Sunroom contractor in Highland, CA - rooms planned for the summer heat
Sunscape Fontana Sunrooms & Patios builds sunrooms, patio enclosures and all season rooms for homes in Highland, CA. We're based in Fontana, and I plan each room around your house, your patio and Highland's hot summers before we build.
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Building onto Highland's older and newer homes
Highland sits just east of San Bernardino, and most of the calls we get from there come from homeowners with a patio or deck out back that sits empty half the year. The city has its own historic district, where many of the early 1900s houses are Craftsman bungalows, and plenty of newer neighborhoods spread out from it with stucco houses and poured patios.
An older house and a newer one take a sunroom differently. On a Craftsman, I'm matching an old roofline and framing that has had a century to settle, and on a newer house it's usually about tying into stucco and a slab that was poured for a patio, not a room.
Working in Highland, from permit to final inspection
A sunroom is an addition, and in Highland that means a building permit from the city's Building Department, with Building and Safety reviewing the plans before anything gets built. A brand-new structure goes through the Planning Division first, so how the city reads your project shapes the schedule, and I'd rather sort that out at your kitchen table than halfway through the job. Two things you can check on any contractor here: a California contractor's license, and a city business license, which contractors based outside city limits, us included, carry as the city's Out of City license.
We're licensed and fully insured, and when a job needs a permit we pull it in our name as the contractor and handle the drawings, the inspections and the back and forth with the city. It's the same way we work in Eastvale or anywhere else on our map. The price moves with the size of the room, the glass and roof you pick, whether your slab can carry walls or needs new footings, and whether you want power or cooling run in. The schedule turns on the city's plan review and on what the base looks like once we open it up, and the written quote I give you says what's in the price and what isn't.
What do Highland homes need from a sunroom?
They need a room that can handle the heat. Older records for Highland put the average July high around 92°F, with August close behind, so a room made mostly of glass can turn into an oven if nobody plans for it. We work out the roof, the glass and the airflow before we build, and when a room needs real cooling we bring in a licensed heating and cooling trade.
The other thing we see is a patio or deck built for a chair and a grill, not for walls. I check the base first, because a room is only as good as what it sits on.
- Call (909) 346-1870
- Mon–Fri: 6 AM–9 PM, Sat–Sun: 7 AM–9 PM
- Fontana, CA 92335
Sunroom work we do in Highland
All season rooms
Highland summers run hot and winter evenings cool off, so an insulated all season room is the one most people end up using every month of the year. We plan the glass and the roof together so the room isn't fighting the weather.
Sunroom additions
Plenty of Highland houses, older Craftsman places included, have a back wall with room for one more space. We tie the addition into your roofline and framing so it reads as part of the house.
Patio-to-sunroom conversion
Many yards here already have a slab and a cover that only get used on mild evenings. We check whether that slab can carry walls, then build on it, or on new footings if it can't.
Patio enclosures
If you want the patio closed in without a full addition, an enclosure keeps the dust and bugs out and the shade in. We fit the panels to your existing cover when it's sound and tell you plainly when it isn't.
Sunroom remodeling
Older sunrooms around Highland often have thin glass and roofs that let the summer straight in. We replace the glass, roof panels and finishes that are worn out and keep what's still good.
Patio cover installation
Sometimes a Highland backyard just needs real shade over the patio. We size the cover to your house and where the sun hits, and we can plan it so it's easy to close in later.
How it goes when you call us about a Highland sunroom
Call us or send the form
Call (909) 346-1870 or send the form, and we'll set a time for me to come out to your house in Highland. You don't need anything ready beyond an idea of how you want to use the room.
I walk the site myself
I look at your slab or deck, how the room ties into the house and how you'll use it, and it helps if you're home so we can talk it through. You get a written quote that says what's in the price and what isn't, so you know what you're paying for before you decide.
We handle drawings and permit
We draw the plans, get the permit through the city and set a schedule that already counts Highland's plan review. You skip the paperwork, which I consider the best perk we offer.
We build, then walk it together
Our own crew builds the room, with licensed trades brought in for any electrical or heating and cooling work it needs. When it's done, I walk the finished room with you.
Get a free on-site sunroom quote in Highland
We reply within one business day, and then I call to set a time to come out to your Highland home myself. The quote is free, done on site and comes with no obligation, so you can take it, think it over and do nothing at all if that suits you.
- 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
Highland sunroom questions we hear
Do I need a permit to add a sunroom in Highland, CA?
Yes. The city's Building Department issues permits for additions, and a sunroom attached to your house is an addition, while new electrical or cooling systems take permits of their own. Applications go through the city's online permit portal, which takes them at any hour, and on our jobs that filing is ours to do.
How do I check a sunroom contractor's license in California before hiring?
Look the contractor up with the Contractors State License Board, because California requires a state license to build or alter a structure when the job needs a building permit. The license is also required on any job of $1,000 or more in labor and materials, so a sunroom is covered either way.
How much of a down payment can a contractor ask for on a sunroom in California?
No more than $1,000 or 10 percent of the contract price, whichever is less, under the state's home improvement rules. Every other payment has to be listed in the contract and tied to work done or materials delivered, so the payments follow the job.
How much does a sunroom cost in Highland, CA?
The price comes down to the room's size, the glass and roof, and the base it sits on, so I can only give you a real number after I've seen your house. A three season room with lighter glass usually costs less than an insulated all season room, and new footings, wiring or cooling each add to it. Your written quote lists what's in and what's out.
Do I need a permit to remodel my sunroom in Highland?
Not for finish work like paint, tile or carpet, but the city wants a permit once the job involves drywall or removing or replacing electrical items. Bigger work on the room itself counts as a renovation, which takes a building permit, and if your room has a sink or fixtures you want changed, ask at the Building Department counter first.
What is the best way to keep a sunroom cool in a Highland summer?
Plan for the heat before the room is built, with an insulated roof, the right glass and a way to move air through it. Fixing a hot room after the fact usually costs more than designing it right, and if you want air conditioning, a licensed heating and cooling trade puts it in.
Book your Highland sunroom walkthrough
One visit to your patio tells me more than a dozen photos, and you'll know what the room involves before you spend anything.
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