Custom sunrooms in Loma Linda CA - a room drawn to fit your house and how you use it
Stock sunroom kits don't fit your roofline or your yard. We draw and build a room around your house and how you'll use it.
What goes into a custom sunroom in Loma Linda?
A custom sunroom in Loma Linda is a room we add onto your house, with windows, walls, a roof, lighting and power. It's drawn to your roofline and yard instead of pulled from a stock size, so you end up with a space you'll actually use.
Most people who call us have a covered patio, a slab or a deck they want to close in, so the job is often a patio-to-sunroom conversion as much as a new room. The price moves with the foundation, the windows and whether the room is heated and cooled. The schedule mostly turns on how long the design takes and on the city reviewing the plans before it issues the permit, which we file for you. The written estimate I give you after my visit puts your own number on it.
How we design and build a custom sunroom
No two houses share the same roofline or yard, so I draw the room to fit yours and how you'll use it instead of squeezing you into a stock size. I start with where the room meets the house, because the roof tie-in and the base decide most of the design. Then we pick the room type and the windows together before anything is ordered. Once the plans are approved, our crew builds the base, frames the walls and roof, sets the windows, runs the lighting and power and finishes the inside, in that order. If your deck or slab can't hold the room you're picturing, I'll tell you on the first visit and show you what will work, because fixing a foundation after the fact costs you more.
If you already know the size and style you want and just need it built right, our sunroom construction work covers that. If you've got an older sunroom that no longer fits how you live, sunroom remodeling can often rework it without tearing it down.
Custom sunroom permits and fire zones in Loma Linda
Loma Linda's Building and Safety Division checks the plans for every addition before it issues a building permit, and a sunroom attached to your house is an addition. We put together the plans and paperwork, file them with the city and meet the inspector for each inspection, so you aren't the one chasing it. Before I draw anything, I also look up your parcel on the city's fire hazard map, which rates areas Moderate, High or Very High, because the state ties building standards and fire safety rules to those zones. If your lot falls in more than one zone, the stricter one covers the whole parcel, and I'd rather know that before the room is drawn than after.
Around here, most of what we see is a covered patio or an older slab off the back of the house, plus some raised decks, and each one meets the house a little differently. We see the same mix on jobs in Redlands and Colton, and we build across the cities around Loma Linda, from Riverside and Fontana to Yucaipa and Beaumont.
How a custom sunroom gets built
Call or send the form
Call (909) 515-5048 or fill out the form and tell us what you have now, a covered patio, a slab or a deck. We'll set a time for me to come out.
I measure and look underneath
I come out myself to measure the house, look at the slab or deck and hear what you want the room for. Bring your ideas on how you'll use it, because that shapes the drawing more than anything.
Get a recommendation and estimate
You get a clear recommendation and a written estimate that spells out whether insulation, heating and cooling, and the permit are included. That way you're not comparing it to a quote that leaves them out.
We build it, you walk it
Our crew builds in order so each stage is ready when the city's inspector comes out to check the structural, fire and safety work. When it's done, I walk the finished room with you.
Get a custom sunroom estimate drawn for your house
Expect a reply within 1 business day to set a time, and I'll come out myself to measure and look at your slab or deck. The estimate is free and done at your property, with no pressure and no obligation.
Questions before you book a custom sunroom
How much does a custom sunroom cost in Loma Linda?
An installed sunroom in the San Bernardino area usually costs about $100 to $190 per square foot. Where yours lands depends mostly on the foundation, the windows and whether the room is heated and cooled. My written estimate gives you the figure for your house.
What is the difference between a three-season and a four-season sunroom?
A four-season room is heated and cooled and has all-weather windows, while a three-season room isn't and uses uninsulated windows or screens. The four-season room costs more for those reasons, but if you plan to sit out there on summer afternoons here, I'd build the four-season room.
What is the best way to insulate a sunroom, and can it wait?
The best way is to insulate while the room is being built, because insulated windows and insulation in the walls, floor and roof go in much more easily then. Adding them later can often cost more, so I settle insulation with you while we plan.
Who checks the plans and inspects a sunroom in Loma Linda?
The city's Building and Safety Division does both. It reviews the plans before the permit is issued and inspects the work on site for structural, fire, health and safety requirements, and we're there for each inspection.
How do I keep a sunroom from getting too hot in summer?
Start with the roof overhang and the colors inside, because both change how much sun turns into heat. An overhang can block direct summer sun from the windows while still letting in full winter sun, and the inside colors affect how much light becomes heat and how much reflects back out. We talk through both when I draw the room.
Do I need a written contract for a sunroom in California?
Yes, California requires a written contract for home improvement work over $500, and the contract and any changes to it have to explain your right to cancel. It also needs to say in writing who gets the permits and give a completion date.
Why Loma Linda homeowners call Loma Linda Sunrooms & Patios for custom sunrooms
The owner comes out first
I look at every job myself, and our own crew does the building. The person who measured your house is the one answering for how the room turns out.
Patios and decks are our work
We're best known for turning old patios and decks into rooms people use, and most of our calls come from homeowners in Loma Linda and the cities around it. I came back to this trade and started the business in 2021 because I missed building, and I don't do it halfway.
Fully licensed and insured
We're fully licensed and insured. California doesn't let a residential remodeling contractor take on structural changes to foundations, load-bearing walls or roof structures, and a sunroom tied into your house can touch all three, so ask that of anyone you're comparing.
Getting the base and the insulation right the first time costs you less than fixing them later, so book a visit and I'll tell you straight what your house can take.
Related sunroom work
Sunroom construction
For when the design is settled and you need a crew to build the room from the base up.
Sunroom remodeling
For an existing sunroom that runs too hot, feels dated or needs new windows or a new layout.
Get your custom sunroom estimate started
Call (909) 515-5048 or use the form with the room type, a rough size in square feet and your address, since fire zones go by parcel and I check yours before I come out.
