Commercial Shade Sails

We're Northern California's premier designer & construction contractor of custom, commercial shade sail structures.

Shade sails add architectural flair & block California sun.  They're the economical way to permanently cool big areas.  Their large clearspan capability minimizes columns, enhancing design flexibility & minimizing cost.  Shade sails don't have upper steel frames (unlike a shade canopy).

 (Pool Shade Sails Structure)                          

Don't let their good looks fool you.  They're commercial tough with steel cables in perimeter hems to keep them drum tight and prevent wind vibration.  Corners are reinforced with multiple fabric layers and strapping.  We use UV-resitant thread for all seams.  See shade sail specifications.

                (California Patio Shade Sails Structure)

Awnings & Tensile Structures

Commercial grade shade sails enable maximum design flexibility.  They can attach to buildings as awnings yet be considerably bigger than conventional awnings.  Or, they can have columns to be stand-alone, tensile shade structures.  Either way, these cable-tensioned fabrics can be any polygon shape (e.g. triangles, squares, rectangles, etc.).  There can be multiple sail fabrics of differing shapes and colors.  Sail shade fabrics can overlap.  

(Santa Clara Shade Sail Awning)                     

But the real "wow" happens with hyperbolic curves!  This is done by varying the heights of adjacent corners on fabrics with four or more sides, which warps the sail fabric into 3D.  This applies to both sail awnings and tensile shade structures.

See photos of sail awnings and tensile structures. 
 

                 (California Courtyard Tensile Structure)

Tensile structures & commercial shade sail awnings provide permanent shade protection for California institutions.  Regardless of implementation, these sun sails make beautiful sun blocks!

Customer satisfaction is assured because we provide single vendor accountability for all project phases including custom design, engineering, fabrication & construction.  Shade Comforts is the premier supplier & installer of custom shade sails for Northern California institutions.  See our shade sails design build projects. 

(Sail Shade Manufacturing Detail)