Three season sunrooms in Huntington Beach CA - a room you'll use most of the year
Wind and cool evenings chase you off the patio. We close it in with windows so you can use it most of the year.
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What is a three season sunroom, and is it the right room for your house?
A three season sunroom in Huntington Beach is a patio or porch closed in with glass, plastic or screens in the openings, usually with no heating or cooling and with uninsulated windows, so you get a sheltered room you can sit in through most of the year without paying for a full addition.
The first thing to settle is whether you'll ever want to heat or cool it. The industry's sunroom standard counts an unheated room as non-habitable space, while a room built to be heated or cooled and open to the house has to meet extra window requirements for air leaks, water leaks and heat loss, so if you want a room for every month of the year, a four season sunroom may fit better. The price moves with the size of the room, whether the slab or deck needs work first, the windows and how much insulation you build in. The schedule turns mostly on the base and on the permit side when your address calls for one. When I come out, the estimate puts your own number on it, written out so you can see what's in it.
How we build a three season sunroom
I start by asking how you'll use the room and whether you'll ever want to heat it, because plenty of people pick a three season room to save money and later wish they could, and that answer changes the windows, walls and roof we'd draw. Then I check the slab, deck or old cover the room will sit on and the back wall it ties into, since that's where rooms leak and settle when somebody rushes. Once the base is right, our crew frames the room square and plumb, sets windows matched to how open your spot is to wind, roofs it and flashes it into the house so water runs off instead of in.
A lot of these jobs start as patio enclosures, where the slab and cover are already there and we close them in. When your yard, your roofline or the way you'll use the room doesn't fit a standard layout, we draw it from scratch as one of our custom sunrooms.
What shapes a three season sunroom in Huntington Beach
One window maker's technical guide says how strong sunroom windows need to be depends on the location and wind speed, the size and placement of each window, the roof height and how exposed the room is to wind. In Huntington Beach that changes from yard to yard, so a room tucked between the house and a block wall gets different windows from one on an open corner lot.
A lot of three season rooms go on a patio slab that's already there, and I want to know what's inside that slab before anyone cuts it. A building handout from Milpitas, another California city, advises checking whether a slab is a post-tension slab, one with steel cables pulled tight inside the concrete, before saw cutting or breaking it, because cutting one of those cables can be very dangerous and expensive to repair. So we check before we cut, and we run into the same kinds of patio slabs on jobs in Fountain Valley and Westminster.
- Call (657) 329-2001
- Mon–Fri: 6 AM–10 PM, Sat–Sun: 7 AM–11 PM
- Huntington Beach, CA 92648
What happens after you call about a three season room?
Call or send the form
Tell us what you have now, whether that's a bare slab, a deck or a tired old cover. We'll set a time for me to come out and see it.
I look at the site
I check the slab, deck or cover, the wall the room ties into and where the water goes, and I find out which city or county office covers your address. Then I write an estimate that spells out what's included and what isn't.
We handle permits and build
Once you sign, we pull the permit when your job needs one and set up the inspections, as the contract spells out. Our own crew builds the room, and you call me with any questions along the way.
Walk the finished room
When the last window is in, we walk the room with you. Open every window, check the roof line and ask anything you want before we call it done.
Why Huntington Beach homeowners call Huntington Beach Sunrooms & Patios for three season rooms
I look at every job myself
Before anyone prices your room, I come out and see it, and I'm the one you call while our crew is building. You deal with the same person from the first visit to the walk-through.
In business since 2013
We've been in business since 2013, and before that I framed new houses for builders. That's where I learned to build square and plumb, which is what lets sunroom windows open and close the way they should.
Licensed and fully insured
We're licensed and fully insured, which California expects of anyone taking on a job this size. Every room we build is backed by our satisfaction guarantee.
Based right in Huntington Beach
We're based in Huntington Beach and work across the cities around it in Orange County. That keeps the site visit and the questions during the build from waiting on a long drive.
On a three season room, the base and the joint with the house matter most, because that's where rooms leak and settle when somebody rushes. Ask for an estimate and I'll come look at both.
Request an estimateGet a written estimate for your three season room
We reply within one business day, and I come out myself to look at your slab or deck, the wall the room ties into and where the water drains. The estimate is free, done at your property and comes with no obligation.
- Licensed and fully insured.
- Phone
- (657) 329-2001
- Location
- Huntington Beach, CA 92648
- Hours
- Mon–Fri: 6 AM–10 PM, Sat–Sun: 7 AM–11 PM
Huntington Beach three season room questions
How much does a three season sunroom cost in Huntington Beach?
A three season room addition with builder-grade materials in Huntington Beach usually costs about $110 to $160 per square foot. That covers labor, builder-grade windows, siding, roofing and standard electrical work, but it leaves out insulation, heating and cooling, plumbing and construction permits, so those add to the budget. Larger rooms that need a foundation and get heating and air conditioning land at the higher end of Orange County prices.
What is the difference between a three season and a four season sunroom?
A three season room is usually unheated with uninsulated windows, while a four season room is fully enclosed, heated and cooled, and fitted with all-weather windows. The four season room is more of a true addition to the house, so it's the one to pick if you want to sit out there comfortably on any night of the year.
Can I add insulation or heat to a three season room later?
You can, but it's usually harder and often costs more than building it in from the start. Insulated windows, walls, floor and roof are much easier to put in while the room is going up, so if there's any chance you'll want heat, plan for it in the first build. Tell me at the estimate if heat is even a maybe, and I'll price it both ways.
Who can legally build a sunroom in California?
In California, anyone who contracts for work worth $1,000 or more in labor and materials combined must hold a current, valid license from the Contractors State License Board. When a job takes more than two kinds of work on the building, the board says it's appropriate for a licensed general building contractor to contract for and oversee the whole project. A sunroom maker that installs its own rooms on site counts as a contractor too.
How do I decide between a three season room and a screened patio?
Pick a three season room if wind and cool evenings are what keep you indoors, and a screened patio if bugs are the main problem. A screened patio has screens only, with no windows or temperature control, while a three season room puts glass or plastic in the openings so you can close it up on a breezy night.
What is the best way to compare sunroom estimates?
Get every bid in writing and line them up item by item, because bids that look far apart often just include different things. Check the base work, the windows, the roof tie-in, insulation, electrical and the permit side in each one. Ours says what's included and what isn't, so you can hold it against anyone else's line by line.
Other ways to close in your patio
Patio enclosures
If your patio already has a solid slab and cover, an enclosure can close it in using what's there.
Custom sunrooms
When an odd roofline, a tight yard or a specific use doesn't suit a standard room, we design one around your house.
Get your three season room priced
If you know roughly how big a room you want, whether it'll sit on an existing patio slab and whether you might want heat later, the first call goes quicker.
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