Sunroom Contractor in Rancho Cucamonga - Covered Patios Turned Into Rooms
Solcraft Montclair Sunrooms & Patios is a sunroom contractor building sunrooms, patio enclosures and patio covers in Rancho Cucamonga, and turning the covered patios and decks behind houses there into rooms people actually use.
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I measure your patio or deck and tell you straight what kind of room fits.
Request an estimateRancho Cucamonga: older tracts, covered patios
Rancho Cucamonga grew out of three older towns, Alta Loma, Etiwanda and Cucamonga, and each old town center still has its own feel inside the bigger city. A lot of the building came in a fast push in the 1970s, when families from Los Angeles and Orange County came looking for homes they could afford, so on our jobs here we see houses from that era sitting next to newer ones, often with a patio or a deck added years after the house went up.
The calls we get here are a lot like the ones from Upland and Fontana next door. Before anything gets drawn, we look at what's already out back, because an older slab or a patio cover a past owner put up decides what we can build on and what has to be redone.
Permits, licenses and price in Rancho Cucamonga
The City of Rancho Cucamonga issues the permits here, and a job that needs one can't start until the city issues it, so the city's side of the paperwork and the material order usually set the start date. When your job needs a permit, we prepare the plans, handle the paperwork with the city and keep you posted on where it stands, and I'll tell you at the estimate who's pulling it. Before you hire anyone, check for two separate licenses, a state contractor license from the Contractors State License Board and a Rancho Cucamonga business license, which the city requires before a contractor starts doing business here. We're licensed and fully insured. Price moves with the size of the room, whether your slab, deck or cover can carry walls, and whether you want a three-season room or an insulated four-season one, and your own number comes from the on-site estimate once I've measured.
I started this business in Montclair in 2017, and we work in Rancho Cucamonga and the other cities around it, including West Covina, so the houses here look like the ones we see all week. Most calls start the same way, with a covered patio or a deck that doesn't get much use, and I'll tell you on the spot whether it can become the room you want or whether you're better off starting fresh.
Services in Rancho Cucamonga, CA
Patio-to-sunroom conversion
Plenty of houses here already have a covered patio on a slab out back, and that's usually the most direct way to a real room. We check the slab and the cover first, because whether they can carry walls and glass decides what we build on them.
Sunroom construction
When the old patio can't be reused or there's only lawn out back, we start from the ground up. Our sunroom construction covers the footings, floor, framing, roof tie-in and finish, with our crew lead running the build alongside our installers.
Deck-to-sunroom conversion
Wood decks behind older houses here are sometimes sound enough to build on and sometimes need new framing underneath. We tell you which at the estimate, so you're not paying to enclose a deck that has to come apart later.
Patio enclosures
If your patio cover is in good shape and you mostly want the space closed in from bugs and leaves, an enclosure is often the simpler route. We fit walls, windows and screens to the cover you have, so you keep the shade and gain a room you can close up.
Sunroom remodeling
Some houses here came with an enclosure or sunroom a past owner put up that leaks at the roof line or never felt like a real room. We redo the glass, insulation or roofing when the frame is worth keeping, and we tell you plainly when it isn't.
Patio cover installation
If a full room is more than you need right now, a new patio cover gives you shade over the slab. Tell us if walls might come later, and we'll size the posts and footings so the cover can become a room without starting over.
Get a free on-site sunroom estimate in Rancho Cucamonga
Send the form and we'll get back to you within one business day to set a time. I come out to your Rancho Cucamonga house myself to look at the patio or deck and measure, and the estimate is free with no obligation.
- Phone
- (909) 738-1507
- Location
- Montclair, CA 91763
- Hours
- Mon–Fri: 8 AM–9 PM, Sat–Sun: 6 AM–9 PM
- Credentials
- Licensed and fully insured.
What Rancho Cucamonga homeowners can count on
We're based in Montclair, CA, and handle 16 sunroom and patio services across 12 service areas on this site, Rancho Cucamonga among them. Your satisfaction, guaranteed.
- Based in
- CA
- Montclair
- Services
- 16
- Service areas
- 12
- Licensed and fully insured.
- Free on-site estimates.
- We reply within 1 business day.
Frequently asked questions
Do I need a permit for a sunroom or patio cover in Rancho Cucamonga?
Patio covers are on the city's permit list, so that work goes through Rancho Cucamonga for a permit. For a sunroom or a patio enclosure, ask the city's Building and Safety office what your job needs, and every permit there is applied for online through the Online Permit Center on the city's website. We go over your job's permit at the estimate.
Does a contractor need a business license to work in Rancho Cucamonga?
Yes, the city requires a business license before anyone starts doing business in Rancho Cucamonga, and it's renewed every year. It's separate from the state contractor license, and contractors based outside the city also list the job's location and value when they apply.
How much can a contractor ask for as a down payment on a sunroom in California?
Under state rules, the down payment can't be more than $1,000 or 10 percent of the contract price, whichever is less. Every payment after that has to be spelled out in the contract and tied to work done or materials delivered, and the rule covers all home improvement jobs, a sunroom included.
What affects the cost of a sunroom in Rancho Cucamonga?
Size, what the room sits on and how much you want it to do are the biggest factors. Reusing a sound slab or patio cover keeps the cost down, while new footings, insulated walls and roof, better glass, and heating, cooling and outlets all add to it. I'll give you your own number after measuring at the estimate.
How long does it take to build a sunroom in Rancho Cucamonga?
Most of the wait usually comes before the build, while the permit and the materials get lined up. Once we're on site, the time depends mostly on whether we're building on your existing slab or deck or pouring new footings, and I'll walk you through the schedule at the estimate.
How do I choose between a three-season and a four-season sunroom for my Rancho Cucamonga home?
Choose by how you'll use the room. If you want it to work as part of the house every month, go four-season with insulated walls, roof and floor and a way to heat and cool it, and if it's mainly for the good-weather months, a three-season room skips all that and costs less. I'd rather settle this before anything is ordered, because turning a three-season room into a four-season one later usually means redoing a lot of it.
Call about your Rancho Cucamonga sunroom
Call (909) 738-1507 or use the form to tell us what you'd use the room for, so the plan starts there.