Sunroom remodeling in Santa Ana CA - a room you can use more of the year
If your sunroom leaks, bakes in summer or sits empty most of the year, we rework it into a room you'll use.
What does remodeling a sunroom in Santa Ana involve?
Sunroom remodeling in Santa Ana means reworking the room you already have, including how it's closed in, how it drains and seals, and whether it's heated and cooled, so it turns into a room you use more of the year instead of one you avoid in August.
Most people call because the room leaks at a track, cooks in the afternoon or feels like a porch with glass on it, and they want to know if it can be saved. The price moves with the room's size, whether what it sits on needs work, the glass and insulation you choose, and whether you add heating and cooling. The schedule turns on what we find once the old panels come off, and on the city's plan review when the job needs a permit. I'll come out, measure, look at what the room sits on and write up what the price covers, so you're working from your own figure instead of a guess.
How our sunroom remodeling works, one step at a time
I start by looking at what's there now, how the room drains, how the doors and windows seal and how it joins the house, because a remodel built over a leak just hides the leak for a while. Then we talk about what you want the room to do that it doesn't do today, whether that's staying cool in summer, holding heat in winter or opening fully to the house, and that answer decides the room type. We settle insulation for the walls, floor and roof and any heating and cooling at this stage, since those go in far more easily while the room is open and usually cost more to add later. Once the plan is set and any permit is in hand, we order the parts, our own installers take out what's being replaced and build the new room, and we clean up before I walk through it with you.
Some calls turn out to be a different job. If you'd rather have fresh air than a heated room, screen room installation gives you a shaded, screened space without the full glass or the heating and cooling. If what you have is really a covered patio with a few panels added over the years, a patio-to-sunroom conversion is usually the better place to start.
Why Santa Ana homeowners call Sunridge Santa Ana Sunrooms & Patios for a remodel
The person who measures stays
I come out to look at the room and measure it myself, our own installers do the build, and I stay your contact from the first visit to the finished room. You won't be explaining your job over again to someone new at every step.
Building rooms since 2017
Before we opened in 2017, I ran the schedule for a busy remodeling company and saw how jobs fall apart when one step gets rushed. That's why the price I write up says what it covers, so the room you sign for is the room you get.
Licensed and fully insured, every job
We're licensed and fully insured. A remodel usually pulls in framing and glass at the least, and the state contractor board treats work that uses at least two unrelated building trades as general building work, so it's fair to ask any contractor how their license covers your job.
Flood zone looked up early
Parts of Santa Ana carry FEMA flood zone designations A and AE, and you can look up your own on the FEMA flood maps by address. We check it before we draw anything, because it's one more thing that's better known at the start than found during plan check.
On a remodel, what matters most is deciding what the room should do before anything gets ordered. Call (657) 205-6766 or use our contact page, and I'll set up a time to come take a look.
Get a written estimate for your sunroom remodel
We reply to every call and message within one business day, and the estimate is free, on-site and comes with no obligation. After you send this, I'll set a time to come out, measure the room, look at what it sits on and write up what the price covers. It helps to have the room's size in square feet, the room type you want and your address ready.
Finished sunroom remodel ideas
Questions before you book a sunroom remodel
What's the difference between a three season and a four season sunroom?
A four season room is generally fully enclosed with all weather windows and is heated and cooled, while a three season room isn't heated or cooled, and a screened porch has no temperature control at all. One industry specification treats a room that's enclosed, heated or cooled and open to the main house as living space, with windows that have to meet air leakage, water entry and thermal performance requirements. We settle which one you want at the first visit, because it decides the glass, the insulation and the price.
How much does a sunroom cost in Orange County, CA?
A sunroom in Orange County usually costs about $120 to $200 per square foot, and larger rooms that need a foundation and have heating and air conditioning land at the higher end. That's the area's going rate for building a sunroom, not our price, and a remodel moves with how much of your current room can stay. Your own figure comes from the written estimate after I've measured.
How much can a contractor ask for up front in California?
Under the state contractor board's rules, a down payment can be no more than $1,000 or 10 percent of the total contract price, whichever is less. Later payments have to be listed in the contract and based on work completed or materials delivered, so you pay as the job moves along. Check that any contract you're handed follows that.
How does plan review work for a sunroom remodel in Santa Ana?
The City of Santa Ana issues construction permits and inspects the work, and plans have to be prepared and submitted for city review and approval first. A submittal includes supporting documents such as structural calculations, and you can ask any contractor whether your plans will go through the city's electronic plan review or its over-the-counter review. When a job needs a permit, we prepare the plans, file with the city, meet the inspector and keep you posted, and the city's Building Division takes building questions at (714) 647-5800.
How do I keep my sunroom's sliding doors and windows working smoothly?
One sunroom maker advises keeping the door and window tracks clean and using a pure silicone spray, since oil-based lubricants tend to attract dirt. The same maker says to keep the weep holes, the small drain openings, clear so water can get out. If your room is already past that and sticking or leaking, it's worth looking at as part of a remodel.
What should I check before cutting into the slab under a sunroom?
Check whether it's a post tension slab, one with steel cables run through it under tension, before anyone saw cuts or breaks it. Guidance from another California city warns that cutting one of those cables, called tendons, can be very dangerous and expensive to repair. That's one reason I look at what the room sits on before we cut into anything.
Other work that often comes up
- Screen room installation
If you want shade and fresh air without glass, heating or cooling, a screened room is the simpler build.
- Patio-to-sunroom conversion
If you're starting from an open or covered patio rather than a sunroom, this is where your project begins.