Sunroom additions in Chino CA - a new room on a base that can carry it
Your backyard sits unused because of the sun, the wind and the bugs. We build a room onto your house that's held up right and sheds water.
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How do you know it's time to add a sunroom?
A patio nobody sits on
You've got a slab or a covered patio out back, but the sun, the wind and the bugs keep everyone inside. Usually the space is fine and just needs walls, glass and a proper roof. Every summer you wait is another one spent looking at it through the window.
Running out of room inside
Someone's working at the kitchen table, or there's nowhere to put people when company comes. Building onto the back is usually less upheaval than reworking the rooms you already have. Waiting tends to mean another year of everyone stepping around each other.
A sagging, dripping patio cover
If your cover dips in the middle or drips where it meets the house, it usually isn't held up well or the seam at the house was never sealed right. That has to be fixed before anyone closes it in. The longer water sits there, the more wood around it goes soft.
What goes into adding a sunroom in Chino?
A sunroom addition in Chino is a new room built onto your house. It can be a simple room with no heating or cooling, or one with its own system that works like any other room addition. Either way, it turns a patio or yard you rarely use into a room you can sit in out of the sun, wind and bugs.
Most people who call us have a slab, a deck or an old patio cover out back and want a room they'll actually use. The price mostly turns on the type of room, its size, how much glass it has, whether it gets its own heating or cooling and what it sits on, because a slab or deck that can't carry the room needs new footings or framing first. The schedule turns on that same base work and on the city's review. In California, a structure built to shelter people that takes two or more unrelated trades, like framing and roofing, falls under the state's General Building license, so ask anyone who bids which license they hold. We're fully licensed and insured, and your own figure comes from the estimate, once I've seen what the room would sit on.
Details to note before an estimate
- Rough size of the room you want
- Photos of your slab, deck or patio cover
- How you'll use the room
- Heating and cooling, or none
- Cracks, sagging or leaks you've noticed
How we build a sunroom addition
First we sort out whether the new room gets its own heating or cooling and whether your house doors stay put, because that choice decides how the walls, glass and roof get built. Then I look at what the room will sit on and work out how the new roof gets held up. The board along the edge of your roof is trim, so we don't hang a sunroom roof off it. We carry it on its own beams and posts or tie it into the house framing, and which one fits your house usually becomes clear once I've seen it. My crew sets the base, frames the walls, ties the roof into the house and seals the seam with metal flashing so rain runs off instead of into your wall, then sets the windows and doors.
The type of room is the first real decision, and how you'll use it usually settles it. If you want a room you heat, cool and use like any other part of the house, look at our four season sunrooms. If you mostly want shade and a break from bugs and wind on summer evenings, one of our three season sunrooms is often the better buy, because you aren't paying to build a room you'd only heat a few nights a year.
Picking the type of room
Four season sunrooms
For a room you plan to use every month of the year, like an office or a den, with its own heating and cooling.
Three season sunrooms
For a shaded spot to sit out of the sun, wind and bugs when you don't need a fully heated and cooled room.
What happens when you call about a sunroom addition in Chino?
Call and set a visit
You call (909) 413-6398 or send the form, and we set a time that works for you. I come out myself to see the space, measure it and ask how you plan to use the room.
Read your written estimate
It spells out what we'd build and what it sits on, so you can see what the money covers and compare it line by line. If your slab or deck can't carry the room as it is, the estimate says so up front.
We handle the city side
Once you sign, we take care of the city side, and my lead installer runs our own crew on site. You deal with the same people from the first post to the last pane of glass.
Walk the finished room together
When the crew's done, I walk the finished room with you, working every window and door and showing you where the roof sends the rain. Satisfaction guaranteed.
Questions before you add a sunroom
How do I choose which kind of sunroom suits my home?
Choose by how you'll use the room, because that decides whether it gets its own heating and cooling and whether your house doors stay. Sunrooms are usually sorted that way, from simple rooms with no heating or cooling up to the most open type, which is essentially a regular room addition and doesn't have to be sealed off from the rest of the house. If it'll be an office or den all year, plan for heating and cooling, and if it's a shaded spot for evenings, a simpler room usually does the job.
Can a sunroom go on my existing deck?
Yes, a sunroom can go on an existing deck, but the deck will typically need added beams, posts or footings to carry the extra weight. The sunroom trade group suggests having a local structural engineer check the deck, so plan for that step early instead of finding out after everything else is settled. I look under your deck at the estimate and tell you straight whether it's a good candidate.
How much does a sunroom addition cost in Chino?
The cost comes down to the type of room, its size and what it sits on, so I don't give a number before I've seen your place. A heated and cooled room that works like a regular addition costs more than a simple unheated one, and more glass, new footings or a deck that needs reinforcing all push the price up. Building on a sound slab you already have and leaving your house doors in place usually keeps it down.
How much can a contractor ask for up front on a sunroom in California?
In California, a contractor can take a down payment of no more than $1,000 or 10 percent of the total contract price on a home improvement job, whichever is less. That's a state protection for you, and after it, payments follow work already done or materials already delivered to your house, so most of the money moves as the room goes up. Any payment past the down payment has to be clearly listed in the contract, so read that part before you sign.
Who handles permit requests for a sunroom addition in Chino?
In Chino, the Development Services Department processes building and planning permit requests. The city's zoning rules control where a structure sits on your lot and limit its height, stories and size, even when an existing patio or cover gets changed. Its building forms include a plan submittal handout for room additions, and its design criteria list Seismic Zone D and mark a soils report, a study of the ground under the building, as required. We check with the city about your address, take care of the paperwork it asks for and keep you posted, and if you'd like to ask yourself, the Building Division is at 909-334-3251 and Planning is at 909-334-3253.
How long does a sunroom addition take to build in Chino?
How long it takes turns more on the city's review and what the room sits on than on the build itself. A room going onto a sound slab moves along fastest, while new footings, a deck that needs an engineer's look or a soils report add steps before we frame anything. When I come out, I'll tell you which of those your job has.
Get a written estimate for your sunroom addition
Send the form and we'll get back to you within one business day to set a time. I come out myself, measure, look at what the room will sit on and write up what we'd build. The estimate is free and on site, with no pressure and no obligation.
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Call (909) 413-6398 or use the form, and tell me how you'll use the room and whether you want heating or cooling, so I show up with the right questions.