Patio enclosures in Rancho Cucamonga CA - an outdoor room built for how you'll use it
Your covered patio gets less use than it should. We close it in with screens or glass so it fits the way you live.
What does it take to enclose a patio in Rancho Cucamonga?
A patio enclosure in Rancho Cucamonga closes in your covered patio with screens, or with walls and windows, so you get a sheltered outdoor room you can use far more often. We build all three common types, from plain screens to a fully insulated room.
Most people who call me have a covered patio they don't use as much as they'd like, and some are stuck with an enclosure that leaks or sticks because somebody built it in a hurry. The price comes down mostly to the type you pick and what's already there, because screening in a patio that already has a roof costs far less per square foot than building a new enclosure, and walls with windows cost more than screens. The schedule turns on the base, the materials and the design, plus the city's review if your job needs a permit, and the written estimate I give you after measuring has the number for your patio.
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Patio enclosures from screens to glass
How we build your patio enclosure
We lay out screens, plain glass and a fully closed room side by side, with what each one gets you for the money, so you choose by how you'll actually use the space. Screens cost the least, three-season glass adds windows without insulation, and a four-season room is fully insulated and costs the most. Then we check the city's patio rules for your house, because they can change that choice. If a bedroom's emergency escape window opens under the patio, the city requires the structure to stay completely unenclosed, so I look at where your bedroom windows sit before anything else. The longer wall and one other wall each have to stay at least 65% open across their lower part, measured from the floor, so we plan those two walls around that rule, and insect screening on the openings is allowed. Homes in the city's Very High Fire Severity Zone follow separate sections of the same rules, and zoning and setbacks come from the city's Planning Department, which decide where the structure can sit on your lot. Once the plan fits, our crew sets the frame on the base we checked, closes it in and makes sure the doors and windows open and close the way they should.
Some patios turn out to want more than an enclosure. If you'd like a room shaped around your house, its roof line and the glass you want, that's our custom sunrooms work, and if you need a real room with its own foundation and walls, we build it as sunroom construction.
Why Rancho Cucamonga homeowners call us to enclose a patio
I measure, then stay on site
I come out myself to look at the job and measure, and I'm on site with our own crew while they build. The person who priced your patio is the one watching it go together.
Years spent fixing failed enclosures
Before I started building in 2017, I spent years on upkeep for a property management company, fixing leaky patio covers and sagging enclosures. That's why we build so water goes where it should, doors and windows close right and nothing gets hidden under trim.
Ask which license we hold
We're licensed and insured, and you should ask us which license we hold, the same as you'd ask anyone. California's awning contractor license covers patio covers but leaves out patio enclosures, so it's a fair question for this kind of work.
We check your address first
We're based in Rancho Cucamonga and work in the cities around it, and before we start we check what your city wants for your address. Rules for patio structures can change from one lot to the next, so we'd rather know before anything is drawn up.
What matters most on a patio enclosure is how it holds up after we leave, and every job is backed by our satisfaction guarantee. To get started, call (909) 360-4006 or send us a message.
Get a written price for your patio enclosure
Send the form and we'll get back to you within one business day to set up a free on-site estimate. I'll measure and put the price in writing, with no obligation.
- Licensed and insured.
- Free on-site estimates.
- Replies within 1 business day.
What happens after you ask about a patio enclosure
Call or send a message
Call (909) 360-4006 or use the form, and we'll set a time for me to come out. It helps to have the patio's rough size, the type you're leaning toward and whether a bedroom window opens onto it.
I measure and price it
I look at the patio and what the room will sit on, take measurements and talk with you about how you'll use it. You get a written estimate, so you know the number before anything is ordered.
We handle the permit
Once you sign, we pull the permit when the job needs one and work with the city's building office through the inspections. The city's plan review has run about 10 to 15 working days once plans are submitted, so we count that time before the crew starts.
We build, then walk it
Our own crew builds the enclosure with me on the job. When it's done, I walk the finished room with you and we work every door, window and screen together.
Patio enclosure questions in Rancho Cucamonga
How much does a patio enclosure cost in Rancho Cucamonga?
Across the US, a new patio enclosure usually costs about $50 to $350 per square foot, from plain screens up to walls and windows. That's a national range, not our price, and where yours lands depends on the type you pick and what's already there. I'll measure and put your price in writing.
How long do screens and glass last on a patio enclosure?
A screened-in patio usually lasts 5 to 10 years before the screens need replacing, while a glass enclosure can last up to 50 years. Those are national figures, so if you go with screens, plan on new ones somewhere in that span, and if you're staying in the house a long time, glass makes more sense.
How long does it take to enclose a patio?
Screening in a patio that already has a roof usually takes 1 to 3 days, and adding screens and a roof over an existing patio base takes 2 to 7 days. A full glass enclosure takes 2 to 4 weeks or longer, depending on the base, materials and design, and any city review time comes on top of that.
Who handles patio permits in Rancho Cucamonga?
The City of Rancho Cucamonga's Building and Safety office issues patio cover permits and takes those requests by email at CDtech@CityofRC.us. Its list names patio covers, not enclosures, so that's the office to ask about your plan. Before we start, we check what the city wants for your address.
Can an enclosed patio be used as a bedroom or storage room in Rancho Cucamonga?
No. The city's patio cover rules say these structures are for recreation and outdoor living, not for use as a carport, garage, storage room or habitable room, which means regular indoor living space. Plan yours as an outdoor room, and if you need a bedroom or an office, that's a different kind of build we can talk through.
What causes a patio enclosure to leak or sag?
Usually it's water with nowhere to go, at the joint where the roof meets the house or on a cover pitched too flat, and a frame set on a base nobody checked. I look at the base before I price the job, and we set the pitch and the flashing, the metal that turns water away at the joints, so water runs off instead of in.
Work that goes with patio enclosures
Custom sunrooms
For when you want the room designed around your house instead of fitted to the patio cover you already have.
Sunroom construction
For when the plan outgrows an outdoor room and you want a sunroom built from the ground up.