Patio enclosures in Loma Linda CA - an outdoor room built for how you use it
Patio too hot, buggy or windy to use? We enclose your slab or deck with screens or glass so you'll actually use it.
What does it take to enclose a patio in Loma Linda?
A patio enclosure in Loma Linda is a room we build over the slab or deck you already have, with screen or glass walls, so the patio keeps out bugs and dust and becomes a place you actually sit.
At Loma Linda Sunrooms & Patios, most of our calls come from homeowners in Loma Linda and the cities around it, from Riverside and Fontana to Redlands, Yucaipa and Beaumont, who have a covered patio, a slab or a deck they'd use a lot more if it had walls. The price moves with the size of the room, screens or glass, whether the room shares the house's heating and cooling and what shape the base is in, and the schedule turns mostly on the city's permit review. If there's no roof over your patio yet, that part starts with patio cover installation. You'll get your own figure in a written estimate once I've seen the patio.
How we build a patio enclosure
I start by asking how you want the space to feel, open air or sheltered, because that decides screens or glass before anything else. Then I check what we're building on, since a slab and a deck carry walls differently, and I'd rather tell you no on the first visit than sell you a room your base can't hold. Once that's settled, our crew gets the base ready, frames the walls to your existing cover or a new roof, sets the screens or glass and the door, seals the room to the house and cleans up before we leave.
Some patios turn into more than an enclosure. If you want the room shaped and detailed around your house, we build custom sunrooms, and when the base won't take walls, we start fresh with full sunroom construction, foundation up.
What the city asks of a patio enclosure in Loma Linda
In Loma Linda, the city's building division plan-checks every proposed construction project, additions and alterations to existing buildings included, before it issues a building permit. We treat an enclosure tied to your house as work the city will want to see, so we ask about your project before we draw anything and leave room in the schedule for that review. The city also maps fire hazard zones as state law requires, and extra building and fire safety rules apply inside a mapped zone, so I check with the city whether your property sits in one early in the planning.
Out here the sun is the reason most people call, and most patios we enclose sit under an older cover that's taken years of it. Before we hang walls on that cover, we check that it's sound and properly tied to the house, and we see the same aging covers on jobs in Redlands and Colton.
How a patio enclosure gets built
Call or send the form
Call (909) 515-5048 or send the form with a short note about your patio. We set a time for me to come out that works for you.
I measure and check the base
I come out myself to measure, look at the slab or deck and hear what you want the room for. You get a clear recommendation and a written estimate, so you know the scope and the price before you decide anything.
Our crew builds in order
Once the permit is in hand, our crew builds in order so each stage is ready when the inspector comes. The city's inspection window is 11 AM to 1 PM, Monday through Friday, so expect inspection visits around midday on weekdays.
Walk the finished room together
When it's done, I walk the finished room with you. We go over the screens or glass, the door and where the room meets the house.
Get a written estimate for your patio enclosure
We reply within one business day to set a time, and I come out myself to measure and look at your slab or deck. The estimate is free, done on site and comes with no obligation.
Questions before you enclose your patio
How do I choose between a screen room and a glass patio enclosure?
Choose screens if you want the patio to keep feeling like outdoors, and glass if you want more shelter from the weather. A screen room is often the quickest way to get more use from a patio, but it gives less protection from heat and cold than glass. If you picture sitting out there on hot afternoons, glass is usually the better pick.
What makes a sunroom four-season instead of three-season?
A four-season room shares your house's heating and cooling and has insulated frames and energy-efficient windows, while a three-season room runs on its own system or none at all. The real question is whether you want the enclosed patio to join the rest of the house. If you think you'll want that later, decide now, because adding insulation after the fact costs more than doing it up front.
How much does a patio enclosure cost in Loma Linda?
The price comes down to the size of the patio, screens or glass, whether the room ties into your heating and cooling, and what work the slab or deck needs first. Screens usually come in below glass and a three-season room below a four-season one, while a base that needs repair adds to the job. You'll get your number in a written estimate after I've seen the patio.
How do I know if a patio enclosure contractor needs a California license?
If the job needs a permit, the contractor needs a state license. California lets someone without one take only small jobs, a limit the state raised from $500 to $1,000, and only when the work needs no permit and they employ no one.
Who inspects a patio enclosure in Loma Linda?
The City of Loma Linda's inspectors do, checking new construction, additions and structural alterations on site for structural, fire, health and safety requirements. That means they look at more than the finished room, which is one more reason to build it right from the base up.
How long do I have to cancel a home improvement contract in California?
If you're 65 or older, you have five business days to cancel, instead of the usual three. California's contractor law counts building or improving a patio and other additions next to your house as home improvement, so a patio enclosure contract falls under that rule.
Why Loma Linda homeowners call Loma Linda Sunrooms & Patios for patio enclosures
I come out on every job
I look at every job myself before we price it, and our own crew does the building. The person who checked your slab or deck is the one making sure the room goes on it right.
Building again since 2021
I built patio covers and sunrooms when I was younger, spent years in other work, then came back and started this business in 2021. Coming back, I didn't want to do it halfway, so I'd rather get your room right the first time than fix it later.
Fully licensed and insured
We're fully licensed and insured. That matters on any enclosure that needs a permit, since that work sits outside what the state lets an unlicensed builder take on.
Plans filed with the city
When a job needs a permit, we put together the plans and paperwork, file with Loma Linda's building office and meet the inspector at each inspection. You don't have to sort out the city's process on your own.
On an enclosure, everything rests on the base, so the first step is letting me see yours. Request your estimate or call (909) 515-5048.
Other sunroom work we do
Custom sunrooms
For a room with its own look, roofline or layout, rather than walls added to the patio you have now.
Sunroom construction
For when the old patio has to come out and the room goes up new, starting at the footings.
Send us photos of your patio
Call (909) 515-5048 or send the form with a few patio photos, whether it's a slab or a deck and whether you lean toward screens or glass, so my first visit gets straight to your room.
