Sunroom contractor in Irvine, CA - rooms planned around the city's code
Sunridge Santa Ana Sunrooms & Patios is a sunroom contractor that closes in patios, adds four season rooms and builds patio covers for Irvine homes, with our own installers doing the build.
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Planned neighborhoods and newer homes across Irvine
In Irvine, most of the homes we're called to are in planned neighborhoods, with a family room or kitchen opening onto a patio out back and a yard that's tidy but not large. Homeowners usually want to close that patio in or add a room they can use more of the year, and the houses that sit near the open space around Quail Hill and Shady Canyon often want as much glass facing out as the plans allow. We're based in Santa Ana and do the same work in Tustin next door and down in Costa Mesa.
Because so many streets here were planned as a whole, the houses on a block tend to share rooflines, colors and trim, so a room that looks bolted on stands out. That's why we draw the room to match your roof pitch and finishes before we price it, and why I ask early whether your neighborhood association wants to see the plans.
Our services in Irvine, CA
- Patio-to-sunroom conversion
Many Irvine backyards already have a concrete patio right off the back door, and turning it into a sunroom puts that space to work. We check whether the slab can carry walls and a roof before we plan on it, because a weak base is where most of these jobs go wrong.
- Patio enclosures
Plenty of houses here came with a patio cover from the builder or an earlier owner, and a sound one can often be closed in without starting over. We look at the posts, beam and roof first, since walls and windows only work if what they hang from is solid.
- Four season sunrooms
When your family room already opens to the backyard, a four season room, built with insulated walls and glass so it can be heated and cooled, feels like part of the house. We settle how it'll be heated and cooled at the start, because that choice changes the wiring and the walls.
- Custom sunrooms
Lots and floor plans change from one Irvine neighborhood to the next, so a stock kit doesn't always fit the house or the block. A custom sunroom is drawn around your rooflines, doors and lot, and those drawings become the plans we file with the city.
- Patio cover installation
Some homeowners here want shade and a dry spot outside before they're ready for a full room. If you think you might enclose it later, we can plan the posts and footings with that in mind so you're not tearing it out to build on it.
- Sunroom remodeling
In Irvine's older neighborhoods, rooms added by earlier owners sometimes leak, run drafty or have a layout that doesn't suit how you live now. We find what's causing the trouble before we suggest a fix, so you're paying to solve the problem and not just cover it.
What building onto an Irvine home asks of a sunroom
What moves the price here is mostly what the room sits on, how big it is and whether it's built to be heated and cooled, and the schedule turns on settling the plans, getting through the city's review and the parts arriving. A patio slab poured with the house looks solid, but it was usually poured to walk on, and I can't tell you whether it'll carry walls and a roof until I've looked at it. If it can't, we plan new footings before anything is ordered, because that's easy to change on paper and costly to change once walls are up.
If your lot is in a Fire Hazard Severity Zone, the city's code adds special provisions for building there, and they can change the materials we'd use. We check where your lot stands on the first visit, so we're not redrawing the room halfway through review.
Get a free on-site sunroom quote for your Irvine home
Call or send the form and we'll reply within one business day to set a time. I come out to your Irvine home myself, measure, look at what the room would sit on and write up what the price covers. The quote is free, and there's no obligation to go ahead.
Sunrooms, enclosures and patio covers
Irvine sunroom questions answered
Do I need a permit to build a sunroom in Irvine?
Usually, yes, because the City of Irvine's Community Development Department issues permits for most construction regulated by code. You can check the city's permit list or call the city with permit questions at (949) 724-6313. When a job needs a permit, we prepare the plans, file them through the city's online permit system, PermitsDIRECT!, and meet the inspector, and we keep you posted along the way.
Does a patio cover need a permit in Irvine?
Yes, the city's list of exempt work says patio covers need a permit no matter how small they are. A small detached shed can skip one, so don't go by size alone. We put the cover in the plans we file so it's inspected along with the rest of the work.
How do I check that a sunroom contractor is licensed in California?
Look the contractor up with the Contractors State License Board, the state office that licenses anyone who builds or alters buildings in California. A state license is required when a job needs a building permit, uses employees or comes to $1,000 or more in labor and materials, which covers nearly any sunroom, and the board caps a home improvement down payment at $1,000 or 10 percent of the contract price, whichever is less. The City of Irvine also requires every business working in the city to hold a city business license, and we're licensed and fully insured.
What roofing does Irvine require on a new sunroom?
The city requires Class A roofing material, the top fire rating, on all new roofs, so plan for it on the roof of a new room. A lower class is only allowed when you're replacing less than half of an existing roof covering. We choose the roof panels with that in mind before the plans go to the city.
How long does an Irvine building permit stay valid?
A permit for work on a house becomes invalid 18 months after it's issued unless the city's Building Official extends it in writing. That's why we settle the design, the heating and cooling and the parts before the permit is pulled, so the clock isn't running while choices are still open.
How much does a sunroom cost in Irvine?
The price comes down mostly to the room's size, what it sits on and how much of the year you want to use it. A sound existing slab costs less to build on than new footings, a four season room with insulated walls and glass runs more than a three season room, and lights, outlets or heating and cooling add to it. Changes your neighborhood association asks for can move it too, which is why I look at all of this before writing up your quote.