ST. GEORGE
SOLAR SCREENS.

Exterior solar screens and interior shades for southern Utah — where stopping heat before it reaches the glass is the entire job.

Free St. George Quote Call 801-661-7000

St. George’s Authorized Roller Shade Dealer

STOP THE HEAT
AT THE GLASS.

St. George is the one market where the order of operations is not debatable. The cooling load on a west-facing window in Washington County is large enough that shading it from the inside is treating the symptom. An exterior solar screen stops around 90% of the solar heat outside the glass, roughly three times as effective as an interior shade on the same opening.

Peak Shades is an authorized dealer for Lutron, Draper, Hunter Douglas, Phantom Screens, Somfy and MechoShade, and has been installing in southern Utah since 2006. We quote the exterior and interior options side by side rather than selling whichever is easier to fit.

Where We Measure

ST. GEORGE AREAS WE SERVE.

St. George — Bloomington

Established homes, mature landscaping on the south side, so the untreated problem is almost always the west elevation.

St. George — Little Valley

Newer construction with large glazing and little shade. Fixed-frame exterior screens on the west and south, interior solar everywhere else.

Santa Clara

Red-rock exposure reflects heat and light back at the house as well as down on it. Lower openness, charcoal mesh.

Ivins

Open desert lots with no neighbouring shade at all. The strongest case for exterior screens in the region.

Hurricane

Growing subdivisions, repeated window sizes, which makes a whole-house screen package quick to quote and quick to fit.

Washington City

Mixed newer stock. Screens on the hot elevations, motorized interior rollers on the rest.

St. George-Specific

WHAT MAKES SHADING ST. GEORGE DIFFERENT.

01
Heat is the problem, not light
In most of Utah a shade is about glare. Here it is about the air conditioner. That changes the answer: an exterior screen removes heat at the glass, an interior shade only manages it once the glass is already warm.
02
Charcoal mesh is the standard for a reason
It holds the view better than lighter colours and hides dust, which in Washington County is not a small consideration.
03
Fixed, manual or motorized is a durability choice
A fixed-frame screen is the cheapest and the most durable and stays up year round. Manual and motorized retractables cost more and let you take the screen out of the picture in winter.
04
Reflected heat counts twice
Red rock, pale paving and light-coloured roofs all send heat back up into windows. A specification based only on compass direction misses that, which is why we look at what is in front of the glass as well as where it faces.

Pricing

HOW MUCH DO ROLLER SHADES
COST IN ST. GEORGE?

Priced per window. In southern Utah most quotes lead with the exterior screens and treat interior shades as the second layer, which is the opposite of how we quote the north.

MOTORIZED ROLLER

$700–$3K+

Per window, by size and system. Install is 1–2 days; service life 20+ years.

EXTERIOR SOLAR SCREEN

$400–$2K+

Per window, fixed frame through motorized retractable. Usually a one-day install, 15–20 year life.

WHAT MOVES THE NUMBER

4 things

Window size, fabric, motor system, and whether power already reaches the window. We quote the options side by side.

Ranges cover measurement, fabric, hardware, install and programming. Electrical work for hardwired systems, and any HOA or design-review submittal, are quoted separately.

St. George Shade FAQ

ST. GEORGE SHADE QUESTIONS.

Exterior screens or interior shades?

Exterior, wherever the building and the HOA allow it. Stopping heat outside the glass is about three times more effective at reducing the cooling load than any interior product on the same window.

Will a screen ruin the view?

Less than people expect. Charcoal mesh preserves the view outward during the day and is far less visible from inside than from out. We bring a sample and hold it up before you decide.

Fixed or retractable?

Fixed frame is the best value and the most durable, and it is the right answer on a window you want shaded every month of the year. Retractable makes sense where winter sun is actually welcome.

How long do screens last here?

Fifteen to twenty years. The desert is hard on everything, so mesh quality and frame gauge are where the money should go.

Can I do interior shades as well?

Yes, and on west rooms many people do both — the screen handles heat, the interior roller handles evening glare and privacy.

Do you come down from Ogden for one window?

We schedule southern Utah work in blocks, so a single window gets fitted into a trip rather than quoted as one. Tell us the timing you need and we will tell you the next block.

ST. GEORGESOLAR SCREENS.

STOP THE HEATAT THE GLASS.