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Cape Cod

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CAPE COD

The Power of Beauty

Product Description

Cape Cod has been designed to satisfy the most sophisticated awning demand for classical lateral arm features and advanced technology combined. Its result is a compact cassette protecting its fabric when retracted and a slick, glossy, and elegant frame extending a few inches from the wall without winter storage.

Available in three standard classy color finishes, white, cream, and brown, or in any color on demand, Cape Cod dresses perfectly with the selection of any colorful fabric and offers an elegant, discrete design to enhance the beauty of any house.

Ideal to protect its fabric when retracted, Cape Cod seals within its glossy and elegant shell, leaving an attractive, sleek frame a few inches from the wall.

When fully open, Cape Cod extends its shade to any outdoor area on command and protects you and your family from the direct effects of UV sun rays.

Cape Cod can be identified among those retractable awnings generally labeled as “cassette awnings.” Its primary function is to offer extra protection to its fabric when completely retracted and provide extra winter storage during the off-season.

To avoid discontinuity in its frame, Cape Cod’s box element is created like a shell by sealing two halves to each other, a top and a bottom, up to a maximum continuous length of 23’, while its 13’ maximum arm projection is today the largest available on the market in its retractable awning category.

Product Features

  • Durable

    Engineered to satisfy the most stringent mechanical requirements, its arms are tested to last twice the expected life span commonly referred to by the industry, and its stainless steel cables are protected with a UV-resistant coating to increase their endurance.

  • Beautiful

    Cape Cod’s slick design has been perceived to enhance the value of any home. With the wide variety of colors offered today by hundreds of vivid fabrics, Antigua has a look for you.

  • Elegant

    The modern and essential look of Cape Cod’s box is meant to offer a contemporary response to today’s sophisticated market expectations. By blending with the modern yet elegant design of many of today’s graceful outdoor settings, it is easy to appreciate the ambiance created by Cape Cod’s generous size and uncommon strength.

  • Dependable

    Built only with the finest materials and finished with electrostatic powder coating epoxy paint, Cape Cod assures the most durable yet elegant awning product by resisting chipping, cracking, and fading. Like all Alutex awnings, Cape Cod is covered by a ten-year warranty.

Product Highlights

Cape Cod’s elegant design blends with any siding enhancing the outdoor space of your house.

Cape Cod is supplied with stainless steel hardware to guaranty the best performance of its parts even under the most stringent weather conditions.

The high quality electrostatic coating of all its parts are among the features that make Cape Cod an excellent shading system for any outdoor leaving space.

Cape Cod’s “cassette” design offers an encased solution to protect its fully retracted fabric and provides the perfect self-storage opportunity during off-season.

Like all the other Alutex lateral arm systems, Cape Cod offers the same versatility either for siding, soffit or roof installation.

With the use of extra heavy-duty arms, Cape Cod is today the cassette awning with the largest projection in its class able to reach out up to 14’.

Technical Specifications

Width Range 7’ to 23’ (1/4” increment)
Projection Range 4’3”,5’4”,6’1”,8’7”,10’2”,12’,13”, 14”
Side dimension w/Hood N/A
Side size w/out Hood 9” H x 9” W
Hood N/A
Hood Shape N/A
Opening Control

Manual Gear or Motorized
Installation Option

Wall, Soffit, Roof Mounted
Bracket Size 5 1/2” H x 2 3/8” W x 4 3/4”
Standard Pitch Control

Bolt Lock System
Crank Pitch Control

Optional
Drop Down Valance

Optional
Fabric Options

Over 300 acrylic patterns
Leg Kit

Optional
Standard Frame Color

White, Brown, Cream
Custom Frame Color

Any (on request)
Frame Warranty

10 Years

Product Options

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Fabrics

Alutex selects only the finest fabric on the market. Please visit the following links and follow the instructions referring to their awning fabric collection:

SUNBRELLA

SATTLER

TEMPOTEST

Front Valance

Straight

Low Scallops

High Scallops

Waves

Greek

Russian Key

Adjustable Valance

Alutex’s “Drop-down valance” is a front valance system designed to offer adjustable front sun protection on demand with virtually any Alutex retractable lateral arm awning.

This secondary valance is positioned behind the regular valance inside a unique front cassette designed to replace the regular aw- ning front bar. It can be rolled up or down by simply operating a small gear installed at one end of the cassette.

Alutex’s “Drop-down Valance” comes in 4’ height and a maximum 24’ width. It can be made with the same fabric as the awning for color coordination or with a black, cream, gray, or brown sunscreen mesh.

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Rain and Wind Stabilizers Legs Kit

With this exclusive front-leg system, Alutex offers an outstanding response to wind and rain loads on virtually all its lateral arm models (not available with Nova).

Hardware-free, these stabilizers are designed with both ends reversible for error-proof installation.
Their top and bottom joints are designed to give in toward the closing direction of the awning, preserving flexibility while neutralizing wind and rain loads.

Warning: Legs must be removed before closing awnings.

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Roof Bracket

Roof installation is recommended where insufficient clearance or swing opening doors, drain or gatters happen to be in the way of regular wall installation. One roof bracket for each regular bracket is required.

Each roof bracket is designed to provide an adjustable hinge system able to replicate a virtual wall position along the roof. All Alutex’s roof brackets are offered in the same color of the selected awning frame.

Electricals

The advanced technology today available to every field of our modern life has developed sophisticated solutions also for the control of the awning and shading systems. All Alutex products are powered by Somfy, the most advanced manufacturer of tubular motors and electrical accessories on the market today. Somfy holds over 450 active patents and constantly develops new products and technologies that reshape the industry, bringing new levels of convenience, comfort, security, and energy savings to end users. Here is a quick, easy overview of some features available with our products. For more thorough information on our selection, please refer to somfysystems.com.

Product Highlights 

When we refer to how to motorize an Alutex product, customers can select between two major solutions, with or without override crank service:

  • Without override service

  • With override service able to provide manual control in case of blackout

  • The Eolis 3D WireFreeTM RTS Wind Sensor is a wireless, battery powered wind sensor that will automatically retract an awning based on wind generated movements even when you are away. Battery powered, has an indicator to alert you when the battery needs to be replaced.

  • Ondeis is a solar-powered combined rain and sun sensor compatible with Radio Technology Somfy® motorized exterior products, including awnings, and screens. The Sensor is completely wireless and uses optical rain-sensing technology to measure rainfall and sends an RTS command when rainfall exceeds the user-selected threshold. The Sensor also utilizes a sun- level sensor that sends an RTS command when sunlight exceeds the user-selected threshold.

With specific reference to their way to be connected to the power source, both motors can be selected as:

  • Standard Power Solution (hard-wired and controlled by a classical wall switch)

  • RTS Solution (with plug wire and controlled by a remote transmitter)

  • The Smoover RTS surface mounted wall switch avoids cutting into drywall. This single channel, battery-operated solution is easy to install and does not require an electrician. Available with 7 decorative color frames , users can easily complement any decor.

  • The myLink app by Somfy puts you in control, so that you can operate your motorized solutions whether you are home or not. At work and realized you forgot to close your shades for the day? Not a problem. With a simple tap of myLink app you can close all your shades.

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Madera Giant Retractable Awning

Madera Giant

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MADERA GIANT

Beyond the limit

Product Description

It has been Alutex’s distinctive feature to offer the most innovative and challenging solutions for the retractable awning market year after year.

Giant is, by its name, the most oversized lateral arm retractable awning today on the American market. With its 20’ possible projection, it will probably remain as such for many years.

Designed to address the most demanding feature market beyond the limit, Giant wants to set the new frontier of retractable shade limits. Although special structural requirements are necessary for this outstanding product, its design can maintain the same elegance typical of the products made to last.

Madera Giant is a double square bar lateral arm extra heavy-duty offering the same versatility as any classical retractable lateral arm awning. With its superior structural strength and projections up to 20’ (the largest today on the market), Giant is installed with two brackets per arm (13” high) and an extra center bracket to maintain the alignment of its two back square bars.

Although minor projections (15’ and 16’) can be installed on regular sidings using the appropriate installation board, reinforced concrete and cinder block siding are highly advised for more giant projections.

Thanks to its impressive strength, Giant’s front clearance can be minimal even with its most enormous projections (i.e., 2’ on 20’).

The giant aluminum frame is offered in a white powder-coated finish, stainless steel hardware, and chained elbows. Custom color frames are available upon request.

CAUTIONARY AND IMPORTANT OPERATING INFORMATION: Retractable Awnings contain strong springs under tension. Retractable awnings are specifically designed to be retracted under inclement weather conditions and be used primarily for sun protection. They are not designed to withstand high winds, heavy rain or snow. During those times, awnings must be fully retracted to prevent damages not covered by warranty.

Product Features

  • Durable

    Engineered to satisfy the most stringent mechanical requirements, its arms are tested to last twice the expected life span commonly referred to by the industry, and its stainless steel cables are protected with a UV-resistant coating to increase their endurance.

  • Beautiful

    Madera Giant’s sleek design has been achieved to enhance the value of your home. With the wide variety of colors offered today by hundreds of vivid fabrics, the finish of its parts, its compact look when retracted, and the flexuosity of its arms when fully extended, Madera Giant has the look you want.

  • Elegant

    They say elegance is to stand inconspicuously. So, the discrete design of Madera Giant is meant to blend with the siding of your house while extending your presence to your immediate outdoors, lending graceful ambiance to any setting. You will appreciate Madera Giant’s generous size and uncommon strength.

  • Dependable

    Built only with the finest materials, Madera Giant frames are finished with electrostatic powder-coated epoxy paint on all its parts to ensure the most durable yet elegant finish against chipping, cracking, and fading. Like all Alutex products, Madera Giant is covered by a ten-year warranty.

Product Highlights

Each Giant arm is connected to the front bar of the awning with a joint to provide a more perfect and smooth rotation of the arm around its front pin.

Because of the high tension of its arms, Giant is supplied with a cradle center support to maintain the perfect fabric alignment along the rolling tube.

Every Giant is provided with 5 installation brackets, 2 for each arm and one to be installed in the center of the awning.

When completely retracted, Giant still withdraws elegantly within few inches from the wall like any other classical lateral arm system.

Every Giant elbow arm is supplied with a stainless steel chain able to control the extremely powerful tension of its springs.

Giant’s front bar has been perceived to offer an extra strong stabilizer against high winds without compromising its elegant look.

Technical Specifications

Width Range 18′ to 40′ (1/4” increment)
Projection Range 15′, 16′, 17′, 18′, 19′ 20′
Side dimension w/Hood 13″ H x 12″ W
Side size w/out Hood 13″ H x 12″ W
Hood

Optional
Hood Shape 11′ Round
Opening Control Motorized (Gear is not divided)
Installation Option

Wall, Soffit, Roof Mounted
Bracket Size 13″ H x 6″ W x 1 1/2″D
Standard Pitch Control

Bolt Lock System
Drop Down Valance

Optional
Pitch Control

Optional
Fabric Options

Over 300 acrylic patterns
Leg Kit

Optional
Standard Frame Color

White
Custom Frame Color

Any (on request)
Frame Warranty

10 Years

Product Options

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Fabrics

Alutex selects only the finest fabric on the market. Please visit the following links and follow the instructions referring to their awning fabric collection:

SUNBRELLA

SATTLER

TEMPOTEST

Hood & Sides

All Alutex awnings are offered with optional hood and hood ends. A hood is an optional aluminum roof for the awning to protect it from snow and rain when fully retracted. Optional hood ends are also available to complete the protective design provided with the hood.

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Front Valance

Straight

Low Scallops

High Scallops

Waves

Greek

Russian Key

Adjustable Valance

Alutex’s “Drop-down valance” is a front valance system designed to offer adjustable front sun protection on demand with virtually any Alutex retractable lateral arm awning.

This secondary valance is positioned behind the regular valance inside a unique front cassette designed to replace the regular aw- ning front bar. It can be rolled up or down by simply operating a small gear installed at one end of the cassette.

Alutex’s “Drop-down Valance” comes in 4’ height and a maximum 24’ width. It can be made with the same fabric as the awning for color coordination or with a black, cream, gray, or brown sunscreen mesh.

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Rain and Wind Stabilizers Legs Kit

With this exclusive front-leg system, Alutex offers an outstanding response to wind and rain loads on virtually all its lateral arm models (not available with Nova).

Hardware-free, these stabilizers are designed with both ends reversible for error-proof installation.
Their top and bottom joints are designed to give in toward the closing direction of the awning, preserving flexibility while neutralizing wind and rain loads.

Warning: Legs must be removed before closing awnings.

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Roof Bracket

Roof installation is recommended where insufficient clearance or swing opening doors, drain or gatters happen to be in the way of regular wall installation. One roof bracket for each regular bracket is required.

Each roof bracket is designed to provide an adjustable hinge system able to replicate a virtual wall position along the roof. All Alutex’s roof brackets are offered in the same color of the selected awning frame.

Electricals

The advanced technology today available to every field of our modern life has developed sophisticated solutions also for the control of the awning and shading systems. All Alutex products are powered by Somfy, the most advanced manufacturer of tubular motors and electrical accessories on the market today. Somfy holds over 450 active patents and constantly develops new products and technologies that reshape the industry, bringing new levels of convenience, comfort, security, and energy savings to end users. Here is a quick, easy overview of some features available with our products. For more thorough information on our selection, please refer to somfysystems.com.

Product Highlights 

When we refer to how to motorize an Alutex product, customers can select between two major solutions, with or without override crank service:

  • Without override service

  • With override service able to provide manual control in case of blackout

  • The Eolis 3D WireFreeTM RTS Wind Sensor is a wireless, battery powered wind sensor that will automatically retract an awning based on wind generated movements even when you are away. Battery powered, has an indicator to alert you when the battery needs to be replaced.

  • Ondeis is a solar-powered combined rain and sun sensor compatible with Radio Technology Somfy® motorized exterior products, including awnings, and screens. The Sensor is completely wireless and uses optical rain-sensing technology to measure rainfall and sends an RTS command when rainfall exceeds the user-selected threshold. The Sensor also utilizes a sun- level sensor that sends an RTS command when sunlight exceeds the user-selected threshold.

With specific reference to their way to be connected to the power source, both motors can be selected as:

  • Standard Power Solution (hard-wired and controlled by a classical wall switch)

  • RTS Solution (with plug wire and controlled by a remote transmitter)

  • The Smoover RTS surface mounted wall switch avoids cutting into drywall. This single channel, battery-operated solution is easy to install and does not require an electrician. Available with 7 decorative color frames , users can easily complement any decor.

  • The myLink app by Somfy puts you in control, so that you can operate your motorized solutions whether you are home or not. At work and realized you forgot to close your shades for the day? Not a problem. With a simple tap of myLink app you can close all your shades.

Sattler Fabrics Design Selector

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Madera Commercial

Written by admin on . Posted in Lateral Arm Awnings.

MADERA COMMERCIAL

Heavy-duty with flair

Product Description

Designed to offer an extra strong solution to commercial applications in public areas such as outdoor restaurants, cafes, and general locations, Madera Commercial can reach up to 14’ in projection with its extra heavy-duty arms without compromising its elegant design, and yet be perfectly suitable for residential use.

Because of Madera Commercial extra heavy-duty features its arms are designed to provide above standard inertia and its elbows are supplied with stainless steel tension chains able to respond to a spring load of up to 600lb. All its hardware is stainless steel as well, and the all frame is protected by an Alutex 10 year warranty.

Madera Commercial’s standard arm projections are 10’, 12’, 13’, and 14’ and its frames are available in white, brown or cream powder coated finish standard colors and can be manually or electrically controlled.

Product Features

  • Durable

    Engineered to satisfy the most stringent mechanical requirements, its arms are tested to last twice the expected life span commonly referred to by the industry, and its stainless steel cables are protected with a UV-resistant coating to increase their endurance.

  • Beautiful

    Madera Commercial’s sleek design has been achieved to enhance the value of your building or storefront. With the wide variety of colors offered today by hundreds of vivid fabrics, the finish of its parts, its compact look when retracted, and the flexuosity of its arms when fully extended, Madera has a look you want

  • Elegant

    They say elegance is to stand inconspicuously. So, the discrete design of Madera Commercial is meant to blend with the siding of your commercial building while extending your presence to your immediate outdoors, lending graceful ambiance to any setting. You will appreciate Madera’s Commercial generous size and uncommon strength.

  • Dependable

    Built only with the finest materials, Madera Commercial frames are finished with electrostatic powder-coated epoxy paint on all its parts to ensure the most durable yet elegant finish against chipping, cracking, and fading. Like all Alutex products, Madera is covered by a ten-year warranty.

Product Highlights

Madera Commercial front element is designed to offer higher inertia to contrast the most demanding flexion and deformation without compromising elegance.

Built only with the finest materials, Madera employs electrostatic powder coated epoxy paint on all of its casting, brackets and joints to secure the most durable and yet elegant finish against chipping and cracking.

Madera commercial arms are freely connected to the front bar by a joint element that offers an extra smooth rotation to the front pin of the arms during the opening and closing of the awning.

The heavy-duty brackets of Madera Commercial, with its high-gauge steel back tube epoxy finished and the extra aluminum gauge of its arms, are the three main structural elements of this extra highly robust awning.

With 30% extra dimension, exclusive self-locking elbows when fully extended, and oversized encapsulated springs, Madera Commercial arms provide extra strength while still responding to the most stringent mechanical requirements.

An optional heavy-duty hood is available to complete the overall look of the awning and to offer an extra protection to Madera Commercial when fully retracted along the wall.

Technical Specifications

Width Range 12’6” to 45’ (1/8” increment)
Projection Range 10’2”, 12’, 13’, 14’
Side dimension w/Hood 14’ H x 11-1/2” W
Side size w/out Hood 13” H x 9” W
Hood Optional
Hood Shape 11-1/2” Round
Opening Control

Manual Gear or Motorized
Installation Option

Wall, Soffit, Roof Mounted
Bracket Size

8 1/2” H x 2 3/8” W x 4 3/4” L
Standard Pitch Control

Bolt Lock System
Crank Pitch Control N/A
Drop Down Valance

Optional
Fabric Options

Over 300 acrylic patterns
Leg Kit

Optional
Standard Frame Color

White, Brown, Cream
Custom Frame Color

Any (on request)
Frame Warranty

10 Years

Product Options

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Product Options

Fabrics

Alutex selects only the finest fabric on the market. Please visit the following links and follow the instructions referring to their awning fabric collection:

SUNBRELLA

SATTLER

TEMPOTEST

Hood & Sides

All Alutex awnings are offered with optional hood and hood ends. A hood is an optional aluminum roof for the awning to protect it from snow and rain when fully retracted. Optional hood ends are also available to complete the protective design provided with the hood.

  • covers

  • covers1

  • sides

  • sides1

Front Valance

Straight

Low Scallops

High Scallops

Waves

Greek

Russian Key

Adjustable Valance

Alutex’s “Drop-down valance” is a front valance system designed to offer adjustable front sun protection on demand with virtually any Alutex retractable lateral arm awning.

This secondary valance is positioned behind the regular valance inside a unique front cassette designed to replace the regular aw- ning front bar. It can be rolled up or down by simply operating a small gear installed at one end of the cassette.

Alutex’s “Drop-down Valance” comes in 4’ height and a maximum 24’ width. It can be made with the same fabric as the awning for color coordination or with a black, cream, gray, or brown sunscreen mesh.

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Rain and Wind Stabilizers Legs Kit

With this exclusive front-leg system, Alutex offers an outstanding response to wind and rain loads on virtually all its lateral arm models (not available with Nova).

Hardware-free, these stabilizers are designed with both ends reversible for error-proof installation.
Their top and bottom joints are designed to give in toward the closing direction of the awning, preserving flexibility while neutralizing wind and rain loads.

Warning: Legs must be removed before closing awnings.

  • 1

  • 2

  • 3

  • 4

Roof Bracket

Roof installation is recommended where insufficient clearance or swing opening doors, drain or gatters happen to be in the way of regular wall installation. One roof bracket for each regular bracket is required.

Each roof bracket is designed to provide an adjustable hinge system able to replicate a virtual wall position along the roof. All Alutex’s roof brackets are offered in the same color of the selected awning frame.

Electricals

The advanced technology today available to every field of our modern life has developed sophisticated solutions also for the control of the awning and shading systems. All Alutex products are powered by Somfy, the most advanced manufacturer of tubular motors and electrical accessories on the market today. Somfy holds over 450 active patents and constantly develops new products and technologies that reshape the industry, bringing new levels of convenience, comfort, security, and energy savings to end users. Here is a quick, easy overview of some features available with our products. For more thorough information on our selection, please refer to somfysystems.com.

Product Highlights 

When we refer to how to motorize an Alutex product, customers can select between two major solutions, with or without override crank service:

  • Without override service

  • With override service able to provide manual control in case of blackout

  • The Eolis 3D WireFreeTM RTS Wind Sensor is a wireless, battery powered wind sensor that will automatically retract an awning based on wind generated movements even when you are away. Battery powered, has an indicator to alert you when the battery needs to be replaced.

  • Ondeis is a solar-powered combined rain and sun sensor compatible with Radio Technology Somfy® motorized exterior products, including awnings, and screens. The Sensor is completely wireless and uses optical rain-sensing technology to measure rainfall and sends an RTS command when rainfall exceeds the user-selected threshold. The Sensor also utilizes a sun- level sensor that sends an RTS command when sunlight exceeds the user-selected threshold.

With specific reference to their way to be connected to the power source, both motors can be selected as:

  • Standard Power Solution (hard-wired and controlled by a classical wall switch)

  • RTS Solution (with plug wire and controlled by a remote transmitter)

  • The Smoover RTS surface mounted wall switch avoids cutting into drywall. This single channel, battery-operated solution is easy to install and does not require an electrician. Available with 7 decorative color frames , users can easily complement any decor.

  • The myLink app by Somfy puts you in control, so that you can operate your motorized solutions whether you are home or not. At work and realized you forgot to close your shades for the day? Not a problem. With a simple tap of myLink app you can close all your shades.

Sattler Fabrics Design Selector

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Madera

Written by admin on . Posted in Lateral Arm Awnings.

MADERA

European style with a flair

Product Description

Madera is an elegant retractable awning, designed to provide shade at your command. It opens and closes simply extending and retracting its arms, either by a hand crank, an electrical motor, or by sophisticated electronic devices promptly responding to the sun and/or the wind.

When totally retracted, Madera discreetly rests within a few inches from the wall, eliminating any need for winter storage. When extended, either partially or totally, Madera displays the beauty of its fabric. Hundreds of vivid patterns, specially designed to dress up your home.

Product Features

  • Durable

    Engineered to satisfy the most stringent mechanical requirements, its arms are tested to last twice the expected life span commonly referred to by the industry, and its stainless steel cables are protected with a UV-resistant coating to increase their endurance.

  • Beautiful

    Madera’s sleek design has been achieved to enhance the value of your home. With the wide variety of colors offered today by hundreds of vivid fabrics, the finish of its parts, its compact look when retracted, and the flexuosity of its arms when fully extended, Madera has the look you want.

  • Elegant

    They say elegance is to stand inconspicuously. So, the discrete design of Madera is meant to blend with the siding of your house while extending your presence to your immediate outdoors, lending graceful ambiance to any setting. You will appreciate Madera’s generous size and uncommon strength.

  • Dependable

    Built only with the finest materials, Madera frames are finished with electrostatic powder-coated epoxy paint on all its parts to ensure the most durable yet elegant finish against chipping, cracking, and fading. Like all Alutex products, Madera is covered by a ten-year warranty.

Product Highlights

Madera’s front bar is designed with a lower element to increase its inertia to the most demanding flection deformation.

Madera’s pitch adjustment carries a lifetime warranty and responds to arm projections up to 13’.

Built only with the finest materials, Madera employs electrostatic powder coated epoxy paint on all of its casting, brackets and joints to secure the most durable and yet elegant finishes against chipping and cracking.

Where others have caved in to the use of deformable aluminum for the back structural bar, Alutex employs high gauge galvanized steel further protected by a film of epoxy finish.

Engineered to satisfy the most stringent mechanical requirements. Madera’s arms are tested to last twice the expected life span commonly referred to by the industry The exclusive design of their self-locking elbows provides excellent tension to the fabric.

The tension of Madera’s arms is maintained through double stainless steel cables shielded by UV resistant coating for even higher protection.

Technical Specifications

Width Range

10’ to 50’ (1/8” increment)
Projection Range

5’4” to 13’
Side dimension w/Hood

11” H x 11” W
Side size w/out Hood

10” H x 9” W
Hood

Optional
Hood Shape

Round
Opening Control

Manual Gear or Motorized
Installation Option

Wall, Soffit, Roof Mounted
Bracket Size

8 1/2” H x 2 3/8” W x 4 3/4” L
Standard Pitch Control

Bolt Lock System
Crank Pitch Control

Optional
Drop Down Valance

Optional
Fabric Options

Over 300 acrylic patterns
Leg Kit

Optional
Standard Frame Color

White, Brown, Cream, Gray, Black
Custom Frame Color

Any (on request)
Frame Warranty

10 Years

Product Options

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Fabrics

Alutex selects only the finest fabric on the market. Please visit the following links and follow the instructions referring to their awning fabric collection:

SUNBRELLA

SATTLER

TEMPOTEST

Hood & Sides

All Alutex awnings are offered with optional hood and hood ends. A hood is an optional aluminum roof for the awning to protect it from snow and rain when fully retracted. Optional hood ends are also available to complete the protective design provided with the hood.

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Front Valance

Straight

Low Scallops

High Scallops

Waves

Greek

Russian Key

Adjustable Valance

Alutex’s “Drop-down valance” is a front valance system designed to offer adjustable front sun protection on demand with virtually any Alutex retractable lateral arm awning.

This secondary valance is positioned behind the regular valance inside a unique front cassette designed to replace the regular aw- ning front bar. It can be rolled up or down by simply operating a small gear installed at one end of the cassette.

Alutex’s “Drop-down Valance” comes in 4’ height and a maximum 24’ width. It can be made with the same fabric as the awning for color coordination or with a black, cream, gray, or brown sunscreen mesh.

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Pitch Control

A pitch control system is available with most Alutex lateral arms. This system allows the product users to control the pitch of each arm at their leisure and at any time with the simple operation of the supplied awning crank. This optional feature offers the possibility to low the arms on command and shade the sun light when the sun is low, or to lift the arms back in their original position when the sun is high in the sky.

Roof Bracket

Roof installation is recommended where insufficient clearance or swing opening doors, drain or gatters happen to be in the way of regular wall installation. One roof bracket for each regular bracket is required.

Each roof bracket is designed to provide an adjustable hinge system able to replicate a virtual wall position along the roof. All Alutex’s roof brackets are offered in the same color of the selected awning frame.

Rain and Wind Stabilizers Legs Kit

With this exclusive front-leg system, Alutex offers an outstanding response to wind and rain loads on virtually all its lateral arm models (not available with Nova).

Hardware-free, these stabilizers are designed with both ends reversible for error-proof installation.
Their top and bottom joints are designed to give in toward the closing direction of the awning, preserving flexibility while neutralizing wind and rain loads.

Warning: Legs must be removed before closing awnings.

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Electricals

The advanced technology today available to every field of our modern life has developed sophisticated solutions also for the control of the awning and shading systems. All Alutex products are powered by Somfy, the most advanced manufacturer of tubular motors and electrical accessories on the market today. Somfy holds over 450 active patents and constantly develops new products and technologies that reshape the industry, bringing new levels of convenience, comfort, security, and energy savings to end users. Here is a quick, easy overview of some features available with our products. For more thorough information on our selection, please refer to somfysystems.com.

Product Highlights 

When we refer to how to motorize an Alutex product, customers can select between two major solutions, with or without override crank service:

  • Without override service

  • With override service able to provide manual control in case of blackout

  • The Eolis 3D WireFreeTM RTS Wind Sensor is a wireless, battery powered wind sensor that will automatically retract an awning based on wind generated movements even when you are away. Battery powered, has an indicator to alert you when the battery needs to be replaced.

  • Ondeis is a solar-powered combined rain and sun sensor compatible with Radio Technology Somfy® motorized exterior products, including awnings, and screens. The Sensor is completely wireless and uses optical rain-sensing technology to measure rainfall and sends an RTS command when rainfall exceeds the user-selected threshold. The Sensor also utilizes a sun- level sensor that sends an RTS command when sunlight exceeds the user-selected threshold.

With specific reference to their way to be connected to the power source, both motors can be selected as:

  • Standard Power Solution (hard-wired and controlled by a classical wall switch)

  • RTS Solution (with plug wire and controlled by a remote transmitter)

  • The Smoover RTS surface mounted wall switch avoids cutting into drywall. This single channel, battery-operated solution is easy to install and does not require an electrician. Available with 7 decorative color frames , users can easily complement any decor.

  • The myLink app by Somfy puts you in control, so that you can operate your motorized solutions whether you are home or not. At work and realized you forgot to close your shades for the day? Not a problem. With a simple tap of myLink app you can close all your shades.

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Zip-Roll

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ZIP-ROLL

Outdoor living

All Patio Systems & Pergolas

Product Description

Zip-Roll by Alutex is a cassette with a roll-up curtain designed to provide wind and rain protection of vertical openings in pergolas, patios, verandas and windows in general.

The side edges of the curtain are finished with a zipper sliding along a vertical channel inserted into side rails. While the channel allows the vertical mobility of the curtain, the zipper guarantees retention along the side rails providing a sealed rain and wind solution.

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Product Features

  • Discrete

    Zip-Roll is perfect for residential and commercial applications; it is offered in a powder-coated white standard color. Custom frame colors are available upon request.

  • Beautiful

    Zip-Roll can be installed on walls, ceilings, or between columns.

  • Elegant

    The Zip-Roll’s cassette can be inspected without disassembling the complete unit, thanks to its removable front cover.

  • Dependable

    Zip-Roll comes motorized; its curtain can be transparent vinyl, sunscreen mesh, or mosquito screen.

Product Highlights

Technical Specifications

Width Range

4′ to 18′ (1/4″ increments)
Drop Range 4′ to 10′
Cassette side dimensions 4.5″ x 4.5″
Opening Control Manual or Motorized
Installation Option Wall, Ceiling, Side walls
Frame Finish Powder coated
Standard Frame Color

White
Custom Frame Color

Any (on request)
Frame Warranty 5 Year Prorated

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Vista

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VISTA

Discrete protection

All Patio Systems & Pergolas

Product Description

Vista is an Alutex cassette retractable curtain for wind and rain protection in vertical openings of pergolas, patios, verandas, and windows in general.

Designed as an alternative to Zip-Roll, where a zipper system is not feasible, its wind and rain protection is provided by using two horizontal stabilizers equally spaced along its height and retained at their ends along two deep side rails.

Because its curtain is produced with three independent horizontal panels, each panel can be replaced on demand without involving the others.

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Product Features

  • Discrete

    Vista, in a powder-coated white standard color, is perfect for residential and commercial applications. Custom frame colors are available upon request.

  • Beautiful

    Vista comes with a standard motor and remote control and can be installed on walls with provided brackets or under a ceiling with specifically designed top slim brackets.

  • Elegant

    Transparent PVC is dimensionally unstable under temperature variation due to its non-woven material.

  • Dependable

    Maximum suggested dimensions for a fully transparent curtain: 16’ wide x 8’ high.

Product Highlights

3 independent sections

Elegant top cassette

Discrete windbreaks maintain each sector stretched and wrinkle-free

Specially designed ceiling brackets

Technical Specifications

Width Range 4′ to 18′ (1/4″ increments)
Drop Range 4′ to 10′
Cassette side dimensions 4.75″ x .6″
Opening Control Manual or Motorized
Installation Option Wall, Ceiling, Side walls
Standard Frame Color

White
Custom Frame Color

Any (on request)
Frame Warranty 5 Year Prorated

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Pergoshade

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PERGOSHADE

Discrete Elegance

All Patio Systems & Pergolas

Product Description

Pergoshade is an essential solution to shade needs for existing pergola structures.

Controlled manually by a convenient front rope, its cover runs along two discrete aluminum rails installed beneath two selected trusses of your pergola. It can be made with any classical acrylic fabric or sunscreen mesh.

The almost unnoticeable rails are powder coated and finished in a classic white color or in any custom color to blend with any specific pergola frame esthetically.

When fully extended, Pegoshade maintains its elegant waved design in a steady position by tightening the front rope to a convenient cleat provided. When fully retracted, its fabric pleats compactly at the end of your pergola, ready to be extended when desired.

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Product Features

  • Discrete

    When installed with any Alutex vertical sunscreen product, Pergshade represents the perfect complement to create private areas around self-standing outdoor living spaces.

  • Beautiful

    As part of the Alutex Patio Systems Collection, Pergoshade can be enhanced by the possibility of hundreds of elegant and vibrant acrylic fabrics to choose from patterns.

  • Elegant

    From stripes to solid colors, Pergoshade is the perfect solution to the need for shade while providing elegance and cheerfulness to the house.

  • Dependable

    Pergoshade is offered to cover up to 18’ in width and 20’ in projection, and it is covered by a 10-year warranty.

Product Highlights

Fully retracted

Opening

Partially open

Fully open

Hooks for ribs

Provided cleat for cord

Technical Specifications

Width Range 4’ to 18’
Projection Range 8’ 10’ 12’ 14’ 16’ 18’ 20’
Ribs 6 8 10 12 14 16 18
Packing 6” 8” 10” 12” 14” 16” 18”
Perimeter section 8” x 8” x 2.75”
Side dimension 8” H
Hood Optional
Opening Control Manual only
Installation Option Wall connected
Bracket Size N/A
Perimeter height 8″
Min. pitch for water flow 2% toward one side
Side curtains Optional
Fabric Option Acrylic, Sunscreen Mesh
Standard Frame Color

White
Custom Frame Color

Any (on request)
Frame Warranty 10 Years

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Solaria

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SOLARIA

Elegance and strength

All Patio Systems & Pergolas

Product Description

Solaria is a simple and essential retractable waterproof shading system designed to provide a cover solution to existing wood pergolas and new patio projects.

Solaria’s structural components are aluminum powder coated in a classic white or in any custom color on request to blend with any aesthetic ambiance.

Solaria is designed to maintain its fabric constantly tightened in any intermediate open position selected, thanks to its hydraulic pistons discretely inserted within its rails. Due to the high tension exerted on the fabric, Solaria is offered only motorized.

When fully extended, an automatic locking device locks the fabric in place, and an even more substantial stretching effect is generated by attempting to roll the fabric back, resulting in a more effortless flow of any possible rain.

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Product Features

  • Waterproof

    Solaria is part of the patio system collection designed by Alutex and represents a perfect waterproof shading solution for decks and patios, either with or without pre-existing pergolas.

  • Beautiful

    Its design is simple, and its installation is essential. The use of a back structural bar allows the positioning of classical awning brackets along its width that can be secured according to the house’s structural elements.

  • Elegant

    Its fabric rolls in and out from the top while is kept constantly in tension by the loaded pistons within its rails. When locked in the front, the further tension generated by the recalling motor guarantee.

  • Dependable

    To avoid discontinuity in its frame, Solaria’s box element is created like a shell by sealing two halves to each other, a top and a bottom, up to a maximum continuous length of 23′, while its 13′ maximum arm projection is today the largest available on the market in its retractable awning category.

Product Highlights

Solaria’s front bar is a moving gutter.

Deploys like a lateral arm

Solaria’s fabric is maintained in constant tension

Adjustable anchor plate

Front bar

Rail

Technical Specifications

Width Single unit Range

10’ to 23’ (1’ increment)
Projection Range

10’ to 23’
Side dimension w/Hood

9” H
Side dimension 8” H
Hood

N/A
Hood Shape

N/A
Opening Control Motorized only
Installation Option Wall, Soffit, Roof Mounted
Bracket Size 51/2”Hx23/8”Wx43/4”L
Min. pitch for water flow 20%
Side curtains Optional
Fabric Option Heavy Duty Polyester or acrylic
Fabric Colors Over 300 acrylic patterns
Standard Frame Color

White
Custom Frame Color

Any (on request)
Frame Warranty 5 Years on structural parts

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Pergobeach

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PERGOBEACH

Gentle breeze

All Patio Systems & Pergolas

Product Description

Simple, essencial, elegant. It is the perfect retreat where you dream of exotic sunny beaches and escape in the mind.

Pergobeach is a delicate shading structure designed to bring an elegant, self-standing solution to selected outdoor areas such as pools, beaches, terraces, decks, hotels, and restaurant patios.

Beautiful in its classic standard white powder-coated aluminum parts (custom colors are available), Pergobeach is covered with ornately sustained by di parallel strips of fabric and discrete windbreaks to complete an aesthetic design that satisfies any style expectation.

Pergobeach: The perfect solution to enjoy the relaxing moments of hot summer days.

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Product Features

  • Expandable

    As part of the patio system collection designed by Alutex, Pergobeach also offers the possibility to install side rolling curtains in cassette to create a fully protected outdoor environment.

  • Safe

    Whether you choose sunscreen drop curtains for sun or privacy or mosquito screens for insect protection, side curtains installed around Pergobeach’s perimeter represent the perfect completion of these self-standing modern pergolas.

  • Elegant

    Designed with particular attention to detail for its components, Pergobeach offers precision and simplicity at the installation level without compromising elegance.

  • Dependable

    Supplied with white or cream fire-retardant waterproof PVC, Pergobeach is the perfect complement to selected outdoor areas to extend social gatherings or create new personal spaces for privacy or leisure.

Product Highlights

A self-standing shading system

Stable anchor plates

Technical Specifications

Width Range 4’ to 14’
Projection Range 4’ to 14’
Upright section 6 1/4” x 6 1/4”
Opening Control N/A
Installation Option Self-standing
Perimeter height 4″
Min. pitch for water flow N/A
Max pitch for water flow N/A
Side curtains Optional
Standard Frame Color

White
Custom Frame Color

Any (on request)
Frame Warranty 5 Years on structural parts
CAUTIONARY AND IMPORTANT OPERATING INFORMATION: Pergobeach is intended for shade protection only. It is not a waterproof product and it is designed to be used in sunny areas only as its fabric is not retractable.

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Pergolouver

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PERGOLOUVER

The Exclusivity of Class

All Patio Systems & Pergolas

Product Description

Designed to offer a distinctive waterproof shading solution to the most sophisticated demand for outdoor luxury protection, Pergolouver is a self-standing or wall-connected horizontal system able to be adjusted for natural light and ventilation.

Its aluminum elements are fully powder coated, and its slats allow a rotation between 0 and 140 degrees, possibly selecting any desired intermediate position to better respond to any specific light direction.

Its perimeter is a hidden gutter connected to its uprights, acting as vertical drain sprouts. At the same time, the motorized rotation of its slats offers sun or rain protection, making any covered area enjoyable.

Pergolouver offers sun or rain protection thanks to its adjustable slat rotation, making any covered area enjoyable. Its lats have a rubber gasket that guarantees waterproof protection when the slats are fully closed.

Pergolouver can be produced as a maximum 14.5’ width and 20’ projection single unit with only four corner uprights, or it can reach a 26’ projection with an intermediate upright. Side-by-side units can be combined to cover any proposed area.

Pergolouver is motorized with a low voltage motor, and its 8” deep perimeter is perfect for receiving sun or mosquito rolling screens in their elegant cassettes to provide privacy.

Pergolouver is available in both wall-connected and self-standing configurations.

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Product Features

  • Expandable

    As part of the patio system collection designed by Alutex, Pergolouver also offers the possibility to install side rolling curtains in cassette to create a fully protected outdoor environment.

  • Safe

    Whether you choose sunscreen drop curtains for sun or privacy or mosquito screens for insect protection, side curtains installed around Pergolouver’s perimeter represent the perfect completion of these self-standing modern pergolas.

  • Elegant

    Designed with particular attention to detail for its components, Pergolouver offers precision and simplicity at the installation level without compromising elegance.

  • Dependable

    Supplied with white or cream fire-retardant waterproof PVC, Pergolouver is the perfect complement to selected outdoor areas to extend social gatherings or create new personal spaces for privacy or leisure.

Product Highlights

Adjustable slats from 0° to 140°

Water-drain channels designed along the slats

Adjustable floor anchor plate

Perimeter rain gutter and 8″x8″ water drain uprights

Remote control

Optional led lights

Technical Specifications

Width Range 6’ to 15 (1’ increment)
Projection Range 6’ to 26’ (intermediate leg at 20′
Slat section 8.5” x 1.5”
Upright section

6” x 6”
Perimeter section 8” x 8” x 2.75”
Opening Control Motorized only
Installation Option Self-standing or Wall-connected
Perimeter height 8″
Min. pitch for water flow 0%
Max inclination for water flow 10%
Side curtains Optional
Rain Sensor Optional
Snow Sensor Optional
Standard Frame Color

White
Custom Frame Color

Any (on request)
Frame Warranty 5 Years on structural parts

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