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Milton Motorized Screens

Motorized porch and patio screens for Milton.

Atlanta Motorized Screens is an authorized MagnaTrack™ dealer installing motorized retractable porch screens and patio screens in Milton, from the new builds around Crabapple to the golf and equestrian estates of White Columns, The Manor, and the Birmingham Highway corridor. Milton homes are built with real outdoor rooms: covered porches with fireplaces, outdoor kitchens, pool pavilions, and views across pasture. Those rooms deserve to be used more than a few weeks a year.

  • Open land means open exposure: more sun, more wind, and no neighbor's trees to break either
  • Horse country has horse flies, plus everything else a creek and a pasture produce in July
  • Spring pollen settles on every cushion and every outdoor table from March into May
  • Big rooms need big screens: single panels up to 30 feet wide with no posts breaking the view
  • New construction is the moment to build screens in so they vanish completely when they're up

The screens lower at a button press and disappear into the housing when the evening is right. Every project is measured on site and quoted line by line.

Built for how Milton builds.

Three situations we see across Milton, and what each one calls for.

New construction: recessed and invisible

Milton is where the metro's custom builders are working right now, and a porch that's still on paper is the ideal time to plan for screens. Recessed housings go into the ceiling framing, tracks go into the columns, and power runs before drywall. Once the house is finished, nothing shows until the screens come down.

  • We work from the builder's drawings and send back a spec sheet for the framer and electrician
  • Recessed housing and tracks: zero visible hardware when the screens are up
  • Hardwired power and smart-home integration: Control4, Savant, Crestron, Google Home, and Alexa
  • Installed after paint, before furniture, in a single visit
Screened outdoor living room with chandelier overlooking a pool, a MagnaTrack dealer network installation

Estate lots and golf communities

White Columns, The Manor, Echelon, and the acreage lots off Birmingham Highway and Freemanville Road share one thing: nothing between the porch and the weather. Sun all afternoon, wind straight across the fairway or the pasture, and a lot of square footage under one roof.

  • The magnetic track flexes under a gust and reseats itself, instead of tearing out like a zipper track
  • Solar mesh cuts glare and up to 97% of UV while keeping the view of the course or the fields
  • A wind sensor retracts the screens automatically ahead of an afternoon storm
  • Any RAL color for the housing and tracks, with drawings for architectural review
Motorized solar screens lowering over a covered porch with a long open view, a MagnaTrack dealer network installation

Pool pavilions, barns, and detached structures

Milton properties tend to have more than one roof. A pool house, a covered pavilion by the barn, an outdoor kitchen under its own structure. Each is a set of openings that can be screened the same way as the main porch, often with better results because there's no house to block the breeze.

  • Insect mesh on the pavilion for evenings by the pool without a spray bottle
  • Clear vinyl on the pool house to hold heat from a patio heater into December
  • Mounts to steel, timber, or masonry, with a rigid header for the housing and power to each motor
  • One remote or one app for the porch, the pavilion, and the pool house together
Retractable screens on a covered outdoor living area facing a pool courtyard, a MagnaTrack dealer network installation

Where they go on a Milton property.

Any covered opening up to 30 feet wide and 20 feet tall, on the house or on any other structure on the land.

Covered porches

The main outdoor room, usually off the kitchen or the great room, with a fireplace and a television. Screened for pollen, bugs, and glare, open when the weather is right.

Outdoor kitchens

Solar mesh over the grill and the table so a July cookout doesn't mean squinting into the sun.

Pool pavilions and cabanas

Insect mesh toward the yard, privacy mesh toward the road, clear vinyl for the off season.

Pergolas

Tracks mount to the posts and the housing tucks under the beam. An open frame becomes a room.

Barns and workshops

Screens across a bay door turn a tack room, workshop, or party barn into airflow with no bugs.

Large openings

Single panels up to 30 feet wide with no intermediate posts, for the long views Milton lots are bought for.

A Milton porch, all four seasons.

Spring: pollen

Screens down from March into May. The yellow lands on the mesh and rinses off with a hose instead of settling into the cushions.

Summer: bugs and heat

Insect mesh for the horse flies and mosquitoes, solar mesh for the afternoon sun. The porch stays in use through August.

Fall: wide open

A button press and the screens are gone. October in Milton with nothing in the way.

Winter: clear vinyl

Seals the room and holds the heat from the fireplace or a patio heater. Christmas dinner outside is not a stretch.

Motorized screens on Milton-style homes.

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Milton and nearby.

We measure and install across North Fulton and the rest of the metro. Serving Atlanta and the metro area, all the way to Lake Oconee.

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Milton Questions

Can motorized screens be built into a new home in Milton?

Yes, and new construction is the best time to do it. The housing recesses into the porch ceiling and the tracks recess into the columns, so nothing is visible when the screens are up. We work from the builder's drawings, and the screens are installed after paint and before furniture.

When should I bring this up with my builder?

At the framing stage, or earlier if the porch design is still open. Recessed housings need a pocket in the ceiling framing and the tracks need blocking in the columns. Power needs a run to each motor. All of that is easy during framing and expensive after drywall. Ask your builder to send us the porch elevations and we'll return a spec sheet.

Do motorized screens work on a barn, pool pavilion, or detached structure?

Yes. A pole barn, a pool house, or a covered pavilion is just another set of openings. The only requirements are a rigid header to carry the housing, something to mount the tracks to, and power. On a detached structure, wind exposure is often higher, which is where MagnaTrack's magnetic track earns its keep.

How large an opening can a single screen cover?

Up to 30 feet wide and 20 feet tall in one panel with no intermediate posts. The large covered outdoor rooms on Milton estate lots are usually well within that range, and when an opening is bigger, the screens are broken at the columns so each panel still runs unobstructed.

Can screens be added to an existing Milton porch?

Yes. Face-mount tracks and a surface-mounted housing retrofit onto nearly any existing covered porch or patio, typically in a single day. The housing is powder-coated to match the trim, and the profile is slim enough that most people stop noticing it within a week.

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Let's talk about your Milton porch.

Free on-site quotes across Milton, and across Atlanta and the metro area, all the way to Lake Oconee. Builders and architects welcome.

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