Crestron M Screen Fabric
26 colourways, basketweave, openness 3%, 5%, Crestron Tier 2. Every swatch and every figure Crestron publishes, from the Crestron-certified team in Fort Lauderdale that specifies and installs Crestron shades from Miami to Palm Beach.
Thirteen colours at 3% and 5%, for the rooms where the colour leadsTier 2
M Screen is the second Mermet basketweave in the Crestron Heritage Collection. It shares E Screen's fiberglass and vinyl composition and Crestron stocks it at 3% and 5% openness only, the two weaves that cover most South Florida glass, a living room open to the water and a room under a terrace. That makes M Screen the fabric to open when the colour card matters more than having a 1% or a 10% option on the same roll. It is a solar screen: the view stays, the glare goes, and privacy after dark does not come with it. Crestron lists every colourway at Tier 2, the second column of the budget grid on this page.
The card is thirteen colours, each at both openness factors, 26 colourways. Five pair Charcoal with Apricot, Charcoal, Cocoa, Grey or Sable; two pair Linen with Sable-Cocoa or Stone; two pair Pearl with Linen or Pearl; four pair White with Linen, Pearl, Stone or White. The Stone and Sable pairings are what E Screen does not have, and they sit in the middle of the solar figures: Linen/Stone at 3% openness reflects 51% of the solar energy that reaches it and absorbs 28%, between White/White, which reflects 71%, and Charcoal/Charcoal, which reflects 4% and absorbs 93%. The dark pairings give the clearest view; the pale ones keep the heat off the glass.
Woven by Mermet; the mill's full data is on our Mermet M Screen page.
What M Screen does on your glass, and what it does not
Best use
The living, dining and family rooms of a house with a scheme to respect: 3% openness on the open glass of a waterfront living room or a slider wall, 5% openness under a covered terrace or on east glass that is bright only until mid-morning. A media room with a stone or linen palette takes Charcoal/Sable at 3% openness. Any elevation that needs tighter than 3% goes to E Screen; M Screen keeps the rest.
Privacy
Daytime only, and less at 5% openness than at 3% openness. The pale pairings, White/White, White/Stone and the two Linens, veil the room from outside in daylight better than the Charcoals, which reflect little and let a passer-by read the interior; the trade is the Charcoals' sharper view out. After dark, with the lights on, every colourway shows the room. A bedroom pairs it with a blackout or light-filtering layer on a dual roller.
Glare control
Crestron's visible transmittance for the card runs from 2% to 18%, a narrower band than E Screen's. The Charcoals at 3% openness are the glare answer, a television watchable across from the window in the afternoon; the Whites and Linens at 5% openness keep the view crisp and leave sparkle on a screen. Pearl/Pearl at 3% openness is the light-scheme compromise. A low sun in line with the window shows through all of them.
Limitations
No room darkening and no night privacy, so a bedroom or a bathroom needs a second layer. No 1% weave, so a west-facing office with monitors is better served by E Screen in a matching name. The Charcoals absorb most of the solar energy that reaches them and warm at the glass on an unshaded wall; the pale pairings stay cooler and haze the view instead. An open weave does little for sound.
M Screen colourways
13 colours, 26 colourways. Openness 3%, 5%; up to 120 in wide; Crestron Tier 2; can be railroaded; fire retardant; woven by Mermet.
Composition, ratings, certifications, hembar options and cleaning are from Crestron's Fabric Information Guide, revision 3.23.26.
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Every M Screen colourway, with Crestron's published figures
Ts = solar energy transmitted, Rs = solar energy reflected, As = solar energy absorbed and Tv = visible light transmitted, in percent, as Crestron publishes them in its fabric shop and its Fabric Information Guide (revision 3.23.26) for each colourway; Ts, Rs and As add up to 100. Openness is Crestron's figure; width is the usable roll width. We bring samples of the colours you shortlist to the consultation.
What a Crestron shade in M Screen costs
Crestron places this fabric in price Tier 2. Its budgetary guide of June 2022 lists a motorized 5 Series roller shade in a Tier 2 fabric at $1,000 for 3 ft x 5 ft, $1,300 for 5 ft x 10 ft and $1,600 for 10 ft x 10 ft, MSRP, motor included, before options, control, wiring and installation.
| Shade size | Tier 1 | Tier 2 | Tier 3 | Tier 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 ft wide x 5 ft high | $900 | $1,000 | $1,200 | $1,400 |
| 5 ft wide x 10 ft high | $1,100 | $1,300 | $1,600 | $2,200 |
| 10 ft wide x 10 ft high | $1,400 | $1,600 | $2,000 | $3,200 |
Options in the same guide: fascia $20 per ft; top and back cover $20 per ft; pocket $50 per ft; dual shade (two fabrics, one bracket) double the single-shade figure. The guide names example fabrics per tier: Tier 1: Bella, Mika, Merinda, Nava; Tier 2: E Screen, SheerWeave 2500, 2700 and 7500, Perla, Dilanna; Tier 3: SheerWeave 7000, Rachel, Nohea, Cosima; Tier 4: Flocke, Vizela, Harika; a few have changed tier since, and every fabric page gives the tier the Crestron fabric shop lists today. The guide excludes control processors, keypads, interfaces, wiring, power supplies, programming and installation. Source (PDF).
Figures are Crestron's own budgetary MSRP guide of June 2022 for one motorized 5 Series roller shade, motor included, before options. They exclude the control system, wiring, power, programming and installation, and Crestron may have changed them since. We quote every project at the measure.
Where M Screen works here
M Screen is where we go when a designer has a palette to hit: a Boca Raton interior in stone and linen tones, where a plain white shade would read cold and a charcoal too heavy. We specify it at 3% openness on open glass and 5% openness under a covered terrace, and hold the two Linen pairings and White/Stone for rooms where the shade is seen down most of the day. A west wall that needs a tighter weave switches to E Screen in a matching neutral.
M Screen is E Screen's sibling with the tighter set of openness factors and the broader neutral card; E Screen adds the 1% and 10% weaves and the Gray-Stone and Pearl/Grey pairings, E Screen KOOLBLACK is the charcoals rewoven to reflect heat at Tier 3 and 4, and S Screen is a four-colour weave with a polyester yarn at 4%.
M Screen: frequently asked
When would you choose M Screen over E Screen?
When the colour card is the reason. M Screen carries Linen/Stone, Linen/Sable-Cocoa, White/Stone and Charcoal/Sable, four pairings E Screen does not have, and it sits at the same Tier 2, so on a house that only ever needs 3% openness and 5% openness there is nothing to give up. E Screen wins when an elevation needs a 1% weave or a north wall a 10%, or when Charcoal/Gray-Stone and Pearl/Grey, the two pairings only it has, are the ones the scheme wants.
Is there a 1% M Screen for a west-facing room?
Not in the Crestron programme, which stocks M Screen at 3% and 5% openness only. For a west wall we keep M Screen on the rest of the floor and switch that elevation to E Screen's 1% weave, or to E Screen KOOLBLACK where the client wants charcoal on hot glass. Nine of the thirteen M Screen names repeat on E Screen, the Charcoals apart from Charcoal/Sable, both Pearls and three of the four Whites, so the change of fabric does not read as a change of colour.
Does 3% or 5% change the heat through the glass?
Less than the colour does. In a given M Screen colour, Crestron's solar transmittance barely moves between the two weaves: White/White publishes 18% at 3% openness and 19% at 5% openness, Charcoal/Charcoal 3% at both, Linen/Stone 21% and 22%. Between colours it moves a great deal, from 3% in Charcoal/Charcoal to 22% in Linen/Stone at the same 5% openness, with the reflectance running the other way, 4% against 50%. So we choose the openness for the view and the glare, and the colour for what happens to the heat.
What does a Crestron shade in M Screen cost?
Crestron places this fabric in price Tier 2. Its budgetary guide of June 2022 lists a motorized 5 Series roller shade in a Tier 2 fabric at $1,000 for 3 ft x 5 ft, $1,300 for 5 ft x 10 ft and $1,600 for 10 ft x 10 ft, MSRP, motor included, before options, control, wiring and installation. Options, the control system, wiring and installation are on top; we quote the finished shade at the measure.
How wide can a Crestron shade in M Screen be?
Crestron lists a usable roll width of 120 inches for M Screen; the fabric can be railroaded, turned 90 degrees on the roll, so one shade can run wider than the roll as long as it is no taller than the roll width, and where it is taller Crestron joins two widths with a horizontal seam, which we line up with a mullion or a transom. We confirm the limit for the chosen hardware when we measure.
Is Crestron M Screen the same fabric as the mill's?
Crestron buys M Screen from Mermet and lists it under its own SKUs and price tier. The weave is the one on our Mermet M Screen page, where the mill's full optical and fire data lives; Crestron's page here shows the colourways and openness Crestron actually stocks for its shades.
Can I see M Screen samples before ordering?
Yes. We bring samples of the colours you shortlist to the in-home consultation, so you judge them against your own glass, and both showrooms, 4539 Powerline Rd in Fort Lauderdale (by appointment) and 500 South Pointe Dr #150 in Miami Beach, have motorized shades running.
Compare M Screen with
Crestron M Screen shades in Fort Lauderdale, Miami, Boca Raton & Palm Beach
We specify M Screen on Crestron Digital QMT motors and hardware for any project from Miami to Palm Beach; Crestron builds each shade to order from our measurements, and we install it with our own team and commission it with your integrator. Both showrooms, 4539 Powerline Rd in Fort Lauderdale (by appointment) and 500 South Pointe Dr #150 in Miami Beach, have motorized shades running so you can see the fabric in motion.
See M Screen in your own light
Book a complimentary in-home consultation. Shortlist the colours you like and we bring samples, demo motors, and honest answers about openness, colour and what your windows actually need.