Retractable wind break

wicky9

Not sure if DIY is the right forum (mods please move if needs be) but perhaps someone has some suggestions. We have quite an exposed windy site to the rear of our house. It does, however, get a lot of sun. We would love to be able to take advantage of it even on the windy days by using some sort of wind break or barrier to waist height allowing us to sit outside. We would be wary of installing a permanent solution as the winter winds can be very strong (shed blown over in last few years, bins often go missing etc). Has anyone seen or found a solution to this? I'm thinking of some sort of food away barrier or canopy (like a vertical awning??). Surely this is an easily curable problem, however my googling can't seem to find anything that will work. We have a corner that is sheltered naturally by the gable wall but would like to be able to extend past that with this windbreak so we can get the sunset in. Thanks in advance

monkeynuz

Without seeing the area it’s hard to advise thoroughly, my immediate thoughts are.

1: plant something trees/shrubs/hedge

2: five or six foot high hit and miss fence, won’t get blown down and slows the wind.

listermint

If you have fencing id put some netting on it, The kind you find in garden centres usually dark green in colour. Then plant on the near side of the netting.

Id be really looking at permanent solutions as planting will grow with the house and eventually the problem will be gone (all year round) Temp solutions like retracatable whateevers are costly and are not actually solving the problem permanently.

planting will deal with winter weather too and shield the garden and house.