Get Shady with The Shady Ladies. DIY pre-made shade sails, check out our free installation guide and customer photo's to get some ideas of what is possible.
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Don't forget to check out our Free installation guide and accessories list, which makes things a lot easier when deciding what would look good in your area.
We ship worldwide custom made and pre-made for commercial and domestic use.
Elegant and Versatile Design:
The crisp white shade sail with matching webbing as a touch of sophistication and elegance to any outdoor area, seamlessly blending with various home decor styles.
Its neutral tone allows it to complement any colour scheme, giving you the freedom to match it with your existing outdoor furniture and accessories.
Superior Sun Protection: Endorsed by The Cancer Council
Architectural Shade Fabric - Commercial Heavy 430gsm
Our shade sail material is specially designed to block harmful UV rays, ensuring that you and your loved ones stay protected from the sun's harsh effects.
It provides excellent shade coverage, allowing you to enjoy your outdoor space without worrying about excessive heat or sunburns.
If you need another size, just contact the Shady Ladies for a quote.
We have a large range of Australian-made fabrics, such as Monotec, products endorsed by the Cancer Council and all the hardware you need to install the shade canopy.
We ship our Shady Lady ready-made and custom-made shade sails worldwide and offer great pricing to our USA and Canadian customers. Please click here to go to our USD website.
An Elegant and Versatile Design to suit most Home Decor.
Our crisp white shade sails with matching webbing as a touch of sophistication and elegance to any outdoor area, seamlessly blending with various home decor styles.
Its neutral tone allows it to complement any colour scheme, giving you the freedom to match it with your existing outdoor furniture and accessories.
Superior Sun Protection: Endorsed by The Cancer Council
Architectural Shade Fabric - Commercial Heavy 430gsm
This shade sail material commercial heavy 430gsm is specially designed to block harmful UV rays, ensuring that you and your loved ones stay protected from the sun's harsh effects.
It provides excellent shade coverage, allowing you to enjoy your outdoor space without worrying about excessive heat or sunburns.
Contact The Shady Ladies for a quote.
This Blog explains the Similarities and Differences between Polyester Cords.
All of these cords are available on our website for purchase! Please send us an enquiry if you have any more questions regarding this blog!
VB (Venetian Blind Cord) and Leech Cord - Braided Polyester Cord
Venetian Blind Cord Offers Several Perks that Contribute to its functionality and Durability. Commonly used for lacing, outriggers, flag poles and general lashing. To prevent fraying, the cut ends are able to be melted together. Leech cord generally has a higher breaking load than VB cord.
Allows sand and dirt to fall straight through the mat. These Heavy-duty camping mats come in a great range of sizes to suit all areas.
Cgear Multimat Camping Mat is lightweight and easy to set up and pack away. Made with reinforced edges and having multi D-rings, the multi mat is durable and won't tear or fray, even if cut, due to rip-stop technology. The Mulitmat camping mat is dual-layered - green on one side and grey on the other side. Reversible sides for use. Each Multimat also comes with its own drawstring carry bag.
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Sizes available
How to measure your fixing point heights for custom-made shade sails.
Create a Datum line for sloped or uneven land. You can simply use a string line to create a point of reference for your fixing point variations.
This will help achieve accurately fixing point dimensions for your custom-made shade sail.
Any height above the Datum line is labeled + and any height below the Datum line is labeled -.
This information is entered in our shade sail custom-made order forms in Box C.
All our custom-made shade sails are made in Australia with quality materials.
Planning to install a custom made shade sail?
Using a Rope track along one edge gets one side of your shade sail flush with a wall, which works well in some areas.
How does it work?
Aluminium flange rope track can be purchased in the double or single flange, in the milled finish, pearl white or black. The Shady Ladies have lengths of up to 6 metre in our warehouse on The Central Coast of NSW. We can ship worldwide, but we cut the length to 1 metre to ship.
On each side of the shade sail with the rope kedar sewn into it is a loop. It is recommended to use this as a tie of point to an eyebolt or pad eye so you can pull the shade sail taut. An allowance of 10mm is recommended from the loop to the tie-off points.
An allowance of 100mm is recommended to slide your shade sail into the aluminium rope track.
If you would like a quote please fill out a form on our custom made shade sail page.
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Bamboo Paint Protector & Cleaner Black Brown Natural - Rejuvenates Bamboo Panels, fencing, screens
The Bamboo cleaner has been formulated to be a powerful easy to use surface wash for bamboo and is not harmful to the environment and can be used on most surfaces.
We recommend using bamboo cleaner before applying the bamboo protector & rejuvenate.
The bamboo cleaner will remove fungi and mould growths along with other dirt that builds up upon the surface.
Bamboo Protector & Rejuvenator
Bamboo Protector & Rejuvenator has been developed and made in Australia and is the only products designed especially for treating bamboo panels. The bamboo protector and rejuvenation will help protect the bamboo in retaining the natural colour of the bamboo by replacing the natural oils lost through weathering.
Available in 2 litres and 4 litres.
Colours available Clear, bamboo brown and bamboo black
Instructions
Remove all dirt, dust and lose particles and any oil from the bamboo surface. We recommend using this before applying the protector & rejuvenation. The bamboo cleaner will not harm the bamboo, grass or plants near the cleaner being used.
Because of the variety of bamboo kinds, we recommend you always try a small test patch first to gauge the compatibility and dryness of the surface.
Once the bamboo surface is dry, apply a thin coat of the bamboo protector and rejuvenation by brushing or spraying a thin coat onto the bamboo. (DO NOT APPLY IF TEMPERATURE IS LESS THAN 12 DEGREES C)
Allow first coat to dry for at least 24hours
(The rate of absorption will vary depending on the age and how much weathering the bamboo has had. It will also allow maximum absorption from bamboo)
Before applying additional coats - try a small test patch first to check if the bamboo surface can absorb another coat. If after trying a test patch the bamboo protector and rejuvenater, is still tacky DO NOT apply another coat as the bamboo is not ready to re-coated.
CLEAN all equipment in mineral turpentine.
How much will you need
1 Litre of Bamboo Protector and rejuvenator should cover around 8-16sq/m. This will vary on the dryness of your bamboo, the species of bamboo and the age of the bamboo.
Pick up at our warehouse on The Central Coast
The Outdoor Shop Australia
2/165 Blackwall Road Woy Woy 2256 Monday to Friday 9 am until 3.00 pm or please contact us to arrange a time.
All our fabrics are manufactured on German machines designed by Karl Mayer. These machines ensure that the shade sail cloth produced is of the best quality possible.
Karl Meyer machines give the cloth a tighter and flatter knit diminishing defects that you may get with cheaper and less quality shade sails.
280g/m2 Shade sailcloth
We make all our Shade sail from 280 g/m2 / gsm Shade sailcloth. g/m2 is the weight per square meter of the shade sailcloth.
With a lot more thread in the cloth than the 185 g/m2 which is considered lightweight. The 280 g/m2 not only looks better but keeps its shape when under Australian weather conditions.
Typically the higher the GSM, the heavier and higher the UV blockage the cloth gives and would block out a much greater amount of UV radiation.
Our Shady Lady Range of Ready-Made Shade Sails is designed in Australia by The Shady Ladies. Super strong corners, thread, and sewing. We have them manufactured similar to our custom made shades sails, which are made in Australia. The Shady Lady Range comes in three colours, sand, grey (gunmetal grey), and black. Available in Rectangle, Square, Right Angle Triangle and Triangle in a huge range of sizes.
Our Ready-Made Shade sails are in-stock and ready to buy now and they are ship within 1 business day worldwide.
The Quick-Fit System is the quickest balustrade system on the market. Hydraulically pre-swaged to your requirements, saving you time and labor costs. This is perfect for DIY home users as well as our Builders and Handymen.
All you need to do it follow the easy Quick-Fit Balustrade Instruction Sheet
Our quality assurance. We stand by the ProRig Brand as being the Highest-Quality of stainless steel on the market.
All components are expertly manufactured from high-quality materials for an extremely durable and exceptional looking finish to your wire balustrade.
Yes, there are regulations that are Australian standards but please also check with your local state for there regulations.
Australian Standard Regulations AS 1926.1- 2012 stipulates that a fence must have a Non-Climbable Zone (NCZ) of 900mm on the outside of the pool fence all the way around. Note: Trim trees or shrubs near the pool fence and other objects such as BBQ, pot plants, toys, ladders, and chairs should not encroach within the NCZ area.
Minimum height for shade sails posts 2200mm Maximum height for shade sail posts 3200mm