Sunroom remodeling in Redlands, CA - a room that finally works the way you want

Most folks call us because the room sits empty half the year, too hot by June and too cold by December, the way plenty of older three season sunrooms are, or because water shows up at the door tracks after a storm. The price mostly turns on how much of the room changes, whether you add heating or cooling, and what shape the slab or deck underneath is in, while the schedule turns on that base and any city review your house needs. I put all of that in a written estimate after I've seen the room, so you know what the price covers and what it doesn't.

Most remodels come down to one question I ask first, which is what you want the room to do that it doesn't do now, like hold heat, stay cooler or sit on a sounder base. I look over the room and what's under it, the slab or deck, how the roof ties into the house wall and how the tracks are sealed, because there's no sense putting new glass on a base that's moving. Then I lay out which upgrades are worth doing and which aren't, and our crew works in order, the base first, then the roof and walls, then glass, doors and track seals. Insulated windows and insulation go in much easier while the walls and roof are open, and adding them later often costs more, so a remodel is the time to decide how far you want to take them.

Some rooms are better off going a different way. If you mostly want shade and a breeze without the bugs, screen room installation may suit you better than more glass. And if what you have is a covered patio rather than a room, the job is a patio-to-sunroom conversion, which starts with the slab and the cover before any walls go up.

If your house is a designated historic resource, or sits in one of the city's historic or scenic districts, exterior changes and new construction need a certificate of appropriateness, the city's approval for the change, which comes from its commission or its preservation officer. Whether that applies to you depends on your house and where it sits, so I check it before the design is set. Whatever review or permits your job ends up needing, we handle the paperwork, and the contract says in writing that we're handling it.

A local news report says southern and eastern Redlands remain in the Very High fire hazard category, including San Timoteo Canyon, Live Oak Canyon and the Crafton Hills area, so if you're out that way, tell me when you call. We're based in Redlands and work in many of the cities around it in San Bernardino and Riverside counties, and we often find rooms that were built years ago on a slab poured for a patio, not a room, the same as we see on jobs in Yucaipa and Loma Linda.