Sunroom remodeling in Baldwin Park CA - a sealed room you'll actually use

How do you know your sunroom needs a remodel?

• 01

  Doors and windows that drag

  When sliders stick or windows won't latch, the tracks are usually dirty or worn, and sometimes the frame has gone out of square. Left alone, the rollers and seals wear faster and the gaps start letting in air and dust.

• 02

  Water stains after rain

  Stains on the floor or on the wall where the room meets the house usually mean a seal has given up or the drains are clogged. Every storm that gets in soaks the framing, and rotted wood turns a reseal into a rebuild.

• 03

  A room too hot to sit in

  If the room bakes in the afternoon and sits empty, the glass is usually letting in more sun heat than that wall can handle. Waiting means paying to cool a room you don't use, or not using it at all.

Why Baldwin Park homeowners call Baldwin Park Sunrooms & Patios for sunroom remodeling

• I measure every room myself

  I've run this business since 2017, and I still come out to look at each job and measure it myself. One person on the numbers means the parts that get ordered fit the room you actually have.

• Our own crew does the build

  The people who build your room work for us and work from the measurements I took. Questions on site get answered by someone who knows your job.

• Licensed and insured in California

  We're licensed and insured, and you're welcome to ask about either when I come out. A remodel touches the frame and the glass of your house, so it's worth knowing who's doing it.

• City or county, we check first

  We're based in Baldwin Park and work in West Covina, El Monte, Covina and the cities around it, where an address can go through the city or Los Angeles County. We check which one yours goes through before work starts and take care of the permit paperwork when the job calls for one.

A remodel is only worth doing if the room ends up square and sealed at the edges, and that starts with a careful look. Send us a note or give us a call to set up a visit.

Common questions

• What is the difference between a separate sunroom and one used as living space?

  A separate sunroom is kept apart from your house's heating and cooling, and one national industry specification treats it as non-habitable space, while a room that's heated or cooled and open to the house counts as habitable, conditioned space. Under that same specification, the windows and doors in a living-space sunroom have to meet requirements for air leakage, water leakage and heat performance. So deciding how you'll use the room comes before choosing any glass or doors.

• What is the best way to keep a sunroom from getting too hot?

  Choose glass with a lower solar heat gain coefficient, the number at the top right of a window's NFRC label that measures how much sun heat gets through. In hot climates a low rating can cut cooling costs, and the right rating depends on the climate and which way each window faces. That's why we look at every wall before suggesting glass.

• Who issues building permits in Baldwin Park?

  Baldwin Park's Building and Safety Division issues building permits, enforces the codes for existing and planned structures and inspects work sites. You can reach the office at 626-813-5265. Some addresses nearby go through Los Angeles County instead, which is why we check yours first.

• Who can do sunroom remodeling work in California?

  California's Contractors State License Board says a B general building contractor can take framing or carpentry projects, or projects that need at least two unrelated building trades other than framing or carpentry. Cutting and installing glass, and making and fitting frames, panels, sashes and doors, falls under the glazing contractor class. Minor work is exempt from licensing only when the whole contract, labor and materials included, comes to less than $500, and not when it's part of a larger project.

• How much does it cost to remodel a sunroom in Baldwin Park?

  It depends on how much of the room changes, so there's no honest figure until I've measured it. New glass on a room that stays separate usually costs less than turning it into heated or cooled living space, because those windows and doors are held to tighter requirements and the room may need to open to the house. Repairs to the slab or frame raise it too, and the written estimate puts all of that in one figure.

• How do I take care of a sunroom after a remodel?

  One sunroom maker's care guide suggests looking over the roof and gutters once a year and keeping the weep holes, the small drain openings in the frame, clear. The same guide says to keep door and window tracks clean and use a pure silicone spray on them, since oil-based lubricants tend to pick up dirt. It also says fog on the inside of the glass comes from too much moisture in the room and usually shows most when the seasons change.