Enclosed patio rooms in South Gate CA - a room built for how you'll use it
Tired of a bare slab nobody sits on? We close it in with windows or screens, built for how you'll really use it.
What does it take to enclose a patio in South Gate?
An enclosed patio room in South Gate is a sunroom built over the patio slab or deck you already have, with walls of windows or screens, so the bare space out back becomes a room with a roof, walls and a door you can close.
Most calls to South Gate Sunrooms & Patios at (213) 376-0861 start the same way, with a slab out back that nobody uses. The price moves with the size of the room, whether the slab needs repair first and whether you want screens, plain windows or a room you can heat, which is really a four-season sunroom. The schedule mostly turns on slab repair and the city's permit steps, which we handle. Your own figure comes from a written estimate that says what's in it and what isn't, after I've looked at the slab.
What goes into an enclosed patio room
We start with the slab, looking at how it sits against the ground and whether it's cracked or buckled, because the room is only as good as what's under it. Then I ask whether you'll ever want heat out there, and we build for that answer and not the other one, since a room with screens or plain windows and a room you can heat get framed, glazed and insulated differently. After that it's the build itself. We set the frame on the slab, tie the roof into the house, put in the windows or screens you picked, seal it up and clean up after ourselves.
Two other jobs come up at the same estimate. Some people want more light than a solid roof gives, and solarium installation puts glass overhead too, though that room runs warmer. Others really just want shade, and patio cover installation costs less and leaves the sides open. I'll say that plainly, because I'd rather talk you into the cheaper room than the wrong one.
Enclosed patio rooms in South Gate: permits and what we find
In South Gate, the city's Building and Safety office typically requires a permit for any home improvement or construction project. Its list of examples names re-roofing, not patio rooms, so I don't guess. We ask the office what your room needs. Some projects need the city's Planning Division to approve the architectural plans, with fees, before Building and Safety reviews them, and a project valued over $50,000 also needs Public Works review and approval. We take care of those steps and tell you early if plans or reviews have to come first. If you're in one of the county areas nearby, we find out which office handles your address before anything else.
We're based in South Gate and work in the cities around it. A lot of what we build onto is older single-story houses with low eaves, so the room's roof has to tuck under the existing roofline with enough slope to shed water. We work that out at the estimate instead of on the ladder, and it's the same story on jobs in Lynwood and Huntington Park.
How an enclosed patio job goes
Call or send the form
Call (213) 376-0861 or fill out the form, and we'll set a time for me to come out. We pick up early and late on weekdays, so an evening call is fine.
We look, then price it
I come out, look at the slab or deck the room will sit on and ask how you plan to use the room. Then you get a written estimate that spells out what's in it and what isn't, so you can see exactly what you're paying for.
Permits, build and final walk
We take care of the permit steps, and if you want to check on them yourself, Building and Safety takes permit and inspection calls Monday through Thursday. Then we build it, and I walk the finished room with you before we call it done.
Request an on-site estimate for your patio room
We reply within one business day to set a time. The estimate is free, done in person at your house and comes with no obligation. I come out, look at the slab and ask how you'll use the room, then you get the numbers in writing.
Questions before you book an enclosed patio room
What is the difference between an enclosed patio and a four-season sunroom?
A four-season room is heated and cooled and uses all-weather windows, while an enclosed patio has no heat or air and uses uninsulated windows or screens. That one choice decides whether the room has any temperature control at all. An enclosed patio is a sunroom built over a slab or deck you already have, which is why it's the simpler of the two.
How much does it cost to enclose a patio in South Gate?
Building a sunroom or patio enclosure in Los Angeles usually costs about $12,000 to $24,000 for the whole job. Bigger rooms that need a foundation and get heating and air conditioning land at the high end. Your own number comes from our written estimate after I've seen the slab.
What condition does my patio slab need to be in before it's enclosed?
The slab should sit higher than the ground around it. One enclosure maker's install guide says so because its wall tracks have weep holes that let water drain out, and standing water outside can get into the tracks and the room. That same guide says small hairline cracks are fine but large buckled concrete has to be repaired, and if yours needs that, it'll be on the written estimate.
How do I plan an enclosed patio if I might want to heat it later?
Decide now, because insulated windows and insulation in the walls, floor and roof go in much easier while the room is being built, and adding them later can often cost more. There's a permit side too, since California's energy code guidance counts adding heat to unheated space as an addition when it adds to the floor area and volume the house heats or cools. Heating a patio room can make it count as an addition to your house, so it's better to build for that answer once.
How do I choose between a screened patio and an enclosed patio room?
Pick screens if you mainly want to keep bugs and leaves out and you're fine with outside air, and pick windows if you want to close it up against wind and dust. A screened-in patio has screens only, with no windows and no temperature control, while an enclosed patio uses windows, though uninsulated ones. I'll tell you which one I think you'll actually sit in.
What kind of contractor builds a patio enclosure in California?
California's licensing board defines a general building contractor's main business as structures built to shelter and enclose people or property, work that takes at least two unrelated building trades. A patio room ties framing, roofing and windows into your house, so it's fair to ask anyone you're comparing which license they hold.
Why South Gate homeowners call South Gate Sunrooms & Patios for patio rooms
I come out to every job
I look at every job myself, and while our own crew builds the room, I check on the work as it goes up. The person who priced your room is the one making sure it gets built that way.
Building patio rooms since 2017
We've been building sunrooms and patio rooms since 2017, 9 years now. That's long enough to see which rooms get used and which end up holding the lawn chairs.
Covered if an LLC owns it
We're licensed and fully insured. If a company or an LLC owns your property, South Gate says the job needs a licensed contractor, so that question is settled before we start.
If you've got a slab out back you're tired of looking at, send us a request or call (213) 376-0861 and I'll come take a look.
Other ways to use the space out back
Solarium installation
Worth a look if you want to see sky from your chair and you're willing to manage more sun.
Patio cover installation
Fits the yard where you want shade over the grill and table but no walls to clean or close up.
Get your enclosed patio room priced
Call (213) 376-0861 or send the form with your patio's rough size, any cracks you've spotted and whether you'd ever want heat, and I'll show up already knowing what to look at.
