The Village of Kilmarnock, Virginia has a new town Centre. The new Centre includes an amphitheater, picnic pavilion, restrooms, waterpark and other fun facilities.  The theme throughout the Centre are the PalmSHIELD Atlas horizontal louvered panels.  The township is so excited about PalmSHIELD panels that they have incorporated our louvered panels into their new logo.  […]

We are very proud that Black & Veatch Engineering selected PalmSHIELD as their louvers of choice for the Air Liquide new prototype hydrogen fueling stations. These new sites incorporate PalmSHIELD’s exclusive sliding gates and panic hardware.

PalmSHIELD Louvers and American Fence Company of Minnesota team-up to provide a new mechanical equipment enclosure for American Family Insurance’s new data center. PalmSHIELD louvers has a long history of providing architectural louvers for data centers.  You can find our louvered panel system at the Google, Travelers and Yahoo  date centers.  PalmSHIELD is the natural […]

Why is PalmSHIELD the most widely used and number one louvered architectural screen system?  PalmSHIELD is the only manufacture that provides step-by-step installation instructions for installing posts, panels, and gates. PalmSHIELD prides ourselves on having a reputation of being the most user-friendly louvered screen system to install.  We have been working directly with installers for […]

PalmSHIELD architectural louvers was selected for the historic restoration of the Kilmarnock Township Town Square.  PalmSHIELD was chosen because of our ability to custom build both louvered architectural screens in a wide variety of shapes but also because of our ability to provide such a wide range of gate and door solutions. Kilmarnock Town Square […]

PalmSHIELD offers louvered and secured HVAC equipment enclosures. Copper prices have increased over 60% since 2007.  Thieves are averaging no less than $100.00 for copper tubing stolen from a residential ac unit installation. Recently, the local Houston news reported two commercial HVAC units dropped two stories from the rooftop of a shopping mall.  The thieves […]

Over the last several years, there has been a pillaging of copper from existing air conditioner units.  Copper is rising in cost and has a high scrap pay-out.  Air conditioner lines are quick prey for thieves. It can cost thousands to tens of thousands of dollars to re-plumb air conditioner lines after thieves have ripped out […]

PalmSHIELD has been engineered to meet the category one 90 mph wind load requirement for an architectural louvered screen system.    Though we do not provide generalized engineered stamped drawings; we do review our engineering to assure that our design will meet designed load requirements relative to the overall design and selection of materials. Ultimately, it […]

Your temporary construction fence should be your first line of defense at your construction site. Not only does it aid in keeping materials and tool safe; it keeps potential lawsuits from curious trespassers out.  Construction sites are dangerous, especially in the dark.  It is easy for others to quickly get hurt. According to the Chain […]

Any louvered screen will increase the wind load on it supporting structure. This has traditionally been an educated guess with a considerable safety factor.  However, most architectural louvered screens are attached to adjoining walls and buildings that must meet an even greater wind load coefficient for solid surfaces. Though PalmSHIELD’s systems may be installed as […]

What are the benefits of using pre-stained pickets, rails and posts? It must be said at the beginning of this piece…there is no substitute for using pre-stained fence boards.  These are wood pickets, rails and posts that are stained by the mill, packaged and shipped to your local DIY store.  Nobody knows wood better than […]

Did you know that PalmSHIELD is more than just architectural louvers?  We are a fully staffed and equipped architectural metals shop.  Our staff begins with design and engineering.  We have an exceptional design team who are highly competent CAD designers.  Our fabrication personnel are a group of certified AWS D1.1 & D1.2 welders. Our shop is […]