Sunroom Contractor in Orange, CA - Rooms That Fit the House They Join
La Palma Sunrooms & Patios is a sunroom contractor working in Orange, CA. We build sunrooms, patio enclosures and screen rooms, and we turn old patios, decks and tired sunrooms into rooms you'll actually use.
Get a sunroom estimate at your Orange home
I measure your space and check the slab, deck or wall the room will tie into.
Request an estimateOrange: early homes and newer tracts
The houses in Orange change a lot depending on where you are. Around the Plaza in Old Towne, near Chapman University, many homes go back to the city's early days, and the original town site is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Head out toward Santa Ana or Garden Grove and you mostly find later tract houses, usually with a poured patio or a simple cover right outside the back slider.
That spread shapes how we start. On an older house the room has to tie into framing and a roof line built long before anyone pictured a sunroom there, so we take more time looking before we draw anything. On a newer house the first question is usually whether the old patio slab can carry walls and a roof.
What to know before a sunroom goes up in Orange
In Orange, permit applications go to the city's Building Division, and Building and Safety Services reviews the plans and inspects the work, so plan review comes before we build and inspections set the pace once we start. Before you hire anyone, ask for two things, because the city says a business may need a state license from the Department of Consumer Affairs for its line of work, and every business working in Orange needs a City of Orange business license. We're licensed and fully insured, and if your job needs a permit, 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.
The price mostly moves with the kind of room, its size, the glass and insulation you pick, and whether the slab or deck underneath can carry it or needs new footings. The schedule turns on the city's review and inspections and on when materials arrive, and my written estimate lays out the room type, the options and the price for your house. We come over from La Palma, the same crew that works in Anaheim, and on the older blocks around Old Towne we usually plan deliveries around tight street parking.
Services in Orange, CA
Enclosed patio rooms
A covered patio off the back of the house is the thing Orange homeowners most often ask us to close in, and enclosed patio rooms add walls, windows and a door under a roof you may already have. We check the posts and the slab first, because most old covers were never built to hold walls.
Patio-to-sunroom conversion
Many of the newer tract houses here have a poured patio outside the slider, and that slab can become the floor of a full sunroom. We check its thickness and edges first, and pour new footings where it can't carry the walls.
Four season sunrooms
If you want a room you'll sit in any month and treat like the rest of the house, a four season room with insulated walls, roof and glass is the one to pick. We settle the insulation, glass and heating and cooling with you before we build, since they're hard to change later.
Sunroom remodeling
Older houses around Old Towne sometimes carry an add-on sunroom that leaks, lets in drafts or has just worn out. We open it up, find what's still sound, and replace the glass, roof panels or framing that isn't.
Screen room installation
On the older houses near the Plaza, a lighter screen room can sit against the house with less change to the original walls than a full glass addition. We walk you through what each option asks of the house so you can choose.
Sunroom design
Because Orange houses run from early homes to newer tracts, the room has to be drawn to match the roof line and siding it joins. We design it around how you'll use it and what the house can carry, and those drawings become the plans we file if a permit is needed.
Get a written sunroom price for your Orange home
Send the form and we'll get back to you within one business day to set a time. I come out to your house in Orange, look at what the room will tie into, measure, and write up the room type, the options and the price. The estimate is free and there's 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 Orange homeowners can count on
We're based in La Palma, CA, and offer 16 services across 12 cities on the Orange County and Los Angeles County sides. Every job starts with 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 Orange, CA?
You may, so it's worth settling before anything gets built. The city keeps a residential permit exemptions document on its building forms page, and we go over your plans with you at the estimate. If your room needs a permit, we handle the filing and the inspections for you.
Does a contractor from another city need a business license to work in Orange?
Yes. The City of Orange says any business coming into the city to work has to apply for a city business license, and that its licenses only cover Orange. Each license renews once a year on its own date, so it's fair to ask whether a contractor's is current.
How do I know if my house is in Orange's historic town site?
If your house is close to the Plaza in Old Towne, it may be, because the Plaza and most of the original one square mile town site are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. That listing covers the old town site, not the whole city. Give us your address when you call, and we'll ask the city what it means for your room before we draw plans.
How much does it cost to add a sunroom in Orange, CA?
The price comes from the room type, its size and what it sits on, and you get a written number after I see the house. A screen room usually costs less than a three season room, and a four season room with insulated walls and glass costs the most. Reusing a sound slab or patio cover keeps the price down, while new footings, roof tie-ins and added electrical push it up.
What's the best way to choose between a three season and a four season sunroom?
Pick by how you'll actually use the room. A three season room is lighter and costs less, but it isn't insulated like the rest of the house, while a four season room has insulated walls, roof and glass and can be heated and cooled like any other room. Make that call before we build, because insulation and glass are hard to add later.
How do I turn an old patio slab into a sunroom in Orange?
Start by finding out whether the slab can carry walls and a roof, because a room is only as good as what it sits on. I look at its thickness, cracks and edges at the estimate, and if it won't hold up, we pour new footings or replace it. Then we frame, glass and roof the room on that base.
Talk to us about a sunroom in Orange
Call (562) 386-0180 or use the form to describe your patio and ask how the permit steps would go.