Sunroom Contractor in West Covina, CA - dry, usable rooms for ranch homes
Sunhaven Ontario Sunrooms & Patios builds sunrooms, patio enclosures and screen rooms for West Covina homes. We come out from Ontario, check what the room will sit on, and build it to stay dry through the first big rain.
Ranch homes and hillside lots in West Covina
West Covina sits in the middle of the San Gabriel Valley, between the Los Angeles, Orange and San Bernardino county sprawl, and most of what we build here goes on the back of a single-family house. Much of the city is single-story stucco homes on flat tracts from the decades after the war, and newer neighborhoods climb into the San Jose Hills, the same hills Galster Wilderness Park sits on. The busy part of town runs along the 10 past Plaza West Covina and Eastland Center, and the backyards behind it are quieter than the freeway would suggest.
The hill streets carry on into Diamond Bar, and the work looks a lot alike on both sides of the line. On the flat lots the question is usually whether an old patio slab can carry walls and a roof, and up in the hills it's how the room meets a sloped yard and a house that may already be stepped.
What we deal with on West Covina jobs
The city's Building Division issues the permits for private work in West Covina and checks plans against the state building code, so when your room needs a permit, its review is what the start date waits on. We draw the plans, file them, book the inspections and tell you up front that review takes time, then keep you posted while it runs. We're fully licensed and insured, and the city also requires every business working in West Covina to get a city business license within 15 days of starting work there, so it's a fair question to ask anyone you're thinking of hiring. Past the permit, the price comes down to the room's size, glass or screen walls, the kind of roof, what the room sits on and whether it needs power or heating and cooling, and the written quote from our visit spells all of that out.
We're based in Ontario, and West Covina is a straight run west on the 10, the same drive that takes us past Montclair and Pomona. We plan glass deliveries and crew days around that freeway's traffic, since a truck full of panels stuck near the mall at five o'clock helps nobody.
Services in West Covina, CA
Patio enclosures
A lot of West Covina ranch homes already have an aluminum cover over a slab out back, and closing it in is often the quickest way to an extra room. We check whether the cover and slab can carry walls first, because an old cover was built to throw shade, not hold glass.
Screen room installation
When summer evenings bring the bugs out and you just want to sit outside, screen room installation gets you the yard without the bites. We build it on the same kind of base as a glass room, so closing it in later stays an option.
Four season sunrooms
Summers here get hot and winter nights get cold enough to notice, so a room you plan to use every month needs insulated glass, an insulated roof and a way to heat and cool it. Licensed electricians and heating and cooling trades handle that part, and our own crew builds the rest.
Patio-to-sunroom conversion
Older patio slabs here were often poured thin with no footing at the edge, which is fine for a barbecue and not fine for walls and a roof. I look at the slab on the first visit and tell you plainly whether it can carry the room or needs a footing added.
Patio cover installation
Plenty of backyards here just need shade on a west-facing patio before anything else. We tie the cover into the house so water runs off it and not down your wall, and if you might close it in someday, tell us, since that changes how we set the posts.
Sunroom remodeling
Many sunrooms on older houses here were added decades ago and now leak at the house wall or bake by mid-afternoon. We find where the water gets in, fix the joint and the roof, and replace glass that's turning the room into an oven.
What West Covina heat and slopes ask of a room
Summer afternoons here get hot, and a glass room on the west or south side of a house will soak up every bit of it if nobody planned for that. We pick the glass, the roof and the room's direction together, and I'd rather talk you into a solid insulated roof than build you a greenhouse you only use in March. When the room needs cooling, we bring in a licensed heating and cooling trade instead of hoping a window unit keeps up.
Up in the hills, yards drop away and stucco walls meet the slab at odd heights, and that's where water gets in during the first big rain. I spend the extra hour on the base and the joint with the house, because that's where a leak starts.
Get a written sunroom quote for your West Covina home
We get back to you within one business day, and the on-site estimate is free with no obligation. I come out to your West Covina house, measure, look at what the room will sit on and ask how you plan to use it. Then you get a written quote that spells out what's included.
How a West Covina job runs
Call us or send the form
We call you back and I set a time to come out to your house. It helps if you're home for the visit, since how you'll use the room shapes the design.
I measure and check the base
I measure, look at the slab, deck or patio cover, and ask how you'll use the room. You get a written quote that spells out what's included, so you know where the money goes before you sign anything.
We handle permits, then build
Once you sign, we draw the plans, file them with the city and schedule the inspections, and we keep you posted while city review runs. Our own crew does the building, with licensed electricians and heating and cooling trades coming in where the room needs them.
Walk the finished room together
When it's done, we walk the room with you and go over anything you want looked at. The work is backed by our satisfaction guarantee.
West Covina sunroom questions answered
Do I need a building permit to add a sunroom in West Covina?
Plan on checking with the Building Division, because a sunroom isn't on the city's list of work that can skip a building permit. That list covers things like detached sheds and shade structures up to 120 square feet and 12 feet tall, fences, low retaining walls, decks no more than 30 inches above grade, and finish work. When your room needs a permit, we draw the plans, file them and book the inspections.
How do I apply for a building permit in West Covina?
You apply through the city's One Stop Building Permit Center, or in person at the Building Counter at City Hall Monday through Thursday, 7:30 am to 5:30 pm, since the city no longer takes applications by email. For questions, the Building Division's number is (626) 939-8425. On our jobs, we do the filing and the back-and-forth with plan check for you.
Does a patio project that doesn't need a building permit still need Planning approval in West Covina?
It can, because the city's Planning Division may still need to approve work the Building Division lets go without a permit. In some cases Planning limits where a structure sits and how tall it is, and sets design requirements. Its public counter is at City Hall, and you can call (626) 939-8422 before you buy anything.
How much does a sunroom cost in West Covina?
The price comes down mostly to size, glass or screen walls, the roof and what the room sits on, and we can only put a number on that after I've seen your slab or deck. A room that needs a new footing, power, or heating and cooling costs more than one that closes in a sound patio. The written quote from our visit lists what's included, so you can compare it line by line.
What causes a sunroom or patio enclosure to leak?
Most leaks start where the room meets the house, and the next most common spot is a roof without enough pitch to shed water. On older stucco houses here the joint gets a lot of our attention, because the wall behind it is rarely as flat or as sound as it looks. If yours already leaks, we can usually find it with a hose and some patience.
What is the best way to turn a West Covina deck or patio into a sunroom?
Start with what's underneath, because a slab or deck built for chairs and a grill wasn't built to carry walls, glass and a roof. I check the slab edge, the footings and the framing on the first visit. If the base needs work, we say so in the quote before you sign.
Call about your West Covina sunroom
Call (909) 738-1566 or use the estimate form before you pour a new slab or buy a kit, because building the base right once is far easier than fixing it under a finished room.
