A Sacramento summer means triple digits and an afternoon sun that turns the patio into a place nobody wants to sit — at least until the Delta breeze shows up after dark. Motorized patio shades fix the daytime. One button drops a solar shade across your patio — blocking the sun, the heat, and the glare — and rolls it back out of sight when the evening cools off. We design them, build them, and install them ourselves, and back the motor and fabric for 20 years. Nobody else around here does that.
Out here the patio is the whole point of summer — until two o'clock hits and the west sun turns it into a griddle. Motorized patio shades give the afternoon back. Push a button and a solar shade rolls down from the top of the opening and covers the sides, dropping the heat and killing the glare in about twenty seconds. Push it again and it disappears into the housing overhead. No cranking, no clips, 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 across the yard, from the pool, from inside the house. 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 free-hanging shade flaps and bangs in any wind, and the Delta breeze that rolls in most evenings is plenty to set one off. Side tracks fix that — both edges of the fabric ride inside an aluminum channel, so the shade stays flat and quiet whether the afternoon's dead still or the evening breeze is up.
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 Sacramento summer doesn't let up. The valley sun comes in low and hard through the afternoon, the concrete and pavers soak up heat all day, and 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 be.
Solar shade fabric stops the sun before it lands on you — blocking the heat, the UV, and the glare while still letting the air move through. You can see out to the yard, 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 within a few minutes.
The fabric is warrantied for 20 years. Not 5, not 7 — twenty. Because it's designed to live outdoors in Sacramento 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 Central Valley sun, heat, and UV. 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 newer Sacramento-area neighborhoods — Natomas, the subdivisions out toward Roseville, Folsom, and Elk Grove — are two-story homes built close together, with windows looking down into the next yard. A darker shade fabric closes off the sightlines when you want privacy on the patio, without permanently blocking your view of the yard. 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 Sacramento patio. 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 Sacramento installation team | ✓ El Dorado Hills-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 Sacramento area — Roseville, Folsom, El Dorado Hills, Elk Grove, Rocklin, Granite Bay, and the surrounding communities. We measure every opening, show you 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 El Dorado Hills-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 the back patio and we finally use it in the afternoon instead of hiding inside with the AC. Drops the heat and the glare, and you can still see out to the yard. Motor's quiet and the side tracks hold up fine when the Delta breeze comes up. Crew was clean and on time."
"Went with a darker fabric for the west-facing patio and it knocked the afternoon heat way down. Still get the breeze through it in the evening. The app actually works and it looks great. Wish we'd done it sooner."
"Called, had someone out that week to measure, and the shades were installed not long after. Showed up on time and answered every time I called. If you want motorized patio shades around Sacramento, 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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Patio Shade & Motorized Patio Screen Installation — Areas We Serve
Sacramento · Roseville · Folsom · El Dorado Hills · Elk Grove · Rocklin · Granite Bay · Citrus Heights · Carmichael · Fair Oaks · Orangevale · Rancho Cordova · Cameron Park · Lincoln · Loomis · Auburn · West Sacramento · Natomas · Antelope · and the surrounding Sacramento area
