How Outdoor Blinds Can Reduce Heat This Summer

Summers in Australia can be extremely hot, and many homeowners struggle to overcome excessive heat. You might use AC units, or install a swimming pool in your yard, but you may still find it hard to keep cool.

One solution promoted by Cool Outdoor Living is to make use of outdoor blinds in your Sunshine Coast property. These can be the best tools you need this year to keep yourself and your home cool.

Providing extra shade

One of the reasons that you will be able to keep cool with outdoor blinds is that they will provide you with extra shade, both for yourself and your family, and for your home. Harsh sun rays falling on outdoor living areas, or onto patios and barbecue pits can intensify the heat that you feel, so you need to make sure that you can get plenty of shade into your seating spaces. Shades are perfect for this.

Prevents trapped heat

Sunlight will also heat up spaces inside your house, putting extra heat into the room which then has no-where to go, known as solar gain. You may notice an immediate difference between the cool evening of the outside and the intense heat of the inside, and even if you use tinted windows to deflect some of the heat, you could still make use of shading canvas from Cool Outdoor Living.

Use darker shades

Another way to make the most use of outdoor shades is to add exterior blinds which have a darker colour on one side, with white on the other. Black and dark colours tend to absorb light, while white will reflect it back. Using lighter colours on the outside will help to prevent absorption of heat, while the darker interior colours will help to expel hot air from the inside.

Use opaque fabrics

You are trying to cut down on the amount of sunlight which comes into your home or outdoor living space, and using opaque fabrics makes it harder for heat to penetrate beneath the shade. This will help to keep you cool during the hot summer months.

Choose the best shades with us

When you are looking for outdoor blinds for your Sunshine Coast property, you can call on Cool Outdoor Living. We can help you with a range of designs to suit your yard, so reach out to us today. You can contact us online, or call the team on 1300-655-310 now.

Learn more about outdoor blinds and other shade options in our previous blog, Get Summer Ready With Shade Sails.