All season rooms in Highland CA - a room you can use in July and January
Your patio is too hot by noon and too chilly come December. We build a room that joins the house and works all year.
What is an all season room, and will it work for your house?
An all season room is a sunroom on your Highland, CA home that ties into the house's existing construction and has insulation, wiring and its own heating and cooling, so it stays comfortable on the hottest and coldest days instead of only the mild ones.
Most people who call us have a patio or deck out back that sits empty half the year because it's too hot or too cold, and they want that space to feel like part of the house. The price moves mostly with the room's size, the materials and what it has to sit on, since a room that needs a new foundation costs more than one going onto a sound, level base. The schedule usually turns on the city's review, so once you decide to go ahead we check with the office that covers your address and get the plans and paperwork moving. Your estimate spells out what your own room would include and what it wouldn't.
What happens after you call about an all season room?
Call or send a message
Call (909) 737-1119 or use our form, and we'll set a time for me to come out to your house. A rough idea of the room's size helps me plan the visit.
I look over the house
I measure, check what the room would sit on and where it would join the house, and ask how you plan to use it. You get a written estimate that spells out what's in it and what isn't, so you can compare it side by side with anyone else's.
We handle plans and permits
Once you say go, we prepare the plans and file the permit paperwork with the city or county office that covers your address. Building starts after that review is done.
Our crew builds, then we walk it
Our own crew builds the room, and licensed trade partners handle the wiring and heating and cooling. At the end we walk through it with you so you can check every window, door and outlet.
How we build an all season room
The first thing we settle is whether you want the room open to the rest of the house or shut off with its own heating and cooling, because that choice shapes everything after it, including what the room needs underneath it. The industry standard for sunrooms treats a heated or cooled room that opens into the house as habitable living space and a closed-off one on its own system as non-habitable, and that changes how the room ties into your walls and roof. From there I check the base, and we build or prepare what the room will sit on before our crew frames it and joins it to the house, which is where I spend the most time since you won't see any of it once the walls are up. Under that same standard, windows and doors in either kind of heated or cooled room have to hold up against air leaks and water and hold heat well, so we take care with how each one is set and sealed, then insulate the room and bring in our licensed trade partners for the wiring and heating and cooling.
Not every room off the back of the house needs full heating and cooling. If you mostly want the patio closed in against wind and dust, enclosed patio rooms are lighter to build and usually cost less, and if you're after more glass overhead and as much daylight as you can get, look at solarium installation. I'll talk through all three with you at the estimate and tell you which one fits how you'll use the space.
Get a written estimate for your all season room
Send the form and we'll reply within one business day to set a time for me to come out, measure and look over the house and the base. The estimate is free, done on site, and comes with no obligation to go ahead.
Questions about all season rooms in Highland
What is the difference between an all season room and a three season room?
An all season room is insulated and has wiring and its own heating and cooling, while a three season room is enclosed with glass but has no insulation or heating and cooling. That's why a three season room gets uncomfortable on the hottest and coldest days and an all season room doesn't.
How much does an all season room cost in Highland, CA?
Adding a four-season sunroom, the insulated, heated and cooled kind this page covers, usually costs about $200 to $400 per square foot across the US. That's a national range, not a quote, and where your room lands in it depends mostly on its size, the materials and the foundation it needs. The written estimate after my visit gives you the figure for your own room.
What is the best way to add an all season room to an existing deck or patio?
A prefab kit can attach to an existing wooden deck or patio if the surface is level, while a site-built room needs a proper building foundation of its own. Either way, I look closely at what's under the deck or slab first, because a room is only as solid as what it sits on and an old deck can hide problems you only find once it's opened up. A few photos of your deck or patio before I come out help me know what to look for.
Do I need a permit for an all season room in Highland, CA?
Highland requires permits for additions, and its permit list names bedrooms, bathrooms and family rooms without naming all season rooms, so ask Highland Building and Safety how it treats your room before any work starts. We check with the city on every job and prepare and file the plans and permit paperwork when your room calls for it. Permits can also be applied for through the city's online permit portal at any time.
How do I get an all season room approved in Highland?
New structures go through the city's Planning Division first, and once that's done the construction plans go to Building and Safety. Highland also asks for a fire flow test report on additions, a check of the water available for firefighting at your address, and East Valley Water District runs those tests. The city lists itself in climate zone 10, and the state Energy Code ties several window, door and outer-shell standards to that zone, which is part of what we plan the room around.
What license should a contractor have to build an all season room in California?
Ask which license a contractor holds before you sign, because under California's licensing rules a residential remodeling contractor can't contract for structural changes to footings, foundations, load bearing walls or roof structures, and a room that ties into your house can touch all of those. Wiring and heating and cooling need the right license classification too or a licensed subcontractor, which is why our own crew builds the room and licensed trade partners handle those systems. We're licensed and fully insured, and our work is backed by our satisfaction guarantee.
Other rooms worth comparing
Enclosed patio rooms
A good fit when you want the patio closed in against wind, bugs and dust but don't need a room you'd heat and cool.
Solarium installation
Worth a look if you want a glass roof overhead and as much natural light as a room can hold.
Talk through your all season room with us
If you call (909) 737-1119 or use the form knowing roughly how big you want the room and whether it should open to the house, my first visit can go straight to the parts that matter, like what it sits on and how it joins your home.