Take your homes exterior and make it into a magical oasis with custom-made architectural sunhoods from HPAM. Very rarely will you find that practicality and stylishness go hand in hand, however, this is not the case when it comes to architectural sunhoods. They give your office building or home a visually appealing element of design and sophistication whilst also providing the functional benefit of protecting your home from harsh weather conditions.
Let’s start with… what are they?
It’s in the name! Just like a hoodie or umbrella to protect us from the sun, sunhoods provide similar protection. However, they are shaped to protect windows on your home’s exteriors not our heads – in saying that we could probably design you an umbrella or hoodie shaped as a sunhood if you would be interested in something like that. Sunhoods enhance your homes exterior façade while providing practical benefits to your home such as stopping the harsh sun rays from beaming into your home and allowing unbearable heat inside your home.
Benefits of sunhoods
Protection from the suns UV rays
There’s no doubt about it, Queensland’s summers are harsh and without the correct preventatives in place your home can become a sauna – and not the nice relaxing type. Installing sunhoods is an effective means of keeping the sun out and the cool in. Besides the benefits of sunhoods blocking out UV rays has on your health (such as reducing the risk of skin cancer), sunhoods also provide a way of blocking sun from hitting and causing permanent damage to your home’s furniture, floors and windows.
Cooling effects
Sunhoods protrude from above windows blocking the sunrays from entering your home and causing unwanted heat. The shade produced from installing exterior sunhoods proves to be a cost-efficient way of keeping your house cool, because let’s be real, no-one can afford to have multiple aircon running 24/7.
Aesthetic purposes
Yes, not everything has to be about practical benefits – we know more than anything the importance of personal expression and style when it comes to your home’s exterior. Architectural sunhoods are an effective means of elevating and adding a sprinkle of sophistication and personal style to your homes external aesthetics. They have the ability to add a feeling of cohesion to your home by complementing the existing trim of your house. They can also add character and definition to your home by adding an element of contrast to your home’s exterior façade.
What are they made from?
Well, when you think of traditional architectural sunhoods your mind probably goes straight to wood or plaster solutions. Well, think again! Here at High Profile Architectural Mouldings, we use Hard Coated Expanded Polystyrene (EPS). Polystyrene is the way of the future; the durability and customisation make this material superior to any other on the market. This not only allows us to produce some incredibly sophisticated designs completely imagined by you, but also reduces the cost for you as the consumer. Other materials are bulky and costly to manufacture and install, the lightweight nature of polystyrene fixtures makes installation significantly less expensive. Not to mention the money saved on electricity from reducing time spent on air conditioning!
To request a quote for these stylish and custom pieces for your home, or more information on our range of designs, contact our helpful team of experts today. Remember, if you imagine it, we create it. We have a highly skilled team who can custom design anything you desire. Contact us today at info@highprofilemouldings.com.au or call us at 07 5568 0036.
