Sunroom Contractor in West Covina - Rooms Built for Older Ranch Homes
Solstice Chino Sunrooms & Patios is a sunroom contractor in Chino, CA, building sunrooms, patio enclosures and patio covers in West Covina. We check what each room sits on and how it ties into your roof first.
- Service area
- West Covina, CA
- Call
- (909) 413-6398
Houses and backyards across West Covina
West Covina sits in the San Gabriel Valley, a straight run west on the 10 from Chino, where we're based. Most of the calls we get here come from older single-story ranch houses with a concrete patio or a tired aluminum cover out back. Some come from homes up on the slopes of the San Jose Hills, where the yard steps down and the room needs something solid under it. It's the same work we do nearby in Covina and Diamond Bar, and as far out as Rancho Cucamonga.
Price here comes down to how big the room is, whether it's screen, plain glass or an insulated room you'd use in August, and whether your slab can carry it or needs new footings. The schedule mostly turns on the city's permit review and how long the windows and panels take to come in. A lot of these patios were poured to hold chairs, not walls and a roof, so I check yours before I quote anything, and your written estimate spells out what we'd build and what it sits on.
Our services in West Covina, CA
Plenty of West Covina backyards already have a slab and a cover, so turning that patio into a room is a call we get a lot here. I check the slab's thickness and edges first, because if it can't carry walls and glass we add footings instead of building on hope.
Older add-on rooms here tend to leak where the roof meets the house or run hot under thin panels. Our sunroom remodeling work starts at that joint, fixing the flashing, the metal that turns water away from the wall, before we replace worn glass or panels.
Valley summers can turn a plain glass room into an oven by midafternoon, so if you want to use it year round you usually need insulated walls, roof and glass. We build four season rooms that way and tell you up front what heating and cooling the room will need.
A lot of houses here still have an old aluminum or wood cover that's sagging or rotted at the posts. We take out what's failing, set new posts on proper footings and tie the new cover into your house so water runs off where it should.
If you mostly want to sit out on summer evenings without the bugs, a screen room costs less and asks less of your slab than glass does. We frame it so that, in most cases, glass panels can go in later if you change your mind.
On the sloped lots toward the San Jose Hills, a new room usually can't sit on the ground the way it would on a flat yard. We build it on its own footings and floor and tie it into your roofline, so it reads as part of the house and not something bolted on.
Every service we offer
Sunroom additions
Four season sunrooms
Three season sunrooms
Patio enclosures
Custom sunrooms
Sunroom construction
Sunroom remodeling
Screen room installation
Patio-to-sunroom conversion
Deck-to-sunroom conversion
All season rooms
Enclosed patio rooms
Solarium installation
Patio cover installation
Sunroom design
Vinyl sunrooms
What happens when you call us in West Covina
Call or send the form
Call (909) 413-6398 or use the form and tell us a little about the space out back. We set a time for me to come out to your house in West Covina, and it helps if you're there.
I measure and look underneath
I measure the space, look at what the room will sit on and how it meets your roof, and ask how you plan to use it. You get a written estimate that spells out what we'd build and what it sits on, so there's no guessing about what you're paying for.
We handle permits and build
Once you sign, we check with the city's building office about your address, take care of the paperwork it asks for and keep you posted as it moves. Then my lead installer runs our own crew on the build.
We walk the room together
When the room is up, I walk it with you, open the doors and windows and show you where the water goes off the roof. If something isn't right, that's the time to point it out.
West Covina sunroom questions
How much does a sunroom cost in West Covina?
The price of a sunroom in West Covina mostly comes down to its size, whether it's screen or insulated glass, and whether your slab can carry it or needs new footings. Tearing out an old cover, running power for lights and a fan, and matching your roofline add to it too. Your written estimate lays out each of those for your house.
Do I need a permit to build a sunroom in West Covina?
Plan on checking with the city, because the city's list of work that needs no building permit covers things like small sheds, fences, low decks and finish work, and a sunroom isn't on it. The Building Division issues permits in West Covina and takes questions at (626) 939-8425. When you hire us, we check with them about your address and handle the paperwork they ask for.
How do I apply for a building permit in West Covina?
You apply through the city's One Stop Building Permit Center, or in person at the Building Counter at City Hall, Monday through Thursday from 7:30 am to 5:30 pm. The city no longer takes applications by email. If we're building your room, we take care of that part and keep you posted.
Does a patio project in West Covina still need Planning approval if it needs no building permit?
It can, because the city says work that needs no building permit may still need approval from its Planning Division. Planning can limit where a structure goes and how tall it is, and set design requirements. Its counter is at City Hall, (626) 939-8422.
What is the best way to turn my West Covina patio or deck into a sunroom?
The best way is to check what's under it before you pick the glass, because a slab or deck built for chairs isn't always built to hold walls and a roof. The city lets a deck no more than 30 inches above the ground go without a building permit, so a low deck was likely never checked as the floor of a room. I look at its footings and framing, or the slab's edges, and tell you straight whether we build on it or add support first.
Does a contractor working in West Covina need a city business license?
Yes, the city requires any business operating in West Covina to get a business license, due within fifteen days of starting work in the city. The Finance Department handles business licensing. It's a fair thing to ask any contractor you're thinking of hiring.
Get a free sunroom estimate for your West Covina 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 West Covina 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.
- Call
- (909) 413-6398
- Location
- Chino, CA 91710
- Hours
- Mon–Fri: 7 AM–9 PM, Sat–Sun: 6 AM–9 PM
Find out what your West Covina patio can hold
Call (909) 413-6398 or send the form, and you'll know whether your old cover can stay or has to come out before you start pricing glass.