TOP C-Screen Linen 5% Fabric
6 colourways, solar screen, 5% openness, 300 cm roll, fire listed. TOP Window Covering fabric, made into roller shades in our Fort Lauderdale workroom and installed from Miami to Palm Beach.
A 5% fire-listed screen with 16% linen, for shaded rooms and softer interiors
C-Screen Linen 5% is the one screen in TOP Window Covering's flame-retardant range with a natural fibre in it: 18% polyester, 66% PVC and 16% linen, at 5% openness. It is 0.55 mm thick and 375 g/m2, on a 300 cm roll, about 118 inches. The six colours are all neutrals: White, Natural, Beige, Taupe, Gray and Black. It suits a hotel room, a restaurant or a living room where a screen with real linen in it sits better with the furnishings than an all-synthetic weave.
At 5% this is one of the brighter screens in the range. Visible transmission runs from 9.4% in Black to 24.6% in White, and UV transmission from 8% to 9.8%, so it softens a room rather than shading it hard. White reflects 58.2% of the sun's energy and Natural 49.3%; Black reflects 11.8% and gives the clearest view. The trade-off is plain: this is a fabric for filtered sun, north light and covered terraces, not for unshaded west glass.
What C-Screen Linen 5% does on your glass, and what it does not
Best use
Shaded and north glass, rooms under a balcony, restaurant windows on a covered terrace, and hotel rooms where a softer screen suits the scheme. Natural or Beige for warm interiors, White where the room needs the most daylight and the least heat, Gray or Black for a clearer view out. Choose it when the sun arrives filtered; on hard west glass, choose a tighter screen.
Privacy
By day it gives modest privacy, less than a tighter weave, because 5% openness lets more of the room read from outside, most of all in Black and Gray. After dark with lights on it hides nothing. Bedrooms and guest rooms need a blackout layer behind it, which we build as a dual roller.
Glare control
It softens glare rather than removing it. With nothing on the card below 9.4% visible transmission, a monitor or a television facing the window will struggle on a bright afternoon. Under an overhang or on north glass that is rarely a problem. A low sun in line with the window shows through any screen, and at 5% it shows clearly.
Limitations
It is not a glare fabric for west or south-west glass, it does not darken, and it gives no night privacy. UV transmission of 8% to 9.8% means art and rugs near the glass get less protection than behind a tighter weave. It contains PVC as well as linen. For a hard exposure, see Essence Screen at its tighter openness factors.
C-Screen Linen 5%
6 colours. Solar screen, 5% openness; 300 cm (118 in) roll.
Colourways
CL5-007
CL5-005
CL5-004
CL5-003
CL5-002
CL5-001
Swatch pictures and room photos: TOP Window Covering. Screens and monitors shift colour: judge on the sample.
C-Screen Linen 5% in TOP's room photos
TOP's own photography of the fabric on a window, to show the colour and the weave. These are not Exotic Shades installations.
Every C-Screen Linen 5% colourway, with TOP's published figures
Tv = visible light transmitted, Ts = solar energy transmitted, Rs = solar energy reflected, As = solar energy absorbed, Tuv = UV transmitted, in percent for the fabric alone, as published on TOP's datasheet; a dash means TOP publishes no figure for that colour. We bring TOP samples of the colours you shortlist to the consultation.
Where C-Screen Linen 5% works here
We would put it in a hotel room or a restaurant where the glass sits under a balcony or a deep overhang, or in a north-facing living room in Coral Gables or Boca Raton. The datasheet lists NFPA 701, California Title 19, CAN/ULC-S109, EN 13773, DIN 4102 B1 and BS 5867 Part 2. TOP rates it suitable for humid environments, with an antimicrobial finish and fungal resistance listed.
D-Screen 5% is the same openness and roll width without the linen, a heavier polyester and PVC cloth in five colours with Classe 1 (Italy) added to its fire listings.
C-Screen Linen 5%: frequently asked
Does the linen make it harder to keep clean?
TOP gives the same care instruction as for its all-synthetic screens, a damp cloth, and lists an antimicrobial finish tested to ASTM E2149 and fungal resistance to ASTM G21-15. The linen is 16% of the cloth, with polyester and PVC making up the rest. As with any fabric shade, wipe marks early and gently rather than scrubbing them.
How wide can a roller shade in TOP C-Screen Linen 5% be?
TOP makes C-Screen Linen 5% in a 300 cm (118 in) roll. The roll width is the widest single piece we can cut, so one roller shade can be made a little under 118 inches wide. Wider openings get two roller shades side by side, set to move together, or a split placed where a mullion hides it. We confirm the exact limit for the operating system when we measure.
Which shades can be made in C-Screen Linen 5%?
C-Screen Linen 5% is a roller shade fabric. We buy it from TOP Window Covering by the roll and make the shades ourselves in our Fort Lauderdale workroom: cut square, finished with a weighted hem bar and fitted to a Lutron, Somfy or Crestron motor or a manual chain, then installed by our own team from Miami to Palm Beach.
Is C-Screen Linen 5% flame retardant?
TOP's datasheet for C-Screen Linen 5% lists NFPA 701, California Title 19, CAN/ULC-S109, EN 13773, DIN 4102 B1, BS 5867 Part 2. For a hotel, a condo common area or an office, ask us for the datasheet with your quote: the building's reviewer or the fire marshal will want the listing in writing.
Can I see C-Screen Linen 5% samples before ordering?
Yes. Shortlist the colours here and we bring TOP samples of them to the in-home consultation, so you can hold them against your own glass in your own light. Our Fort Lauderdale workroom (4539 Powerline Rd, by appointment) and Miami Beach showroom (500 South Pointe Dr #150) have motorized shades running if you want to see one move.
Compare C-Screen Linen 5% with
Finesse Screen 3%
A thin, light 3% screen for wide windows and shallow pockets
D-Screen 5%
A 5% screen whose dark colours still reflect heat, for shaded offices and lobbies
Essence Screen
A fire-listed solar screen at 1%, 3% and 5% for hotel, office and condo glass
Fashion Screen 3%
A 3% screen that holds glare down in every colour, for offices, lobbies and media walls
Ancona FR
A thin flame-retardant light-filtering fabric for bright, private daytime rooms
Orient FR
A PVC-free, fire-listed light-filtering fabric that blocks nearly all UV
TOP C-Screen Linen 5% roller shades in Fort Lauderdale, Miami, Boca Raton & Palm Beach
We buy C-Screen Linen 5% from TOP Window Covering, make the roller shades in our Fort Lauderdale workroom and install them with our own team from Miami to Palm Beach. 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 how a shade moves.
See C-Screen Linen 5% in your own light
Book a complimentary in-home consultation. Shortlist the colours you like and we bring the TOP samples, demo motors, and honest answers about light, privacy and what your windows need.