Sunroom Contractor in Upland, CA - Patio Rooms That Fit Older and Newer Homes
Rancho Cucamonga Sunrooms & Patios is a sunroom contractor building sunrooms, patio enclosures and patio covers in Upland, CA. We turn patios and decks into rooms you'll actually use, and we fix rooms somebody built in a hurry.
Upland: historic houses and newer tracts
Upland sits right against Rancho Cucamonga, where we're based, so we're in and out of its neighborhoods all the time. The houses run from older homes near the center of the city, some with real history behind them, to newer stucco tracts with a slab and a patio cover out back. Most of the calls we get here come from people who want more use out of that back patio than they're getting now.
That mix shapes the job. On an older house the room has to meet a roofline, siding and windows nobody planned an addition for, and on a newer one the first question is usually whether the slab and the cover can carry walls and glass at all.
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Sunroom work we do in Upland
Four season sunrooms
A lot of Upland families want a room they can sit in every month of the year, not just on the nice evenings. Our four season sunrooms are insulated, glazed and tied into the house like a real addition, so the room works like the rest of your house.
Patio-to-sunroom conversion
Plenty of houses here already have a slab and a cover out back that sits empty most of the year. Before we enclose one, I check whether the slab and cover can carry walls and glass, because many weren't built for it, and we add footings or a new roof where they can't.
Patio cover installation
Not everyone wants walls, and on a newer Upland tract home with a bare slab, a solid patio cover is often the right call. We tie it to the house so water runs off where it should instead of into your fascia or down your wall.
Sunroom remodeling
Some older enclosures around Upland went up fast and now leak where they meet the house or have doors that won't close. We open them up, find the cause and rebuild what's failing instead of hiding it under new trim.
Custom sunrooms
Upland's older houses have rooflines, siding and window styles that a stock kit won't match. We build custom rooms to the house that's actually there, so the addition looks like it belongs.
Screen room installation
If you want the breeze and fewer bugs without paying for glass, a screen room is the simpler build for a lot of Upland patios. We frame it with a proper roof tie-in, so it sheds water and holds up the same as a glass room would.
Working in Upland: permits, paperwork and price
In Upland, building permits come from the city's Building and Safety Division, and whether your room needs one is the division's call, so before we start I check what it wants for your address. When a permit is needed, we pull it and work with the division through the inspections, and that review and the inspection dates usually set the schedule more than the building does. The city also requires contractors working in Upland to hold a current city business license, so ask anyone you're weighing for that along with their contractor's license. We're licensed and insured, and since the price moves with the room you pick and what your slab and roof can carry, I put it in writing after I measure.
We're a sunroom contractor in Rancho Cucamonga, CA, right next door, so Upland jobs are a short drive for our crew, and I'm on the job with them. Euclid Avenue runs straight down into Ontario, and we do the same patio and sunroom work there and over in Pomona.
A free written sunroom estimate for your Upland home
Call (909) 360-4006 or send the form, and we'll get back to you within one business day to set a time. I come out to your house in Upland myself, look at what's there, measure and put the price in writing. The estimate is free and there's no obligation.
- Licensed and insured.
- Free on-site estimates.
- Replies within 1 business day.
Sunroom and patio room ideas for Upland
Upland sunroom questions
How much does it cost to add a sunroom to a house in Upland?
The cost of a sunroom in Upland comes down to the room's size, whether it's three season or four season, the glass and roof, and the work under and around it. Rooms that need new footings, a roof tied into an older house, power, or heating and cooling cost more than a screen room on a sound slab. I give you the price in writing after I measure, so you know what you're paying for before anything starts.
How do I request a building permit for a sunroom in Upland?
You request it online, because the city only takes building permit requests through its building permits page. The application asks for an upload of the contractor's license and business license, and a PDF or a JPEG photo of each is fine. When we're building your room and it needs a permit, we file it and handle the uploads.
Does my older Upland home need extra review before I add a sunroom?
It does if your house is a designated historic resource, because then any exterior change that alters its look needs design approval from the city's Planning Division, which the city calls a Certificate of Appropriateness. Upland has 9 local historic districts and more than 580 properties on its local register, so it's worth finding out whether yours is one of them early. If it is, we'll draw the room with that review in mind.
What wind and rain does a sunroom in Upland have to be built for?
The city's building page lists a design wind load of 110 mph, Exposure C, and design rainfall of 4 inches an hour, and those are the figures a room's frame, roof and drainage get designed around here. Exposure C is the open-ground category, so the wind isn't assumed to be blocked by much. We pay the most attention where the room meets the house, because that's where water gets into rooms built in a hurry.
What is the best way to turn an existing patio in Upland into a sunroom?
Start by finding out whether the slab and patio cover you already have can carry walls, glass and a heavier roof, because many patio covers weren't built for that. I look at the slab edge, the posts and where the cover meets the house. Where the old pieces won't hold up, we add footings or build a new roof rather than stack a room on top of them.
What causes an older sunroom or patio enclosure in Upland to leak?
Usually it's where the roof meets the house, because the flashing was skipped or the roof panels were run too flat to drain. Bad seals around doors and windows are the next most common cause. We find where the water's actually getting in before we change anything, instead of covering it with caulk or trim.