I've been putting shade cloth over my two driveways for quite a few years. I usually leave them up year round but of course when hurricanes blow through they are taken down and need to be re-installed. Many times I will buy new shade cloth while I'm "at it".
They really help in mitigating the negative aspects of full sun on my parking spots, which are also used for work spaces, such as currently with a few of my motorcycles. I normally park my truck on that drive but trying to finish these bikes right now.
I chose to buy new shade cloth this year, sourced from "the Zon". The 12x16 beige has a 90% rating and the 16x20 black the same, except on the black I doubled up and have two layers. Really makes a difference! Cost was about mid thirties each so around 100 bucks total.
The beige didn't have built in grommets so I had to use clips for those but the black did have grommets, saving a little extra labor. I normally make sure what I but has grommets but really wanted that 90% in this size and color. No biggie really.
