Location
Lake Travis, TX
YEAR
2025
PRODUCT
Motorized Awning
VERTICAL
Residential

An east-facing balcony, handled hands-free.

Lake Travis Condo, Texas. Motorized retractable Sunbrella shade system with integrated wind, sun, and time sensors, automatically responding to changing conditions throughout the day. Photographed after completion.

The challenge

A difficult installation with a simple goal.

The install was about as demanding as they come: cliffside, three floors up. And the owner wanted the space to work without having to manage it every morning.

The response

Shade that takes care of itself.

The balcony became an outdoor room the owner controls hands-free. We installed a motorized Sunbrella system with wind, sun, and time sensors: it deploys automatically in the early morning to block the sun, then retracts on its own as the sun moves off.

In detail.

Specs

  • Setting: Lake Travis condo · east-facing balcony, cliffside, three floors up
  • Product: Motorized retractable Sunbrella system
  • Automation: Wind, sun, and time sensors — deploys and retracts automatically
  • Fabric warranty: 5-year limited (manufacturer)
  • Install: Two-person crew · one day
  • In service since: 2025

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