Screen room installation in Los Angeles CA - an open-air patio without the bugs
Mosquitoes and flies chasing you off the patio every evening? We screen it in so you keep the breeze and lose the bugs.
Should you screen in your patio or close it in with windows?
Screen room installation in Los Angeles means closing in your patio or porch with screen walls only, so you get an outdoor room that keeps the bugs out and lets the air through, with no windows and no heating or cooling.
Most people who call me want more use out of a patio they've stopped sitting on, and the first thing I ask is how you'll actually use the room, because a room built for the wrong use is the one people regret. If you want the open air, screens are the right fit. If you'd like walls that can also hold windows, look at three season rooms instead, and know that neither kind is heated or cooled. The price moves with the size of the room, how many walls get screened, whether it needs its own roof and whether the slab or deck under it needs work first. That last one is usually what moves the schedule too, and your written quote after my visit gives you the number for your patio. We're based in Los Angeles and work across the city and the cities around it, from Pasadena and Glendale to Alhambra and Downey.
What happens after you call about a screen room?
Call or send us a message
Call (213) 340-1547 any day from 8 AM to 9 PM, or use the form, and we'll set up a time for me to come out. Tell us roughly how big the patio is so I know what to bring.
I come out and measure
I come out myself, measure, look at the slab, deck or posts the room will sit on and ask how your family plans to use it. Afterward you get a written quote that lays out the room, the screen and any repairs underneath, so there's no guessing about cost before work starts.
Our crew builds your room
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. Then 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 to walk through it with you and check the door and every screen panel. Satisfaction guaranteed.
How we install a screen room
I start with what's already there. If your patio has posts or a railing, we look at whether a screen system can fit between them, since some systems are made to go together that way. I'll also point out which walls take the most sun, because the mesh on those tends to wear out first, the same way the screen on a west-facing slider goes brittle years before the one on the shady side. If the slab is cracked or the deck is soft, we fix that before anything goes on top, because covering it up just hands you a bigger problem later. When the job needs footings dug, we contact the regional notification center at least two working days, and no more than 14 calendar days, before we dig, as California law requires, so buried lines get marked. Then our crew sets the frame, fits the screen panels and the door, and cleans up.
A screen room is often the first step, not the last. If you later want glass and a room you can sit in on cool nights, a patio-to-sunroom conversion builds on the slab you already have, and a deck-to-sunroom conversion does the same for a raised deck once we've checked it can carry the weight.
Get a written quote for screening in your patio
We'll get back to you within one business day to set up a visit, then I come out, measure, look at what the room will sit on and send you a written quote. The visit is free, and there's no pressure and no obligation.
Screen room questions from Los Angeles homeowners
How much does a screen room cost in Los Angeles?
Across the US, a 200 sq ft screened porch usually costs about $8,000 to $15,000 per project, and that's the market's figure, not our price. In Los Angeles, the bigger rooms that need a foundation plus heating and air conditioning land at the high end, and a screen room skips the heating and cooling. Your own figure comes in the written quote after I've seen the patio.
How closed in can a patio enclosure be in Los Angeles?
Under a patio cover, the city requires the longer wall and one other wall to stay at least 65% open or glass below 6 feet 8 inches, and the cover itself is a one-story structure no taller than 12 feet. The walls can take any shape as long as they meet that, which is one reason screen walls suit a covered patio here. I'll walk you through how it applies to your layout at the visit.
How long does screen mesh last in the Los Angeles sun?
One screen maker's guide says fiberglass mesh in intense sun shows wear in about 10 to 12 years, while protected screen lasts 15 years or more. So plan on your sunniest walls needing new mesh before the rest.
Is fiberglass or aluminum screen better for a home near the coast?
Near the coast, fiberglass often outlasts aluminum. One screen maker's guide says salt air or acidic pollution can corrode even coated aluminum screen in 12 to 15 years, though fiberglass is generally the less durable mesh in other settings.
How do I attach a screen room roof to my house?
For a screen room with its own roof, one maker's guide mounts the roof channel either on the house wall or on the fascia, the board along the edge of your roof. How your house is built decides which one ties into solid framing, so I check that on the visit before we pick.
Who licenses home improvement contractors in California?
The state's Contractors State License Board licenses home improvement contractors, and that work includes building patios, porches and awnings next to a home. The board's awning class covers awnings and patio covers but not patio enclosures, so ask any installer which license class covers the enclosure itself. We're licensed and insured.
When you want more than screens
Patio-to-sunroom conversion
Turns the slab you already sit on into a glassed-in room you can use when the evenings get cool.
Deck-to-sunroom conversion
Puts a full room on a raised deck once we've made sure the framing underneath can carry it.
Send us a few photos of your patio
Call (213) 340-1547 or use the form with patio photos, rough measurements and a note on any posts or railing, so I show up already knowing what to look at.