Enclosed Patio Rooms in Fontana, CA - Your Patio, Walled In and Ready to Use
Got a covered patio you barely use? We close it in with walls and windows so it becomes a room you'll actually sit in.
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What does it take to turn my patio into an enclosed room in Fontana?
An enclosed patio room in Fontana turns the patio you already have into a roofed room with walls and windows. It's usually built as a three-season room with no heating or cooling, so you get shade and a place to sit without the bugs or the glare.
Most people who call Sunscape Fontana Sunrooms & Patios already have a cover over a slab or deck and want more use out of it. The first real decision is heating and cooling. A national sunroom trade group sorts rooms into categories, with the first three having no heating or cooling and the top one being essentially a regular room addition, and a room without heating or cooling skips the insulation and air leakage requirements a conditioned room has to meet. If you want a room you can sit in comfortably in August, a four season sunroom may suit you better. Price moves with the room's size, whether the base needs work and what you add beyond the basic room. The schedule mostly turns on the drawings and the city's permit review, which we count from day one. The written quote you get from me spells out what's in the price and what isn't.
How we build an enclosed patio room
Most of these jobs start under a patio cover you already have, so the first thing I check is how that roof is attached to your house and whether it can stay. If it can, we plan the walls around it. If it can't, you hear that at your kitchen table and not halfway through the job. Next we look at the base, because the slab or deck has to carry the room before anything else goes on it. From there our crew frames the walls, sets the windows, ties in the roofing and siding and adds electrical access, then cleans up and leaves you a room that's ready for furniture.
If there's nothing over your patio yet, patio cover installation comes first, and we can plan that cover with a future room in mind if that's where you're headed. If you're after glass overhead, solarium installation is the way to get it, though for most Fontana patios I'd keep a solid roof because glass lets in the heat along with the light.
Enclosed patio rooms and permits in Fontana
Permits in Fontana go through the city's Building & Safety Department. Whether your room needs one, and what kind of plan check it gets, is their call, so that's the place to ask about your own project. When a permit is needed, we pull it in our name as the contractor and handle the drawings, the inspections and the back and forth with the city. The city also posts a fire hazard severity zone map for Fontana. It's worth seeing where your house sits before we plan anything, so I'll pull it up with you at the estimate.
A lot of backyards here already have an aluminum or wood patio cover over a concrete slab, put up years ago by somebody who didn't leave notes. We see the same setup on jobs in Rialto and Rancho Cucamonga, and we work with whichever city or county office covers your address.
- Call (909) 346-1870
- Mon–Fri: 6 AM–9 PM, Sat–Sun: 7 AM–9 PM
- Fontana, CA 92335
What happens after you call about an enclosed patio room?
Call or send the form
Reach us at (909) 346-1870 or through the form, and tell us roughly how big the patio is and whether it's a slab or a deck. We'll set a time for me to come out.
I look at your patio
I check the base, how the cover meets the house and how you want to use the room. You then get a written quote that says what's in the price and what isn't, so insulation, wiring or heating show up as line items and not as surprises.
We handle drawings and permit
We prepare the drawings, pull the permit and set a schedule that already counts the city's review. Some Fontana plan checks clear over the counter while others go to a fuller plan check review, and the permit office is closed every Friday, so the calendar allows for both.
Our crew builds, we walk it
Our own crew builds the room on the schedule we agreed. When it's done, I walk the finished room with you so you can see it works the way you pictured it.
Why Fontana homeowners call us to enclose their patio
The estimate comes from me
I do every walkthrough and estimate myself, so the person who looks at your cover is the same one who plans the room. Nothing gets lost between a salesperson and the crew, mostly because there's no salesperson.
Building rooms here since 2013
We've been at this since 2013, and before that I ran the schedule for a busy construction company. That's why your dates get planned around the paperwork instead of being ambushed by it.
Licensed and fully insured crew
We're licensed and fully insured, and our own crew does the building. When your room needs electrical or heating and cooling work, we bring in licensed trades for that part instead of winging it.
We read Fontana's patio cover handout
The city keeps a residential patio cover specifications handout, and when your room starts as a cover, I go over it against yours at the estimate. Somebody has to read the paperwork, and it might as well be the person building the room.
Request your estimate or call (909) 346-1870, and I'll come look at your cover before anyone talks price. Your satisfaction, guaranteed.
Request an estimateGet a written quote for your enclosed patio room
Send the form and we'll reply within one business day to set a time for me to come out. The on-site visit is free with no obligation, and I'll look at your base, your cover and how you want to use the room before you get a written quote.
- Licensed and fully insured.
- Phone
- (909) 346-1870
- Location
- Fontana, CA 92335
- Hours
- Mon–Fri: 6 AM–9 PM, Sat–Sun: 7 AM–9 PM
Questions about enclosed patio rooms in Fontana
How much does an enclosed patio room cost near Fontana, CA?
A three-season room added to an existing base in nearby San Bernardino usually costs about $100 to $140 per square foot, labor included. That's the market's going rate for a room with standard windows, siding, roofing, fixtures and electrical access, so a bigger room costs more. It leaves out insulation, extending your heating or cooling, plumbing and pulling permits, and each of those adds to the total, which is why your written quote lists what's in and what isn't.
Can an enclosed patio room be built on my existing deck?
Often it can, but a deck will usually need added beams, posts or footings before it can carry a room's weight and loads. The national sunroom trade group advises having a local structural engineer check the deck first, so plan for that visit and possibly some upgrade work before the walls go up.
Should I pull the permit myself if my contractor asks me to in Fontana?
Usually no. The City of Fontana warns that if your contractor asks you to get the permit, you take on liability for the project, including taxes and personal injury. We pull permits for our work in our own name and don't ask homeowners to.
Who can build a patio enclosure in California without a contractor license?
Only someone doing very small jobs. California's minor work exemption lets an unlicensed person take jobs up to $1,000, and only when the work needs no permit and they don't employ anyone on it. An enclosed room with walls, windows and wiring is hard to fit under that, so ask anyone you're considering for their state license.
Can I add heating or cooling to an enclosed patio room?
Yes, and the way you do it changes the room. In the national trade group's grouping, a room with its own heating or cooling that keeps your house's existing doors and windows in place is closed off from the home, and it brings its own set of special requirements. We settle this before anything gets drawn, so you're not paying to change it later.
Do I need drawings to enclose a patio in Fontana?
Sometimes. Fontana's permit steps include submitting drawings or a site plan when they're needed, so it's fair to ask any contractor who prepares them. On our jobs, we do the drawings and handle the submittal as part of the work.
Other work that goes with a patio room
Solarium installation
A glass-roofed room for when you want the sky overhead and don't mind managing the extra sun.
Patio cover installation
A solid roof over a bare slab, good on its own for shade and the usual first step before walls.
Book an estimate for your patio room
Call (909) 346-1870 with your patio's rough size in square feet, whether it sits on a deck and whether you want heating or cooling, and the first visit gets twice as much done.
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