Custom sunrooms in Los Angeles CA - a room built around how you'll use it
Got a patio or deck you barely use? We'll build a glass room around the way your family will actually spend time in it.
What goes into a custom sunroom in Los Angeles?
A custom sunroom in Los Angeles is a room attached to your house, with glass making up much of its walls and roof, planned around how you'll use it, so the light, the glass and the heating and cooling suit your plants, meals, work or guests.
Most calls I get come from people with a patio or deck they hardly use, or an older sunroom that never quite worked. The first thing I ask is what you'll do in the room, because a room built for the wrong use is the one people regret. That choice moves the price more than anything, along with the size, the glass and whether the room gets its own heating and cooling. The schedule usually turns on what's underneath, since we deal with a tired slab or a weak deck before anything goes on top of it, and that's a big part of any deck-to-sunroom conversion. The written quote I send after I come out gives you your own number. We're licensed and insured, and we're based in Los Angeles and work across the city and the cities around it.
What happens after you call about a custom sunroom?
Call or send a message
Call (213) 340-1547 or use the form and tell us a little about the room you're picturing. We get back to you to set up a time for me to come out.
I visit and look underneath
I measure, look at the patio, slab or deck the room will sit on, and ask a lot about how your family will use it. Then I send a written quote that spells out the room type, the glass and any work underneath, so you can see what's driving the number before you decide.
You sign, we build
Once you sign, we find out which office covers your address and handle the permit applications and inspections when your project needs them, and your contract says in writing who's getting them. Our own crew builds the room, with a lead installer running the site.
We walk through it together
When the room's done, I come back and walk through it with you, opening every door and window so you know how they should feel when they run right. Satisfaction guaranteed.
How we build a custom sunroom
We start with how you'll actually use the room, whether that's plants, meals, work or guests, and the type of room follows from that, since a plant room wants all the light it can get while a home office wants less glare on a screen. Next I look hard at what the room will sit on, and if it's an older deck, I'll talk with you honestly about reinforcing it versus starting fresh. Then we choose the glass and frames, and this is where my years installing windows and sliding glass doors come in, because a room is only as good as how its glass is set, how its seals are made and how smoothly its doors run on their tracks. Our own crew builds it with a lead installer on site, and we clean up as we go.
If you already know what you want and just need it put up, our sunroom construction work covers the build itself. If you've got an older room with sticking doors or a layout that never got used, sunroom remodeling is usually the better place to start.
Get a written quote for your custom sunroom
Send us the kind of room you want and a few photos of the patio or deck it'll sit on, and we'll reply within 1 business day to set up a free visit at your property. I come out, measure and look at what's underneath, then send you a written quote, with no pressure and no obligation.
Custom sunroom questions from Los Angeles homeowners
How much does a custom sunroom cost in Los Angeles?
A sunroom addition in Los Angeles usually costs about $23,000 to $66,000 per job, and that's the going rate around here, not a price of ours. Where yours lands depends on the room type, whether it gets its own heating and cooling, the size and glass, and whether the deck or slab underneath needs work first. The written quote I send after measuring gives you your own figure.
Can my existing deck hold a sunroom?
Sometimes, but the national sunroom trade group says an existing deck will typically need extra beams, posts or footings to carry a sunroom's added weight and loads. That same guidance says a local structural engineer can judge whether your deck is suitable, and that a new deck may be the more cost-effective choice when the old one is older or worn. I'd rather tell you that up front than build a nice room on a tired frame.
Should my sunroom have its own heating and cooling?
If you plan to use the room most of the year, yes, and that kind of room stays closed off from the house by your existing doors and windows. If it's mainly for plants or mild mornings, plenty of sunrooms have no heating or cooling at all. Leave the room open to the house, though, and it's essentially a regular room addition, so it falls under California's Energy Code requirements for additions, the same as any other.
Who is allowed to build a sunroom in California?
A sunroom you hire someone to build needs a licensed contractor, because the minor work exemption described by the state licensing board only lets an unlicensed person take jobs up to $1,000, and only when no permit is needed and no one is hired. The state also lets you ask a contractor to list any subcontractors on a home improvement contract, with each one's name, contact information, license number and classification, and the main contractor stays responsible for the whole project. We're licensed and insured, and our own crew does the build.
What is the best way to keep a sunroom from overheating in Los Angeles?
Choose the glass carefully, because general building-science guidance suggests low solar heat gain glass, which lets in less of the sun's heat, for east- and west-facing windows and all skylights. Glass is the part I watch closest after years in the window trade, so on the visit we'll look at which walls take the morning and afternoon sun before we pick anything.
How do I take care of a sunroom so it lasts?
One sunroom maker's guide boils it down to a yearly look at the roof and gutters, clean door and window tracks, and clear weep holes, the small drain openings in the frame, so the room drains properly. It suggests pure silicone spray on the tracks, since oil-based lubricants tend to attract dirt, and keeping foot traffic on the roof to what's needed. I saw the same thing for years with sliding patio doors, where grit in the track is what wears them down.
Related sunroom services
Sunroom construction
When the room's already planned and you want one crew to frame, glaze and finish it, start with the build.
Sunroom remodeling
If you have an older sunroom that leaks, sticks or sits empty, reworking what's there may be the place to begin.
Send us photos of your patio or deck
Call (213) 340-1547 or use the form with a few photos and a word on how you'll use the room, and I'll know what to check underneath before I come out.