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Professional Appearance

PalmSHIELD’s louvered screens are custom fabricated to each application, allowing end users to select column locations, varied panel heights and widths, and custom applications. These installations are frequently used to obscure HVAC units, generators, and other items that, while essential, hamper a building’s curb appeal. Our system features its own independent structure, which classifies it as a standalone equipment fencing solution. This independent structure meets the latest IBC and UBC codes.

Architectural Louvers

PalmSHIELD is the industry choice for louvered screening: our panels provide maximum air flow while maintaining 100% direct visual screening. We are the only architectural screen and wall manufacturer that provides a structural picture frame design to fully enclose each panel in your rooftop screen or mechanical equipment screen. This allows greater flexibility, spanning considerable widths and heights. PalmSHIELD’s aesthetic appeal comes from its contemporary finish. Our panel and column combination is sleek and robust.

SEMI PRIVATE SCREENING

PalmSHIELD‘s architectural semi-private panels are a great mechanical screen option that offers both privacy and ventilation for ground screens, enclosures, and gates. The aluminum frame — combined with aluminum, vinyl, or composite horizontal planks — offer a contemporary, industrial finish in tune with today’s style. Used to obscure and protect HVAC units, dumpsters, and mechanical equipment.

Privacy & Ventilation

The semi-private pattern, featuring a two-inch standard air space and five-inch-wide planks, complements your building’s exterior finish without compromising airflow or breaking up the screens’ overall appearance. PalmSHIELD’s semi-private mechanical equipment screen systems include optional swing and slide gates. Part of what makes our semi-private composite screening so appealing is the wide array of colors it comes in.

Upscale Solutions

PalmSHIELD’s solid architectural fencing is unlike any other equipment screen on the market. These impervious panels embody strength and security — along with a professional appearance — complementing your building and roof’s exterior finish. All of PalmSHIELD’s screen walls come with optional matching swing and slide gates.

SOLID SCREENING

PalmSHIELD’s solid architectural screen fencing combines fully fabricated structural framed panels with individual columns. Featuring our signature picture frame design, these panels support tongue-and-groove planks on all four sides. Everything is extruded to fit together using on-site mechanical means. Our aluminum components are media blasted and powdered coated. Gates are fully assembled.

Staggered screening

Looking for something lightweight and ventilation-friendly that still attains 100% visual blockage? Then staggered screen fencing is the solution for you! Each plank in this equipment screen system is offset from one another, forming a stitching-like pattern. Very popular is the Mercury Staggered option, which combines alternating aluminum, vinyl, and composite planks placed horizontally between aluminum and vinyl posts. This shadow box architectural screen fencing and wall design is field-installed.

Alternating rooftop screen fencing providing a formidable appearance with large tubular louvers running vertically or horizontally in a shadow box pattern.

Highest Quality Material

Staggered infill completely seals mechanical equipment from view without cutting off airflow and light. Property owners desiring stylish, less metallic-looking screens benefit from these uniquely designed panels.

Unmatched Durability

Looking for mechanical equipment screening that matches a brick-and-stone building? PalmSHIELD’s Faux Brick & Stone collection simulates the appearance of masonry — minus the cost, heavy material, and back-breaking labor! These panels come in a variety of styles, textures, and colors; you’ll have no trouble finding one that complements your upscale building.  

The Brick & Stone Collection

PalmSHIELD and TexturePlus®’s Faux Brick & Stone collection is an elegant choice for mechanical and rooftop screen fencing. PalmSHIELD recognizes that many customers want a product option able to endure the extreme heat and moisture generated by the equipment they protect. The polymer infill manufactured by Texture Plus® and installed by PalmSHIELD easily withstands extreme heat and moisture without developing mold or mildew.

Architectural Artistic Laser Cut

PalmSHIELD’s laser cut fencing combines artistry, design, and engineering to provide a decorative architectural screen and wall system for applications that require a more upscale appearance. Complement and enhance the outward appearance of your building with style!

Custom Decorative Designs

PalmSHIELD’s abstract, decoratively patterned panel systems are the top choice for applications that demand artistry and a high profile finish. With our Opaque, Translucent, and LED Backlit options, you can transform any artistic symbol and laser cut metal into a glowing work of art. Certain to attract customers and boost curb appeal!

Crafting Safe Environments

PlaySAFE Playground Screening

PalmSHIELD’s PlaySAFE solution is the perimeter security that playgrounds today need. Designed to keep young users contained and safe, this system also compliments both playground equipment and adjoining building exteriors. Playgrounds are creative environments that promote fun, growth, learning, and socialization. These wonderful spaces should never pose a threat to youngsters.

Architectural Open

PalmSHIELD’s upscale, architectural open screen fencing is ideal when visual blockage isn’t important. Whether you select our decorative perforated or wire mesh system, you receive a barrier designed to complement your building’s outward appearance. Suitable for open mechanical equipment and rooftop screening.

Pre-Engineered Easy Assembly

PalmSHIELD’s design team works closely with each client to provide a unique, visually appealing screen solution. The architectural open option easily incorporates into our engineered fully framework systems. It may also be used as a standalone application attached to your building or structure.

Living Green Screen Systems

All of our living green trellis screening designs are fabricated using aluminum wire mesh, framework, and posts to resist corrosion and the acidity generated by the plants they support. In addition, PalmSHIELD’s trellis systems are powder coated, providing a beautiful, lasting surface!

Trellis

PalmSHIELD specializes in innovative architectural and commercial screen solutions. Among these is the green trellis, a common choice for greenhouses, parks, and gardens. The panels support a living wall of plants — visible from both sides — to create a natural green barrier. We currently offer three trellis design choices, including the Interlaced style, which combines the elegance of traditional basketweave with the strength and reliability of PalmSHIELD’s engineered column and fully framed panel design. The result: a commercial screen fencing option that’s both stunning and durable.

architectural Gates

PalmSHIELD’s MAXIMUS gate collection is the top choice for industrial fence screening applications where appearance matters. Our industrial swing gate collection, which resembles bank vault doors, incorporate our double gate framework design: a 4” x 2” tubular outer framework encapsulating a 3” x 3” interior angle framework. This is the industrial gate design choice when aesthetics are critical.

Modern Security Solution

PalmSHIELD has successfully built thousands of gates over the last thirty years, each custom designed and engineered to match the exact opening specifications of the installation site. We apply a series of time-tested engineering principles, accounting for the effects of both wind load and cantilevered load. No need to worry about future failed or sagging gates with the fully welded tubular framework and cable truss design on larger gates!

High Traffic Security

Pedestrian industrial swing gates are available with a wide variety of options. These gates suit high security or high traffic areas requiring standalone pedestrian access. Our industrial pedestrian gates are manufactured from square aluminum profiles, feature an optional welded jamb, and come with numerous infill options. The welded jamb option better supports panic hardware, keyable door locks, and automatic closures. 

pedestrian gates & surrounds

PalmSHIELD’s VULCAN full-height pre-hung pedestrian swing gate is a proven solution for security applications in high traffic areas: K-12, high education, stadiums, apartments, assisted living, manufacturing, food related industries, arenas, and more. Fully customizable with optional panic bars, automatic closure, keyless entry, position switch, and automated access control devices.

industrial Gates

As with our the gates made by PalmSHIELD, our industrial slide gates and swing gates are made by the thousand each year. Also like their counterparts here, each is fabricated to match the customer’s particular installation needs. From a single 150’ long slide gate (one of which is installed at one of our nation’s largest airports) to a four thousand pound ornamental decorative slide gate (the likes of which protects one of our nation’s largest data centers) to any swing gate in your backyard, we have you covered!

Heavy Duty

Industrial gates are indispensable in the world of industrial and commercial security. Their ability to safeguard perimeters, optimize space, and adapt to various applications makes them a valuable investment for any business, police substation, or military base. Rest assured that your PalmSHIELD will endure as a robust, reliable guardian of your premises — contributing to a safer, more efficient environment.

Meeting Community Standards

Working based on industry waste management standards — and with knowledge gleamed from twenty-plus years of collaborating with architects — we have designed a whole series of standard enclosures for dumpster containment. The modern waste management industry has standardized commercial dumpsters. To accommodate these standard dumpsters, PalmSHIELD engineers standard enclosures — for single, double and triple dumpsters!

dumpster enclosures

Whether retail, commercial, or multi-family residential, your facility requires trash disposal. That means one or several on-site dumpsters. Typical fencing will not do; dumpster enclosures must be constructed via fence screens that are secure but also complement building exteriors. PalmSHIELD’s dumpster enclosures are pre-engineered to do this as well as meet waste management standards. Our architectural solid screen walls and louvered enclosures are likewise designed to contribute to your property’s overall appearance: keep up aesthetics by covering dumpsters and making them inaccessible to the public!

railings

PalmSHIELD’s custom-fabricated cable systems are designed to accompany code-compliant stair grab rails. We use a rigid, thin cable stabilizer bar in the panels to support long cable runs. A stabilizer bar supports cables at changes in slope without the use of additional posts. Fewer posts leaves more to be desired as you look beyond the cable rail system.

Slim & Discreet

Did you know many cable railings fail over time to maintain proper tension? Imagine eleven cables, each tensioned to several hundreds of pounds of pull, tugging on the same two-inch square post, itself screwed down to the top of a soft cedar deck board or stair plank. What happens with the passage of time and unrelenting tension? System failure! Fortunately, we know a thing or two about cable railing. To prevent these dangerous mishaps, PalmSHIELD once again employs our unique and proven fully framed panel design. Our fully framed panels transfer the tension to the frame itself, not to your deck or stairs.

Extraordinarily Flexible

Our fully framed panel system allows our rooftop screen fencing increased design flexibility, spanning considerable widths and heights. PalmSHIELD’s panels can be used with our rooftop mounting system or with any owner-furnished structural framework, allowing for a variety of styles, degrees of airflow, and levels of visual screening. PalmSHIELD provides options on mounting brackets; we can also custom design mounts for your structural framing.

rooftop

PalmSHIELD’s fully framed products remain a popular choice for roof screens. Because we’re the only architectural screen fencing and wall manufacturer that provides a structural picture frame design on each panel, we are the number one choice for rooftop mechanical screen fencing equipment. Many buildings feature RTUs (Rooftop Units), which are essential to keeping building functionality in order. These items, however, tend to diminish curb appeal, so many property managers obscure them with our mechanical RTU screen solution! Louvered options are custom designed to obscure items from a pedestrian’s line of sight.

Hardware

SHIM STACKS

PalmSHIELD has exactly what you need to provide that finished professional look. PalmSHIELD offers shims in two styles to be installed individually or in combination.

LOCINOX LATCH

PalmSHIELD incorporates the Locinox FortyLock mortise lock into all of our gates with lockable drop rods.

PANIC BARS

PalmSHIELD utilizes DAC Industries, Inc. for their wide selection of panic bar options. You can find one that’s perfect for your project with their reliable and versatile product lines.

DROP ROD

PalmSHIELD can fit any gate with the perfect sized drop rod to secure it in place.

GORILLA HINGE

PalmSHIELD has designed its own line of industrial hinges strong and flexible enough to pair with any gate.

MOUNTING SYSTEM

PalmSHIELD’s Rooftop mounting systems are based on allowing the easily mount any of our full framed screening systems to their existing posts or rooftops

GATE CLOSURE

PalmSHIELD has once again chosen Locinox for a variety of proven top-of-the-range gate closers for large or small gates.

we are palmshield

PalmSHIELD is the industry leader for the following: louvered mechanical screen fencing; architectural screen fencing, and walls for rooftops; mechanical screens for HVAC systems; architectural screens for dumpster enclosures; and mechanical equipment screens for generators, transformers, cooling towers, and more! Our popular and fully engineered louvers and panels have been installed across the United States, from Yellowstone State Park to the Grand Canyon!

Our mechanical screen fencing equipment remains the industry leader for providing maximum air flow without breaking its 100% direct visual screen. We are also the only louvered architectural screen fencing and wall manufacturer that provides a structural picture frame design. This design fully encloses each panel in your rooftop screen or mechanical equipment screen system. The louvers’ aesthetic appeal results from the use of contemporary materials and finishes and fabrication by trained industry professionals. Our panel and column combination is sleek and robust.

palmshield screen applications

  • Rooftop enclosures
  • Dumpster enclosures
  • Mechanical equipment
  • Equipment enclosures
  • Patios
  • HVAC equipment
  • Generators
  • Transformers
  • Pool equipment
  • Courtyards
  • RTU Enclosures
  • Patios
  • Condensers
  • Chillers
  • Balconies
  • Commercial screen walls
  • Walkways
  • Gardens
  • Partitions
  • Hot tubs
  • Propane tanks

THE PALMSHIELD CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE

When you want a complete solution to your louvered mechanical equipment screen, rooftop screen, architectural screen fencing and wall and ventilation needs without sweating the small stuff, choose PalmSHIELD–we make it easy. We walk you through the design.  We got you covered. We stay with you from product engineering until the product is fully installed.
How do we make it so easy for you? We deploy six basic steps…

AIA CES APPROVED COURSES

The Selection of Gates & Gate Automation

Selection of Gates & Gate Automation is an introductory, unbiased course that covers: Selecting your type and style of gate, selecting your gate operator, selecting your automated gate components, and providing a safe automated gate.

Free AIA Course

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