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If you have a patio area in your garden that doesn't get the use that it should you might want to consider getting a patio cover to shade you from the sun and protect you from the elements. The problem is with such a variety of options on the market, which do you choose?

The less expensive solution is a patio cover that is not a full enclosure, awning or a freestanding unit but a shade sails. A shade sail is an alternative to what some used to call a pergola or covered porch. These new style patio covers are so versatile they can be stretched over your patio or garden, attached to a beam of the house, to patio columns, or to trees.

They can also be simply supported with the addition of a few posts or steel columns anywhere in your yard or in the patio area or over the deck. They can put up and taken down as needed.

The outer edge of the sails is designed to curve inwards and to control the tension of the fabric. Good patio covers of this kind have reinforced webbing and stainless steel rings on each corner so that when strung up a shade sail should not flap or sag or get all wrinkled.

Many of these unique patio cover designs are also waterproof so you can enjoy your patio even in a little light rain. They are mostly made of polyethylene that is not susceptible to mold or mildew and will not rot in the elements.

A medium sized good quality shade sail can be as little as $50 so it's a very inexpensive patio cover option.