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Things to Consider When Buying Commercial Awnings

Commercial awnings can make your outdoor dining, lounging, and entertaining areas usable in any weather condition. This makes them practical for patio enclosures, alfresco café and dining spaces, and swimming enclosures among other places. It’s important to invest in the right outdoor awnings in Brisbane if you want high-quality shade ...

Some Useful Tips for Maintaining Your Shade Sails

Shade sails or sun sails are versatile structures that can make your outdoor areas useful and more comfortable in any weather. They add to the visual appeal and increase the value of your property, too. These characteristics make them practical for various applications including playgrounds, large outdoor dining areas, outdoor ...
Trinity College shade sail designed, manufactured and installed by Versatile Structures

What’s the difference between shade sails and shade structures?

If you’re not familiar with the world of outdoor shade constructions, you may think that a shade sail and shade structure are one and the same. Don’t worry; it’s a common misconception. The terminology in our industry can be confusing, and these aren’t the only two names out there. While ...
Custom Shade Sails

Custom Is The Way to Go

Are you considering custom shade sails for your commercial operation? Versatile Structures provide the perfect solution. Custom Shade Sails are an investment Cheaper, second-tier fabrics are proven ineffective against the harsh Australian weather conditions. Thanks to the advancements in fabric manufacturing, our fabric structures are custom-built using high spec International, ...

The Value of Industrial Awnings

Awnings date back to ancient Egypt where animal skins and woven mats were hung on poles to create shade and shelter from the burning sun. Sunshades and the technology used have altered significantly from being plain utilitarian constructions to the highly adaptable state that you see today.   What are ...

Domestic custom shade sails

For this award-winning project, we needed to create two custom shade sails with curved steelwork and asymmetrical elements based on a concept our client saw on an architectural website – one for the patio and the other a car park shade structure. The steelwork for the main entrance or patio ...