Sunroom construction in La Palma CA - a room that ties into your house cleanly

Most people who call us have a patio slab, a deck or a tired old sunroom out back that they'd use a lot more if it kept out the wind, the bugs and the afternoon sun. The price moves mostly with the kind of room you choose, its size, the glass and insulation, and how much of your roof and walls it ties into, while the schedule turns on how long the city takes to review the plans and which days inspectors come out. When I come out, I look at what the room will tie into and write up the room type, the options and the price for your job. If you're starting from a slab, patio-to-sunroom conversion is usually where that conversation begins.

We start with the choice of room, because a room closed off from the house and one that's heated, cooled and open to it are built differently, so the glass and insulation get settled before anything is drawn. I measure, look closely at what the room will sit on and where it meets your house, and we draw the plans around that. Then our crew gets the area ready, frames the walls and roof, ties the new framing into your house so the joint stays tight against weather, sets the glass and doors, and finishes the inside for the way you'll use it. If the work touches your bearing walls or roof framing, I tell you that at the estimate, not halfway through, so nothing about the job surprises you. We clean up as we go and walk the room with you when it's done.

Sometimes a brand-new room isn't the right job. If you already have a sunroom that leaks, runs hot or no longer suits you, sunroom remodeling can often get it back into use without starting over. And if what you mostly want is shade and fewer bugs, screen room installation gives you an outdoor room without glass walls.

In La Palma, the city handles building permits online, and almost every improvement plan goes through plan check, which is the city's review of the drawings, before a permit is issued. Some plans also need a fire review, with extra sets sent straight to the Orange County Fire Authority, and the city's planning staff handle residential remodel and design review applications. Whether your sunroom needs a permit, and how the city classes it, is the city's call, so I don't guess at it. If your job needs a permit, we take care of it, which means we prepare the plans, file them with the city, book the inspections and let you know ahead of any visit where you need to be home.

Inspections here run Monday through Thursday from 8:30 a.m. to noon, with none on Fridays, and they're booked with 24 hours' notice, so we plan the work around those mornings. A lot of the houses we work on here, and on jobs in Cypress and Buena Park, have a patio slab or an older aluminum patio cover out back, and we check how those meet the house before planning a room around them.