By two in the afternoon, half the backyards out here are too hot to sit in. A motorized patio shade changes that — one button and it drops down, blocks the inland sun and the glare, and turns a baking patio into a place you'll actually use. We design them, build them, and install them ourselves — no middlemen, no wholesalers — and back the motor and fabric for 20 years. Nobody else around here does that.
Out here the patio is half the reason you bought the house — until July hits and the back of the place turns into an oven you walk past on the way to the AC. A motorized patio shade gives the space back. Push a button and it rolls down from the top of the opening and covers the sides — cutting the afternoon sun, killing the glare off the slider, and closing off the view from the two-story next door. Push it again and it disappears back into the housing overhead. No cranking, no hooks, no hauling anything out of the garage.
The motor is what separates patio shades people actually use from the ones they gave up on. Ours run on the Maverick — Apollo's own motor. Remote, wall switch, or your phone. Works from the far end of the yard, from the pool, from inside the kitchen. Quiet, and it stops exactly where you tell it. And while everybody else warranties their motor for five to seven years, we warranty ours for twenty.
A shade that flaps in the wind isn't a shade, it's a sail. The Inland Empire gets enough Santa Ana wind to turn a free-hanging patio shade into a flapping mess — and a short-lived one. Side tracks lock both edges of the fabric into a channel so the shade stays flat, stays put, and keeps working when the wind comes down out of the pass.
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.
Inland Empire summers are their own animal. There's no ocean breeze out here to bail you out the way the coast gets — just triple digits from June into September, the kind of heat that bakes a west-facing patio all afternoon and keeps radiating off the pavers long after the sun's down. A covered patio with open sides barely takes the edge off. By three o'clock the back of the house is the last place anybody wants to sit.
Patio shades close off the open sides and stop the sun before it lands on you. The solar mesh blocks the UV and cuts the glare while still letting the air move through — you can see out, the heat stays out, and the pavers quit radiating because they're finally in shade. Drop the shade on the west side and you'll feel the difference on the patio within ten minutes.
The fabric is warrantied for 20 years. Not 5, not 7 — twenty. Because it's designed to live outdoors in Inland Empire 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 relentless inland sun, heat, 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.
A lot of the Inland Empire's newer communities — Eastvale, Jurupa Valley, the tracts going up around Fontana and Ontario — are two-story homes built close together, with windows looking straight down into the next yard. Patio shades close that off when you want them to, without a permit, without a contractor, and without permanently walling off your view of the yard. Down for privacy and shade, up when you want the open patio back.
The fabric blocks the view without blocking the air. You get privacy and ventilation at the same time — which matters a lot in a market where trapping heat is the enemy. Lower them when you want the closed-off feel. Raise them when you want the open yard back. Three seconds either way.
There are a few ways to shade a patio in the Inland Empire. Here's how motorized patio shades with side tracks stack up against the alternatives.
| Feature | Apollo Patio Shades | 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 Inland Empire installation team | ✓ Inland Empire-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 anywhere across the Inland Empire — Riverside, San Bernardino, Ontario, Fontana, Rancho Cucamonga, Corona, and the cities in between. We measure every opening, show you the fabric and color options in person, and walk you through it. About 45 minutes, no obligation.
Your patio shades are built to your exact dimensions — width, height, fabric openness rating, frame color, motor type, and control preference. Nothing off the shelf.
Our Inland Empire-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.
"Put shades on three sides of the covered patio and it completely changed how we use the back. We can sit out there at four in the afternoon now instead of waiting for the sun to go down. The side tracks hold up fine when the Santa Anas kick up. Crew was clean and on time."
"Went with a darker mesh for privacy from the two-story behind us. You can still see out from inside but they can't see in, and it knocks the heat down a ton. The motor is quiet and the phone app actually works. Really happy we finally did it."
"Called, had someone out that week for measurements, and the shades were in not long after. They answered every time I called and showed up when they said they would. If you're looking at motorized patio shades in the IE, these are the people to call."
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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Motorized Patio Shade & Screen Installation — Areas We Serve
Riverside · San Bernardino · Ontario · Fontana · Rancho Cucamonga · Corona · Moreno Valley · Rialto · Jurupa Valley · Chino · Chino Hills · Eastvale · Upland · Montclair · Claremont · Redlands · Colton · Loma Linda · Grand Terrace · Highland · Yucaipa · Norco · Mira Loma · Bloomington · Alta Loma · Etiwanda · Temecula · Murrieta · Menifee · Hemet · and surrounding Inland Empire communities
