Knittex Colourshade Z25
The netting I fit on every shade port and carport I build. Commercial-grade, UV-stabilised, and made in South Africa.
Why Knittex
Knittex is the netting manufacturer I trust. I am an approved Knittex installer, which means I buy direct, I know the product inside out, and I stand behind it. Every shade port and carport I build gets Colourshade Z25 — not because it is the cheapest option, but because it lasts.
Z25 is a knitted HDPE (high-density polyethylene) shade cloth with UV stabilisers built into the yarn, not sprayed on afterwards. That is the difference between netting that holds up for 10 to 12 years in Gauteng sun and netting that starts cracking after three or four.
What you get
25 colours
13 stocked, 12 on order. From charcoal and black through to blue, orange and green — there is a colour for every building.
10–12 year life
UV-stabilised HDPE. The netting does not degrade in the way cheaper imports do. I have Z25 on sites from 2018 that still looks the way it did when it went on.
Shade factor 80–90%
Depending on the colour, Z25 blocks 80 to 90 percent of direct sunlight. That is real shade — not the washed-out kind you get from budget cloth.
Fitted, not just sold
I do not sell netting by the roll. Every net is measured to the structure, cut on site, stitched with industrial thread and tensioned onto galvanised cable. I tension it properly so it does not sag, and I stitch it so the wind flap sits where it should. When the net needs replacing in ten years, the cable and fixings are still there — you replace the net, not the whole system.
See all 25 colours
Shade factor, UV block and availability for every Z25 colour — view the full colour range.
Try it on a structure
Pick a colour and see it on a cantilever or four-post frame — open the configurator.
About Knittex
Knittex is a South African manufacturer based in KwaZulu-Natal. They make shade cloth, agricultural netting and knitted fabrics. The Colourshade Z25 range is their flagship shade product — the one most commercial and residential installers in Gauteng spec when the job has to last.
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