Custom Design Shade Sails - High Quality Shade Sails - Professional Installation

Our Shade Sails are made of the highest quality materials, and can be customized to suit all your needs. Fabricated from premium cloth that provides 96% UV protection, our shade sails can create the perfect shade.

Made to measure, our Shade Sails can be formatted for any outdoor arena such as school yards, child care centers, community centers, outdoor sporting venues or any commercial application that needs sun shade.

It's also great for backyard patios or car port. There is no limit to the size and types of structures that Shade Sails can create providing a beautiful and safe coverage.

Available in a wide range of colors, styles and shapes, each sun shade is custom made for the area that will be covered. Typically supplied in shape of squares or triangles.

Shade Sails can add a modern style to any area, and can be completly customized.

Custom Shade Sails are made in our workshop; we use the highest quality materials and advanced computer software to design and manufacture all shade sails.

Shade sails can provide the perfect coverage to any area. Contact us today to find out what So-Cal Shade Sails can do for you.

Shade Sails are made to fit very accurately to their attachment points. Therefore it is important to follow these instructions:

1. Plan your installation. Check with your local building Dept. Many installations require a building permit. We are not responsible for obtaining permits or for engineering your installation.
2. To Help you visualize the Sails, you can use string stretched between your planned attachment points. Remember the sail do not have straight lines at the edges, they are constructed with a gentle curve that deflects about 10% over the length of each edge. We have found the best looking installations have bold changes in height from one corner to the next, and that overlapping sails or multiple sails give a more interesting look.
3. The attachment points should be installed first. Then the sails are made to fit. Therefore, install your posts with eye bolts, plates, eyes or straps to the house, tree or whatever you have chosen to support them. Remember, there can be substantial wind loads. (from 5.5 to 15 lbs. per square foot of sail). The sails have stainless wire around their perimeters and can handle high wind loading. These loads are divided between the corners, but it is important that where they attach to be adequate.
   For our posts, we usually start with 4" schedule 40 steel pipe (galvanized) or temporary power poles (treated) that are 6" or larger for our posts. They are usually embedded in a concrete footing, 3 ft. to 6 ft. deep and 1 ft. to 1.5 ft. in diameter. As the sails get larger or higher then the post size should be larger. Corners of buildings are excellent attachment points and we have designed a special corner clip for that application (see order form). Also, it is often possible to connect to remote structures with wire spanning the distance.
4. The sails have a stainless steel ring at each corner that must be attached to your attachment point. This can be done in a variety of ways; the best method for the "do it yourselfer" is to rope them on with a length of low stretch Dacron rope. This gives a lot of adjustability and is very strong and inexpensive. For a more high tech look you can use stainless steel "D" shackles and turnbuckles.
5. Measure accurately from the outer edge of the eye of one attachment point to the next. On four sided sails we need diagonal measurements as well. Also, indicate the highest corner (if there is one) with an H.
6. The hems can be on top (up) or on the bottom (down). Indicate your preference (usually down).
7. Choose a color. All our fabrics have an ASTM Class 1 fire rating. (See all Shade Sails Colors) Other fire ratings such as NFPA and California Fire Marshal ratings are available in limited colors and at an increased price.
8. To calculate the cost of the sail, add the perimeter dimensions together and divide the total inches by 12.

   Commercial Customs = ($25.00 per linear foot). Then add $50 for each corner.
   (Prices subject to change without notice. Please call us first.)
   (Sails with perimeters larger than 85' add 10%)

   "Ready Made Construction Customs" = ($22.00 per linear foot). Then add $45 for each corner.
   (Prices subject to change without notice)
   (The "Ready Made" constructed custom must be limited to 325 square feet)

9. You will need various hardware to attach the sails, since we compensate the measurements to include the size of the hardware, it is essential to use our marine grade stainless hardware as we are familiar with their sizes and the parts are all compatible. In any case, we need to know how you intend to attach the sails so that we can adjust the dimensions accordingly. If you do not use our hardware then we will not guarantee the fit. See all shade sails hardware.

Custom Shade Sails take about a month to complete.