Trade & Installers
Sails made by people who install them, supplied to people who install them.
If you install shade sails for a living, you already know the difference between a sail that goes up in an afternoon and one that fights you the whole way. Corners that don't sit right. Edges cut without any thought for how the thing gets tensioned. A fabricator on the other end of the phone who has never hung one.
Geoff has been fabricating and installing for over twenty years, and still installs every week around Mackay. Every sail that leaves our workshop is cut by someone who knows what it's like to be up a ladder with a turnbuckle in one hand, wondering why the last corner won't reach.
That's the whole reason our trade customers keep coming back.
Who this is for
Shade sail installers, landscapers, builders, handyman businesses, pool companies and property maintenance trades — anyone who installs sails for their own customers and wants a fabricator they can rely on.
What you get
- Trade pricing. Discounted rates for trades ordering regularly. The more we work together, the better it gets.
- Your name on it, not ours. Sails are supplied unbranded. Your customer sees your business, not ours.
- Any shape, any size. Standard sizes off the shelf, or made to your measurements — as many corners and angles as the site demands.
- Fabric that holds up. Commercial-grade shade cloth, marine-grade 316 stainless hardware, and premium bonded UV-resistant thread throughout.
- Someone who speaks your language. Ring up and talk to a licensed installer, not a call centre.
- Shipped Australia-wide. Wherever you're working, we'll get the sail to you.
Motor trimmers first
GP Shade Sails is a division of GP Motor Trimming, a family business Geoff and Paula have run in Mackay since 2011.
Decades of trimming work means we've handled just about every fabric, thread and stress point there is. That knowledge goes into every sail we cut — where the load sits, how an edge behaves under tension, and which stitching lasts in the sun.
No account to set up
There's no application form and no minimum order. Get in touch, tell us about your business and what you're working on, and we'll sort out pricing that works for both of us.