Shade sails for child care centres by Mulders
Colourful shade sails often seen in child care centre's provide excellent
shade cover. Like any structural design however supporting posts or poles can be an obstacle
to young children playing.
Mulders have an innovative free standing shade sail structure called the 'Eclipse' designed
specially for child care centre's. This new design has the traditional streamlined look of a
sail shade but uses only two supporting poles instead of four.
This halving of pole numbers makes the shade sail less intrusive. Dodging pools becomes less
of a problem. Minimized risk of collisions is a practical consideration for child care centre's,
multiple car parking spaces and pools.
Another advantage of this modified design is the need for only two foundation holes instead of
four. Construction costs are reduced and disruption to costly foundations minimized. Many open
spaces have surrounds made of sufficiently deep reinforced concrete. In these situations a hole
can simply be drilled, and the fixings secured directly to the concrete.
The Eclipse has a central cross-piece supporting structure fixed on just two opposite corners
of the sail. The sail 'floats' over nearby walls making it easy to position. There is no need
to use a weight bearing fixing on a roof or external wall, placing no stress on existing structures.
Commercial premises can easily take the complete structure with them if they re-locate.
A variety of designs are available using rectangular or square configurations. The overall structure
is made from hot dipped galvanized steel which is very resistant to rain, salt corrosion and rust.
The design is also engineer certified. The sails themselves can be made in a choice of high quality
shade cloths, architectural grade polyester mesh and solid PVC's. These materials withstand wind,
sun and rain. UV ray resistant materials provide superb protection from the damaging rays of the sun.
Mulders is a long established manufacturer of shade sails, sandpit covers and other canvas products.
They have a Melbourne based showroom and comprehensive on-line catalogue which can be found at
www.mulders.com.au.
For further information contact:
Mulders Shade
phone: +61 3 9571 7544
web: www.mulders.com.au
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