What can I put on my porch to block the wind and sun

B J
by B J
It's an open porch, and I would like protection from the weather

  4 answers
  • Dana Booten Dana Booten on Jan 10, 2018

    we got bamboo curtains that roll up and down.

  • Julanne Sharrow Julanne Sharrow on Jan 10, 2018

    I have seen heavy duty clear plastic and I have seen canvas awnings, hitched down top and bottom so it doesn't blow.

  • Shoshana Shoshana on Jan 11, 2018

    Get some shade cloth, 1/2 inch PVC pipe and two copper pipe straps. (Lowes sells most of that) First, stitch a hem in the sides of the shade cloth and in the top and bottom of the shade cloth, big enough to slide the PVC through. Then, cut the PVC about 2 inches longer than the width of the hemmed shade. Hang the shade cloth on the PVC, and then put another piece of PVC through the bottom hem so that it won't flap in the wind. You could also use something much thinner for the bottom, like a small wood dowel. After the shade cloth is on the PVC curtainrod, mount it to the patio roof with the pipe straps.