell us about your project. We'll follow up within the hour with real numbers — not a ballpark. No runaround.
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Retractable Screen & Motorized Patio Screen Installation — Areas We Serve
Lake Geneva · Williams Bay · Fontana · Delavan · Elkhorn · Walworth · Genoa City · Pell Lake · Lake Como · Twin Lakes · Burlington · East Troy · Whitewater · Darien · Sharon · and the surrounding Walworth County lake country
