Sunroom Contractor in Downey, CA - Sunrooms Built on a Sound Base
La Palma Sunrooms & Patios is a sunroom contractor serving Downey, CA. We build sunrooms, patio enclosures and patio covers, and we turn the patios, decks and old sunrooms behind Downey homes into rooms you'll actually use.
Ask for a sunroom estimate in Downey
I'll walk your patio or deck with you and measure where the room would go.
Request an estimateDowney: mostly single-family houses and backyards
Downey's housing has long been mostly single-family houses, with apartments and condos making up the rest. The calls we get here look like the ones we get across the area, from homeowners with a back patio, a deck or a tired old sunroom they'd like to use more.
On a single-family house the new room usually ties into the back wall and the roof line, so before we talk about glass I look at what it'll sit on. A slab poured for a table and a grill wasn't built to carry walls and a roof, and I'd rather find that on the first visit than halfway through the build. The city also puts Downey in two energy code zones, zone 8 for most of the city and zone 9 north of Vista Del Rio, and since those zones shape building rules such as roofing, we check which side of that line your house is on before we draw the room. We start the same way on houses in Garden Grove and the other cities we work in.
What a Downey sunroom job goes through at the city
In Downey, permits for additions, alterations and remodels come from the city's Building and Safety Division, which also checks the plans and sends the inspectors. Plan check comes before any building starts, so it sets the early part of your schedule. If your job needs a permit, we take care of it, drawing the plans, filing them with the city, booking the inspections and letting you know ahead of any visit where you need to be home. It's also fair to ask any contractor for their Downey business license, because the city requires one before a contractor can pull a permit.
The price moves with what's under the room and what goes into it, so a sound slab, a screen room or a simple roof keeps it down, while new footings, insulated walls, better glass and wiring for lights or a fan push it up. The schedule turns on plan check, inspections and how long the glass and framing take to arrive, and at the estimate I write up the room type, the options and the price for your house. I come out to measure, and I run the work on site with our own crew, the same way we do next door in Bellflower and Norwalk.
Services in Downey, CA
Patio-to-sunroom conversion
Plenty of Downey houses already have an open or covered slab out back, and a patio-to-sunroom conversion puts walls, glass and a real roof over it. We check the slab and footings first, because a patio built for chairs isn't always built to carry a room.
Sunroom additions
On a single-family lot with yard to spare, a sunroom addition goes on as new floor area tied into the house. That makes it an addition in the city's eyes, so we draw it, file it and build it to the approved plans.
Four season sunrooms
If you want a room you'll sit in on a hot August afternoon as well as a cool January evening, a four season room with insulated walls and better glass is the one to look at. We settle the insulation and glass with you before we order anything, since they're hard to change once the room is up.
Screen room installation
Some homeowners mostly want to sit outside without the bugs, and a screen room does that for less than a glassed-in room. I'll tell you plainly if a screen room fits how you'll use the space better than a sunroom would.
Patio cover installation
A patio cover makes sense when you want shade and still want the open air, and it's often where people start before they decide to enclose. If a room might come later, we can talk about sizing the posts and footings with that in mind.
Sunroom remodeling
Older sunrooms behind some Downey houses leak where they meet the house, run hot or have glass that's clouded over. We look at what can stay and what has to go, starting with the base, and remodel from there.
Get a written sunroom estimate for your Downey home
Tell us about your Downey job and we'll get back to you within one business day. I'll come out to look at what the room will tie into and measure, then write up the room type, the options and the price, free and with no obligation.
- Phone
- (562) 386-0180
- Location
- La Palma, CA 90623
- Hours
- Mon–Fri: 6 AM–11 PM, Sat–Sun: 7 AM–11 PM
- Credentials
- Licensed and fully insured.
What Downey homeowners can count on
We're based in La Palma, CA and offer 16 services across 12 cities on both the Orange County and Los Angeles County sides. Every estimate is a free quote on site.
- Based in
- CA
- La Palma
- Services
- 16
- Service areas
- 12
- Licensed and fully insured.
- Free quotes on site.
- Replies within 1 business day.
Frequently asked questions
Do I need a permit to build a sunroom in Downey?
Most likely yes, because the city says that, generally, any new construction, addition or alteration to an existing building needs a permit. Permits are issued at the Building counter in Downey City Hall, and applications and plans can also go in through the city's online portal. If yours is an edge case, ask the Building and Safety Division before we draw anything.
Can I pull my own permit for a sunroom on my Downey house?
Yes, if you live in the single-family house the permit covers, because the city issues building permits to owner-builders living there as well as to California licensed contractors. Townhomes, condos, apartments and duplexes are different, and the city issues those permits only to licensed contractors. Whoever holds it, a permit becomes invalid if work doesn't start within 12 months of issue or stops for 180 days, so it pays to have the room ordered and scheduled before you file.
How do I know if a sunroom contractor is allowed to work in Downey?
Ask for their City of Downey business license, because the city requires one for any business working here, including contractors with offices in another city. A contractor pulling your permit needs a current one, and it can be paid for when the permit is issued, so there's no good reason to skip it. We're based in La Palma, so that rule applies to us on every Downey job.
How much does a sunroom cost in Downey?
Your price comes down to the kind of room, the glass and insulation, and how much work the base needs, and you get it in writing after I've seen the job. A screen room or a cover over a sound slab sits at the lower end, while a four season room with new footings, a full roof tie-in and wiring sits at the higher end. Picking the glass and insulation before we build means fewer surprises once the room is going up.
What is the best way to turn my Downey patio into a sunroom?
Start with how you'll use the room, then check what it sits on, because those two decide nearly everything else. A room for morning coffee most of the year can be a three season room, while one you want to sit in on hot afternoons needs the insulation and glass of a four season room. Once we know the slab and footings can carry walls and a roof, the plans and the permit follow from there.
Do I need a permit to repair the roof on my old sunroom in Downey?
Not for a small repair, because the city's exempt list covers replacing, repairing or overlaying 100 square feet or less of an existing roof covering. That limit counts all the roof work on the same building within any 12 months, so a few small patches can add up to a permit. Anything past that falls under the city's general permit rule, and we check it before we price a remodel.
Tell us about your Downey sunroom job
Call (562) 386-0180 or use the form, and tell me what's out back now and how you'd like to use the room.