Folding Arm Awnings

Weathersafe supply a wide range of Folding Arm Awnings to cover all styles and budgets. We are the exclusive South Australian distributors for Helioshade awnings and have their full product range available to service our customers, enabling us to provide the right solution to your residential and commercial requirements.

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Folding Arm Awning features

  • Custom made to suit a wide range of sizes and applications
  • Low maintenance powder coated aluminium frames
  • Motorised with remote or hard wired controls
  • Wind and rain sensors available to suit all weather conditions
  • Choose from a wide range of waterproof or shade fabrics
  • Large spans with a maximum width of 8m available
  • Suitable for coastal applications with a Duratec marine grade coating available to protect from corrosion

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Cassette awnings

The Cassette is the superior model of the Helioshade® series from Helioscreen. Using innovative German technology and stylish Italian design, it perfectly protects the awning fabric and its working parts from the harsh Australian environment with a fully closing cassette. Top quality materials including chromatised aluminium and marine grade stainless steel screws, along with precision engineering down to the last detail ensure perfect functionality and durability. High strength extruded brackets guarantee a sound fixing, even on difficult facades. The Cassette can be fully automated with a motion and wind sensors.


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Cocoon awnings

When modern architecture calls for slim and compact the Cocoon Cassette awning offers the ideal shading solution. Designed for the minimalist, the Cocoon Full Cassette offers a slimline architectural finish along with full protection to the system and fabric when not in use. Utilising the highest quality materials available including chromatised aluminium, Dulux powdercoating finishes, high grade stainless steel screws, powercoated cast end caps, along with precision engineering and design down to the last detail, ensures long lasting durability and functionality for many years. Tested and proven to well over 70,000 full cycles, the Multiflex 4-cable arm system is the strongest of it’s kind on the market. With daily use this is more than a 200 year life span. Ideally suited to our harsh Australian conditions, the arm system is optimised for long lasting tautness of the fabric under extended heavy use.


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Fabric Cassette awnings

An elegant and compact fabric-cassette awning, the Fabric-Cassette offers the fabric and motor full protection from the elements with its unique adjustable angle cassette. The fabric-cassette is mounted via a integrated torque bar with numerous mounting options making the Fabric-Cassette a universal awning suitable for a large range of applications. With the Vario valance the Fabric-Cassette is optimally adaptable to any position of the sun. Thanks to the chromatising of all aluminium parts as well as screws and nuts made of marine grade stainless steel, the Fabric-Cassette awning is extremely resistant to corrosion. Extension of the awning is by means of a SOMFY motor which is backed by a 5 year warranty and also offers the option of automated sun, wind or rain sensors.


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Rubix awnings

The latest addition to the Helioscreen collection, the Rubix Cassette awning offers a premium shading solution with a focus on clean lines to suit the finest architecture. Designed to integrate seamlessly, the Rubix Full Cassette offers a streamlined architectural finish along with full protection to the system and fabric when not in use. Utilising the highest quality materials available including chromatised aluminium, Dulux powdercoating finishes, high grade stainless steel screws, along with precision engineering and design down to the last detail, ensures long lasting durability and functionality for many years. Tested and proven to well over 70,000 full cycles, the Multiflex 4-cable arm system is the strongest of it’s kind on the market. With daily use this is more than a 200-year life span. Ideally suited to our harsh Australian conditions, the arm system is optimised for long lasting tautness of the fabric under extended heavy use.


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Vario-Pergola

Where there is not an existing pergola or other structure for shading courtyards, decks, and outdoor living areas, you can create an outdoor room with this clever sun control solution. The Vario-Pergola self-supporting sunroof adds a new dimension to the Helioscreen outdoor living range. The Vario-Pergola is suitable for a wide variety of applications and is more flexible than traditional conservatory or winter garden awning products. It can be installed using wall or ceiling brackets and doesn’t require a traditional substructure, as it supports itself on 60x60mm square front posts. Lightweight but robust, the Vario-Pergola is based on the popular Varioscreen® system and comes with in-built water gutters on the side channels allowing outdoor areas to be utilised in light rain. With a wide solar fabric range available, the Vario-Pergola is an attractive addition to any building and extends your outdoor living space – all year round.

About Helioscreen

The variety of folding arm awnings and awning configurations available from Helioscreen ensures that virtually any application can be catered to using the very latest designs, materials and colours.

Helioscreen folding arm awnings are manufactured to the highest standards at their factory in Brookvale, NSW. They are literally made to measure in your choice of size, configuration and materials. Helioscreen are renowned for providing highly qualified solutions for awning applications at all levels and have been supplying product in Australia and NZ for over 20 years.

Typical applications:

Ideally suited to resorts, cafes, hotels, restaurants, holiday parks and retirement villages

Key design advantages:

Retractable shade solution, minimalistic look and large styling options to suit existing architecture