From design and quote through to installation, the team at Shades Direct ensure a fast, efficient service installing a quality product.

Shades Direct is owned and operated by Tauranga residents Peter and Marea McKay, who service the Bay of Plenty region and know the conditions in which their valued clients live and play.

Peter and Marea say one of their products – the popular Outsider Awning – is a permanent, low-maintenance aluminium structure, engineered and made here in New Zealand to suit the Bay's marine environment.

'All fixtures and fittings used in the frame construction are stainless steel, selected for their strength and minimal corrosive properties.”

The Solasafe roofing material is manufactured from polycarbonate with optical and physical properties that Peter and Marea say can't be matched by other materials. It comes with a peace-of-mind lifetime warranty from Ampelite NZ Ltd.

'You have problem-free ownership because we are using the highest grade materials available,” says Peter. 'It adds value and means you can enjoy the use of your outside space year-round.”

Their cost competitive range also includes curtains and extending arm awnings that provide solutions for any outdoor space.

Check out the Shades Direct Tauranga Facebook page for more information and photographs of some of the many canopies installed right here in the Bay.

While you're there, enter for your chance to win a bottle of wine and a grand prize of a Bunnings voucher for the festive season at: www.facebook.com/shadesdirecttauranga