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Design your Pikkuna
Pikkuna is the perfect solution for protecting your outdoor spaces from the elements. Our flexible PVC weather screens are designed to fit any window opening, providing excellent protection against wind, rain, and insects. To order Pikkuna, simply click the buttom below and fill the online calculator with your required dimensions and shape. We offer various types of films and mounting options, including screws, hooks, and Velcro, to suit your needs. Measuring is easy: just take the width and height of your opening, and we'll guide you through the process to ensure a perfect fit!
Various Types of Material
Achilles film is manufactured in Japan and North America and is renowned for offering the highest brightness and durability available anywhere in the world. We use only reliable materials in our production to achieve the best possible quality.
The clear 750 micron PVC sheet is ideal for areas with only a few sunny days per year. The UV-stabilised PVC film remains clear for a long time with minimal discolouration, even in the most severe weather conditions. The material allows over 87.5% of light to pass through and blocks approximately 90% of harmful UV radiation.
More functionality! With all the benefits of the classic PVC film, this stylish tinted version protects your spaces from the sun's heat and provides privacy!
The extremely durable, wire-reinforced fly screen performs many functions at once: it protects against insects, sunlight and provides partial privacy while keeping your premises well ventilated. It can even withstand a pet attack!
Mounting types
Turn buttons
Mounting with turn buttons is the most common mounting method. It allows you to mount Pikkuna PVC weather screens on the upper beams and pillars of your terrace. This type of installation allows for the best tensioning of the element during installation, which ensures the perfect final appearance of the result.
The Pikkuna weather screen can be removed or rolled up by opening the turn buttons. A minimum of 5 cm is required for the installation of the turn buttons, which corresponds to the width of the edging. Each turn button is attached with the two screws provided. The colours of the turn buttons match the colours of the borders: white, black, brown, grey, and beige.
Hooks
Using hooks is an excellent choice when the top or side edge of a Pikkuna has to be mounted at a 90-degree angle to a wall, pillar or ceiling. This is usually the case when, for example, the top beam and the pillars are not flush and for one reason or another you do not want to build an additional frame.
However, it should be noted that the hook mounting cannot be used at both opposite sides of the element, because in this case the tensioning of the element would not be successful and the element would not stay in place in windy weather. We recommend that you choose to pair the hook mount with turn buttons or screws on the opposite side.
Velcro
Velcro tape is a sturdy hook-and-loop tape with the loop side pre-sewn at the factory to the edge of the element. With a stapler gun, you attach the hook side of the tape to the frame of the opening and that's it! So the installation is really easy and fast.
Please note that velcro mounting is only applicable in the case of a wooden frame.
The hook-and-loop tape is detachable and attachable an unlimited number of times. Available in white and black.
Screws
Mounting with screws allows the Pikkuna weather screen to be mounted to a wooden or metal frame.
This mounting method is used for permanent installation or when other mounting methods are not possible for one reason or another. For example, when you don't plan to dismantle Pikkuna completely but to roll it up in the summer, screws are used to fasten the top edge.
Screw mounting can be used along with a zipper door that is as wide as the window opening, so that the element can be rolled up by simply opening the zipper without dismantling the edges.
Weight pouch
A weight pouch is a typical mounting type when the Pikkuna weather screen borders the floor of the terrace. In this case, a so-called weight pouch is made at the bottom of the element, in which a cut-out weight bar is placed in. Its function is to stretch the element downwards vertically. Please note, that the 10 cm standard height of the pocket is automatically included in the free height of the opening and does not need to be considered separately.
Zipper door
Don't put up with limited access and order a zip door panel from us. It can be as wide as the door opening will allow. State the width of the desired door and the distance from the left edge of the opening to the door when viewed from the outside. The colour of the zipper depends on the colour of the edges and can be white or black. Of course, the door can be conveniently rolled up!
Measure yourself!
Measuring is very easy! You don't need any special skills.
You only need:
A tape measure;
Paper and a pencil to write down the measurements.
Required measurements:
Width of window opening;
Opening height on the left side;
Opening height on the right side;
Door width;
Distance from the left edge of the opening to the door.
⚠️ Important
Always measure the internal dimensions of the opening!
You don't need to worry about accounting for the width of the Pikkuna edge. The overall size of the element will be automatically adjusted based on the type of mounting for each side.
Get inspired by the example project and plan your own!
We have created a 3D model of a typical Finnish terrace protected with Pikkuna PVC weather shields to help you better understand the product itself and to give a visual demonstration of how the measurements should be taken, as well as how to place an oder in our online shop based on the measurements you've taken.
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