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Motorized screens in Murrells Inlet.

Murrells Inlet is a marsh town. The best houses here look out over the creeks, and the same view that sells the house brings the bugs, the low western sun, and the wind off the water. Shade Coast fits motorized retractable screens, custom awnings, and hurricane shutters on marsh-front and Prince Creek homes throughout Murrells Inlet.

Motorized screens on an elevated deck overlooking marsh and water
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Marsh-front
experience

The inlet is its own environment — brackish air, heavy dusk insect load, and wide-open western exposure. We spec for it.

02 /

No-see-um
mesh

Standard insect mesh does not stop what comes off the marsh at sunset. We fit the mesh that does.

03 /

Whole-Strand
crews

Our own installers, not subcontractors, from the showroom in Myrtle Beach down through Pawleys.

Why Murrells Inlet

The marsh view is worth keeping open.

A Murrells Inlet porch has one job: hold the marsh view. Which is why fixed screening is such a poor fit here — it puts a permanent grid across the exact thing you bought the house for, and it does nothing about the low sun coming across the water at six o'clock.

A motorized retractable screen is up and invisible when the light is good, and down in fifteen seconds when the no-see-ums arrive. Add a shade mesh on the west elevation and the same system takes the glare off the water without closing the porch in. It is the single most useful thing we install in this town.

  • Motorized retractable screens — insect, shade, and storm mesh for marsh-front porches, patios, and screened rooms.
  • Motorized exterior shades — for the western exposure, where low sun off the creek makes a porch unusable in the evening.
  • Hurricane shutters — rated protection on a coast that takes storm season seriously, in every style we build.
  • Custom awnings & pergola covers — shade over decks and docks-side patios, sewn in our own shop.
Motorized screens half-lowered on a deck above the marsh
Common questions

Murrells Inlet
questions.

What homeowners here ask us most.

Do you install motorized retractable screens in Murrells Inlet?

Yes. Murrells Inlet is one of our most consistent areas for motorized retractable patio and porch screens, particularly on marsh-front and creek-front homes. Shade Coast measures at your home and quotes at no cost.

Will screens stop no-see-ums coming off the marsh?

Only if the mesh is fine enough. Standard insect mesh stops mosquitoes but lets biting midges through, and in Murrells Inlet the midges are the problem. We fit a tighter no-see-um mesh here as a matter of course.

Can a motorized screen handle the western sun over the marsh?

Yes — that is a different mesh. A shade mesh blocks up to 99% of the sun while keeping view-through from the shaded side, so the porch stays usable through the evening without losing the marsh.

Do you work in Prince Creek and Wachesaw?

Yes. Prince Creek, Wachesaw Plantation, Inlet Point, and the older creek-front streets off Highway 17 Business are all within our normal service area.

What hurricane protection do you install in Murrells Inlet?

The full range — accordion shutters, motorized roll-downs, Bahama shutters, Colonial shutters, storm panels, and hurricane-rated screens. Which suits depends on the opening, the elevation, and how fast you need it closed.

Serving Murrells Inlet
and the Waccamaw Neck.

Murrells Inlet Prince Creek Wachesaw Plantation Inlet Point Garden City Beach Litchfield Beach Pawleys Island Surfside Beach Myrtle Beach
Free at-home estimate

Ready to screen in
the inlet porch?

A Shade Coast specialist will measure your space in Murrells Inlet, show you mesh and fabric samples in your own light, and quote the project — at no cost and no pressure.