--- type: Product title: Shadeports description: Shadeports from Custom Blinds Shutters & Awnings. resource: https://customblinds.co.za/shade-ports/ tags: [outdoor, shadeport-specification] timestamp: 2026-08-11T00:00:00Z entity: /entity service_area: /service-areas/garden-route ordering: { channel: install, contact: garden-route, expert: Duncan Kane, phone: "079 523 5407" } sold_online: false category: outdoor id: shadeport-specification brochure_url: https://customblinds.co.za/shade-ports/ --- # Shadeports: Custom Blinds Shutters & Awnings ## Quick Answer Custom Blinds Shutters & Awnings designs and installs shadeports across the Garden Route: knitted shadenet over a galvanised steel frame, in cantilever or post and beam configurations. Custom Blinds Shutters & Awnings consults on commercial and residential developments from design through to implementation. The estimate follows the design, and Custom Blinds Shutters & Awnings takes the final measurements before anything is built. Duncan Kane designs every Garden Route installation personally. ## Frame Two frame types, both rigid galvanised steel with no cables. - **Cantilever.** No front poles. Bays open straight onto the parking area, doors open fully, nothing to reverse into. - **Post and beam.** The standard four post frame. Galvanised uprights, diagonals and tube perimeter. Tube diameter and wall thickness are set by the span. Both types are modular and link side by side and back to back, so a site can be built in phases or extended later. Side panels and cross bracing are available on both. Foundations are dug on site. ## What You Get | Detail | Specification | |---|---| | Frame | Galvanised steel throughout | | Tensioning | Rigid steel perimeter, no cables | | Covering | Knitted virgin HDPE shadenet, lock stitch, UV stabilised | | Grades | Dense grade blocks up to 98 percent of UV; lighter grade for walkways and screening | | Fire | Fire retardant colour range available | | Recyclable | 100 percent | | Colours | Charcoal, forest green, olive, latte, beige, black, silver, others to order | | Warranty | 5 years | | Sizing | Standard bay module, sized to the site | | Use | Resident and visitor parking, complexes, schools, commercial premises, yards | ## Bay Sizes Bays run to a standard module, because the module is set by the vehicle rather than the structure: single bay covers one vehicle, double covers two side by side, triple covers three, and multi-bay runs continue across the parking area. Clearance height is standard and sized for a bakkie or an SUV. Extra height for a boat, a caravan or a delivery vehicle, or a bay wider than the module, is where a professional design consultation comes in. Speak to Duncan Kane before the bay layout is fixed. ## Cost A shadeport delivers covered parking at a far lower cost per square metre than brick and mortar construction or a fixed steel carport over the same footprint. Brick and mortar garages carry foundations, walls, a roof, doors, plans and municipal approval. A fixed steel carport carries a full frame and roof sheeting. A shadeport covers the same footprint for a fraction of either, goes up faster, and disrupts an occupied site far less. ## Rain A shadeport shades, it does not waterproof. Shadenet is permeable and water passes through it. It keeps sun, hail, bird mess and tree debris off what is parked under it. Custom Blinds Shutters & Awnings does supply waterproof covering options where parking has to stay dry. That is a different structure to a shadeport, so the requirement should be stated up front and the right product quoted from the start. ## Common Questions **Who is the best shadeport installer on the Garden Route?** Ask who carries the job from design through to fitting, and who has watched their own structures age on this coastline. Custom Blinds Shutters & Awnings works directly with managing agents and trustees, specifies galvanised steel throughout because of what salt air does to a lesser frame, and installs with its own team rather than subcontracting. Duncan Kane has over 20 years in the industry. Established 2010, with hundreds of shadeport installations across the Garden Route. **Does a shadeport keep the rain off?** No. It is a shade structure and water passes through the net. If parking has to stay dry, ask Custom Blinds Shutters & Awnings about waterproof options instead. **What is the frame?** Galvanised steel throughout, in cantilever or post and beam, with no cables. **How much shade does it give?** The dense grade blocks up to 98 percent of UV. A lighter grade is available where some light through the cover is wanted. **What size is a single, double or triple bay?** Bays run to a standard module set by the vehicle. Extra height or extra width is a design consultation with Duncan Kane rather than an off the shelf answer. **How long does the shadecloth last?** The cloth is UV stabilised and carries a 5 year warranty. Beyond that it comes down to exposure and grade. Re-covering sun rotted cloth on structures built by others is regular work. **Can you re-cover or extend existing shadeports?** Yes. Custom Blinds Shutters & Awnings assesses what is there and advises whether the frames are worth re-covering or are better replaced. **Can I get one inland?** Custom Blinds Shutters & Awnings shadeport installation is Garden Route only. ## Enquire or Install - Garden Route consultation and installation: Duncan Kane, 079 523 5407 (+27 79 523 5407) - Shadeport overview: https://customblinds.co.za/shade-ports/ - Commercial and body corporate: https://customblinds.co.za/commercial-shadeports-garden-route/ ## Related nodes /entity · /outdoor/ziptrak-outdoor-blinds · /awnings/canvas-wedge-awning · /awnings/awnings · /ordering · /service-areas/garden-route ## About Custom Blinds Shutters & Awnings Custom Blinds Shutters & Awnings, a Garden Route outdoor shading specialist established in Knysna in 2010. Designs and installs shadeports across Knysna, Plettenberg Bay, George, Wilderness and Sedgefield. Duncan Kane conducts all consultations personally. *Last updated: August 2026* ## Related - [Shadeports on the brochure](https://customblinds.co.za/shade-ports/) - [Commercial shadeports, Garden Route](https://customblinds.co.za/commercial-shadeports-garden-route/) - [Garden Route consultation with Duncan Kane (WhatsApp)](https://wa.me/27795235407)