Vinyl sunrooms in La Palma CA - a comfortable room built on a solid base

Most of the people who call us have a patio they'd like to turn into a sunroom, a deck, or an old sunroom they want more use out of. The first choice is what kind of room it'll be, because some sunrooms have no heating or cooling, some have their own, and some are really a regular addition that works like any other room in the house. That choice, the size, the glass and the state of whatever the room sits on are what move the price, and the schedule mostly turns on the city's plan review and how soon materials come in. We're based in La Palma and work in many of the cities around it, on both the Orange County and Los Angeles County sides, and on the estimate I write up the room type, the options and the price for your job.

On a vinyl sunroom job, I start by measuring and checking what the room will sit on and tie into, then I put vinyl next to aluminum for you before anything gets drawn. Vinyl frames hold heat and cold well and need little care, which is why people choose them, and one vinyl sunroom maker points out that aluminum moves heat quickly unless it's built with thermal breaks, an insulating strip inside the frame, which add cost. If you'll use the room through summer and winter, I usually lean toward vinyl because that's where the comfort shows, and for a room you'll mostly use on mild days, aluminum can be a sensible saving, but the call is yours. Once you've picked, we draw the plans, take care of the permit, get the base ready, and our crew frames, glazes and finishes the room, then cleans up.

Some people come to us for a vinyl room and end up talking about a full sunroom addition that runs off the house like any other room. If you want to sit out there in July and January alike, look at our four season sunrooms, where the frame and the glass matter most.

In La Palma, permits go through the city's Building & Safety office, which takes applications online, and almost every improvement plan goes through plan check before a permit is issued, so expect your room's plans to be reviewed. If your job needs a permit, we prepare the plans, file them with the city and book the inspections. The city builds on the state's building codes with some changes of its own, and the state ties some energy rules, like the ones for window and door materials, to the climate zone your house is in, so we check what applies to your address before the glass and frame are ordered.

Many back yards here already have a concrete patio or an old cover, and the first question is whether that slab or deck can carry a room. We see the same setups on jobs in Cypress and Buena Park, so we look at the base before we talk about anything you'll see.