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Sunroom Contractor in Lakewood, CA - Rooms Built Onto the Patio You Have

Seal Beach Sunrooms & Patios is a sunroom contractor building rooms, patio enclosures and patio covers onto Lakewood homes, from a screened room off the back slider to a glassed room you can use all year.

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About Lakewood, CA

Most of the Lakewood homes we're called to are single-story houses on blocks of similar lots, with a stucco back wall, a sliding door to the yard and a concrete patio that's been there about as long as the house. Many have an aluminum patio cover someone added later, and plenty have a garage or a back room that's been changed over the years. The calls here usually come from people who like their house and want more use out of the backyard. Lakewood runs right up against Long Beach, and the houses on both sides of that line look a lot alike.

That sameness helps, because once you've opened up a few of these back walls you know where to look. It also means a new room has to sit under a low roof edge and on a slab that was poured for chairs and a grill, not for walls and glass, so the first thing I check is what's under the patio and where the room can tie into the house.

Services in Lakewood, CA

  • Patio-to-sunroom conversion

    Most Lakewood backyards already have a concrete patio off the back slider, so turning it into a room is a common call here. We check whether the slab can carry walls, add footings where it can't, and build the room on what's sound.

  • All season rooms

    If you want a room you'll use in January and in August, an all season room is insulated and sealed like the rest of the house. Summer afternoons run warmer here than right on the beach, so we talk through glass and shade before you choose.

  • Three season sunrooms

    Plenty of Lakewood owners want a bright room for spring through fall without heating or cooling it, and an unheated three season room fits that. We build it to keep out wind, dust and bugs, and I'll tell you plainly what it won't do in the coldest weeks.

  • Patio cover installation

    A lot of the aluminum covers on these houses went up years ago and are sagging or rusting at the fasteners. We replace them with a new cover tied properly into the house, and we can size it so it's ready to enclose later.

  • Screen room installation

    Screen rooms suit the single-story houses here, where the backyard is the family's outdoor space and you mostly want it free of bugs in the evening. We frame the screens under a solid roof so the room stays usable when the sun is high.

  • Sunroom remodeling

    Some Lakewood houses already have an older enclosed patio with leaking joints or thin panels that bake in summer. We open up the joints, find where the water's getting in, and rebuild or reglaze what needs it.

What to know before building a sunroom in Lakewood

In Lakewood, building permits come from the city's own Building and Safety Division, and that office sets the pace before our crew ever shows up. Depending on the room, the city may want a planning approval, a plan check or both before it issues a permit, and it wants a Debris Recovery Plan approved first too, so the paperwork usually decides the start date more than the build does. On your side, ask any contractor for their state license, because California contractors are licensed by the Contractors State License Board and have usually passed both a law and business exam and a trade exam to get one. We're fully licensed and insured, and we find out what the city will ask for on your job, pull the permits it calls for and set up the inspections, so you're not chasing paperwork.

What moves the price here is mostly the size of the room, whether it's insulated and heated or left open to the seasons, the glass you pick, and how much work the old slab or patio cover needs before we can build on it. The schedule turns on the city's approvals and on how long the windows and panels take to arrive, and the written estimate I give you after seeing your house has your own figure. It's a short drive up the 605 from Seal Beach, and we do the same work across the line in Bellflower and the other cities nearby.

Lakewood, CA properties and local conditions

A new room here has to meet a stucco wall and a roof edge that sits fairly low on most of these single-story houses, so there's only so much height to work with before the room's roof starts fighting the house's. We plan the pitch first so rain runs off and away instead of pooling against the wall, and we cut into the stucco carefully, flash the joint and seal it, because that seam is where an addition leaks if it's going to. You won't see any of that once the room is done, which is exactly why I watch it.

Old patio slabs are the other thing we meet on nearly every Lakewood job. They were poured for a grill and some chairs, and many have settled or cracked over the years, so before we put walls and glass on one I check its edges and thickness and add footings where it can't carry the load.

Get a written sunroom estimate for your Lakewood home

We reply within one business day to set up a visit, and I come out to your Lakewood house myself to look at the patio and how you'd use the room. The estimate is free, done on site and written down, and there's no obligation to go ahead.

What happens after you call us about a Lakewood sunroom

  1. Call or send the form

    Tell us what you have now, a bare slab, an old cover or a deck, and how you'd like to use the room. We'll set a time for me to come out that works for you.

  2. I visit and sketch options

    I look at the back wall, the roof edge and what's under the patio, and sketch the choices with you right there. Your written estimate spells out what each choice adds, so the decision between a heated room and an unheated one is really yours.

  3. We handle permits and inspections

    We pull the permits the job calls for and set up the inspections, after the city approvals mentioned above. Building starts once Building and Safety issues the permit.

  4. We build and walk through

    Our crew and I build the room, and I'm on site working alongside them, not just checking in. When it's done I walk the room with you and show you how to look after the joints, glass and tracks.

Frequently asked questions

Who issues building permits for a sunroom in Lakewood, CA?

The City of Lakewood's Building and Safety Division issues building permits for new construction, remodels and repairs on homes. The city sets permit requirements by the type and scope of the work, and that's the office we deal with when we pull the permit for your room.

How do I know if my sunroom needs a permit in Lakewood?

The surest way is to ask Building and Safety, and the city tells owners who aren't sure whether a permit or plan check is needed to contact Building and Safety before starting work. The city's list of projects that often begin with permitting names bathroom and kitchen upgrades, even non-structural ones, plus electrical, mechanical, plumbing, re-roofing and sewer work, and most sunrooms bring new wiring and a roof that joins yours. We put the question to the city for you before any work starts.

How much does a sunroom cost in Lakewood?

The price comes down to the room's size, whether it's insulated and heated for year-round use or left as a three season or screen room, the glass and roof you choose, and what the existing slab or patio cover needs first. Electrical work and the city's permit fees add to it as well. The quickest way to a real number is the written estimate I put together after seeing your house.

How much can a contractor ask for as a down payment in California?

Under Contractors State License Board rules, a down payment on a home improvement job can be no more than $1,000, and less than that on a smaller contract. Every other payment has to be listed in the contract and tied to work already done or materials already delivered to your house, and the board says the rules apply to all home improvement projects.

How do I look up past permits for my house in Lakewood?

You can view permits issued in Lakewood since 2008 in the L.A. County Building Permit Viewer, and the city's permits and reference page has the details. It's worth a look before we start, because knowing whether your old patio cover or a past addition was permitted tells me what I'm building next to.

What building code does Lakewood use for a sunroom addition?

Lakewood uses the Los Angeles County building, residential, electrical, mechanical, plumbing, green and existing building codes, which are the California codes with county amendments. Building and Safety applies them through the permits it issues and the inspections it does, so your room is checked against them as it goes up.

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Call (562) 200-7987 or send the form with a photo or two of the patio and the back of the house, and I'll come out already knowing the right questions to ask.

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