Shade for the car, privacy for the house, in Madinah
In Madinah the sun is the main reason people put up shades: a car parked for hours outside the house in August ends up with a cracked dashboard and a…
In Madinah the sun is the main reason people put up shades: a car parked for hours outside the house in August ends up with a cracked dashboard and a…
Firms quote by area, so your measurements and pictures are what let you line quotes up side by side.
A two-car shade is often around 5 × 6 m, so 30 m². For a screen: wall length × the height you want.
Late-afternoon sun hits a parked car hardest. Snap the spot around 3 pm and you'll see where shade actually lands.
Tiles over concrete? Earth? Rock? Many plots in the harrah districts are rocky, which changes how the footings get planned.
In a block or compound, ask the owner or management before fixing anything to the front or the roof.
⚠️ An old shade or screen swaying in the wind? Keep the car and children away from it on dusty, windy days until a fitter has looked at it.
Sun, dust and wind. The firm decides the fix after seeing it.
Year after year of strong UV breaks down cheap material. Heavier or UV-treated fabric lasts longer.
Dust settles on the fabric, weighs it down and changes its colour. A hose-down after a dusty spell is usually enough.
A tall screen with wide gaps between posts catches the wind. It needs closer posts or firmer fixing.
Unprimed, poorly painted steel, or water sitting at the base after spring showers.
It was built dead level. Even a little rain leaves a pocket of water that stretches the fabric.
The shade was sized to the car alone, ignoring the sun's direction. An extra metre on the west side makes the difference.
Each has its price, lifespan and look. Choose by use, not just by the cheapest.
The usual choice for car and courtyard shades.
Rigid sheets for roofs and entrances.
Keeping the yard and roof out of view.
Water over the fabric after every dust storm, with no stiff brush.
Once before summer and once after: bolts and tensioners loosen with heat and cold.
Clean and paint any rust spot at the foot of a post before the spring rain.
If you're putting a shade on the roof, have it cover the water tank as well. The tap water will run cooler.
Get the material, thickness and area written into the quote.
Some prices cover the material only. Ask whether footings and transport are in, as some pages say they're extra.
PVC comes in weights and the price follows. Have the weight written down.
Concrete footings? Bolts into tiles? And on rocky ground, what's the method?
Ask about the gap between posts and the steel thickness.
A flat shade holds water and dust.
Ask separately for the fabric, the steel, the stitching and the paint.
One is enough to ask more.
'SAR 100 a metre' without the material and thickness tells you nothing you can compare.
Tiles won't hold a post carrying wind load. It needs a footing.
Fine for the first year, then rust shows at the welds and the base.
Pricing from a photo alone can get the size or the ground wrong.
Advertised per-square-metre prices from shade and screen firms serving Madinah (2024 – 2026). Design, thickness and footings change the figure.
| Service | Rough price |
|---|---|
| Car shade (any material) | From SAR 100 per m² |
| PVC shade | SAR 90 – 220 per m² |
| Polyethylene shade | SAR 80 – 150 per m² |
| Shinko shade | SAR 60 – 140 per m² |
| Steel or cantilever shade | SAR 150 – 300 per m² |
| Lexan | SAR 200 – 350 per m² |
| Polycarbonate | SAR 220 – 400 per m² |
| Tensile structure | SAR 280 – 650 per m² |
| Roof shades | SAR 100 – 300 per m² |
| Steel screen | SAR 150 and up per m² |
| PVC or HDPE fabric screen | From SAR 80 – 110 per m² |
| PVDF fabric screen | SAR 160 and up per m² |
💡 One page's example: a 6 × 5 m shade is 30 m². At SAR 100 per m² that's about 3,000, at 350 about 10,500. Footings and transport may come on top.
🧵 Fabric screen prices follow the weight: 680 g PVC starts at SAR 80 a square metre, 1,100 g at 110. Ask the weight before comparing.
Four Madinah shade and screen businesses published these on their sites between December 2024 and 2026; we read each page in November 2026. They call them estimates, so they aren't binding and don't come from completed customer work. The figure you end up paying is agreed with the business alone.
Madinah firms advertise from about SAR 100 per square metre, with PVC at SAR 90-220. A two-car shade of roughly 30 m² comes to about SAR 3,000-6,600 at PVC rates, and footings may be extra.
For cars, heavy PVC or breathable polyethylene. For roofs and entrances, rigid sheets such as Lexan or sandwich panel keep dust out better, but cost more.
It can if the posts are far apart or fixed only into tiles. Ask about post spacing and footings before it goes up.
No. Price and payment are a matter between you and the installer.
Last updated: November 2026
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