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Exterior shading and closures, done properly.
Shield & Shade takes on the products we know we can survey, install and look after ourselves — and we add to that range as we grow.
How we work.
Every job stays with the same team from start to finish. Whoever takes your enquiry knows the products, whoever surveys it knows what the installers need on the day, and they all speak to each other directly rather than through a sales desk.
We survey before we quote anything that matters. That means coming out, measuring properly, and looking at what the fixings are actually going into — render over blockwork, an insulated cavity, a timber-framed extension and a solid brick wall are four different problems, and the awning that suits one may not suit another.
If something is not going to work, we say so at survey rather than after installation. It costs us the odd job. It saves everyone the ones that go wrong.
What to expect from us.
- Your enquiry is answered by someone who knows the products, not read from a script. You will get a straight answer on what suits, what does not, and roughly what it costs.
- Surveys are carried out by our own installation team, so the measurements and fixing details are taken by people who understand what has to happen on the day.
- Aftercare stays with us. Servicing, replacement fabrics and repairs are handled in house rather than passed on once the job is signed off.
We install for private homeowners, and for architects, builders and landscapers working on projects where the shading needs to be specified properly rather than added at the end.
What we will not do
Quote without seeing it
We will give you an honest price range from photos and measurements, because that helps you decide whether to go further. We will not turn that into a fixed quotation until someone has stood in front of the wall.
Take a booking online
Surveys are arranged by phone, once we both understand what the job actually is. It avoids wasted visits and it means you speak to someone who knows the product before anyone gets in a van.
Sell you the bigger one
If a 3.5 metre projection does what you need, we will not talk you into 4.5. The wall usually decides this anyway, and we would rather fit the right thing than the dearest thing.
Tell us what you are trying to shade.
Send a few details and a photo or two. We will come back with realistic options and a price range, then arrange a survey by phone once we both know it is worth the visit.