As the long winter months slowly come to an end in Calgary, it’s time to start planning how you’re going to make the most of the upcoming spring warmth. As any Calgary resident knows, the best place to enjoy the increasing temperatures and longer days is out on your patio, but your patio umbrella needs an upgrade to help you get the best out of spring. You might not remember from a year ago, but having to open and close your umbrella, constantly get up to change the shade as the sun moves through the sky and being frustrated at not having full patio coverage are all real problems. Fortunately, they can be easily fixed with an upgrade to a durable hybrid pergola patio cover.
How Patio Covers Work
Just like it sounds, a patio cover is a structure that provides a level of shade and protection over your outdoor area. Unlike a patio umbrella, they are permanent structures and tend to extend over your entire patio without the need for putting them up or down, or having to rotate them through the day to keep the shade over you and your family. Patio covers come in two main varieties. Firstly, you get the solid covers, where you use vinyl or aluminum sheets to create a full block. These give you great shade all day long but can restrict the air movement even on the windy Calgary days. On the other hand, you can get patio covers that are latticed which creates more of a dappled shade effect, but allow the spring breezes to keep you cool as the temperatures start to rise.
A Third Way – The Benefits of Going Hybrid
Choosing between a solid patio cover and a latticed patio cover can be tricky because oftentimes you’ll want elements of both. Fortunately, when you work with Desert Sun Patios team of expert patio cover creators, we can talk with you about your individual project and create a custom hybrid model that gives you the best of both worlds.
The most popular hybrid patio cover option is to have elements of both solid and lattice cover in your patio cover. For example, you might choose to have a majority solid cover with a latticed centre, under which you would put a firepit or chimney so the lattice works as a natural chimney. You could also have a solid cover right next to your house to cover your seating area, and slowly change to lattice as you approach the area where your patio meets your garden for a pleasant visual aesthetic.
Choosing a hybrid patio cover means that you have the ultimate flexibility about how to use your outdoor space as the weather warms up. You can ditch the patio umbrella and upgrade to a hybrid patio cover in a short period of time, and our team of patio cover experts will help you create your personalized design to meet whatever your budget.
