All season rooms in North Tustin, CA - a room you can use in July and January
Your patio sits empty half the year because it's too hot or too cold. We build a heated, cooled room you'll actually use.
Is an all season room right for your North Tustin home?
An all season room, also called a four season room, is a fully enclosed room with all-weather windows that's heated and cooled, so you can use it in any month, and Clearview North Tustin Sunrooms & Patios plans and builds them for homes in North Tustin, CA.
Most people who call us have a patio or back room they'd use more if it weren't so hot in August or so chilly on a winter evening, so the first question is whether you need a heated and cooled room at all or whether a three season sunroom would cover how you'll use it. I'd rather tell you a simpler room fits than sell you more than you need. Heating and air conditioning push an all season room toward the higher end of local prices, and so does a larger room that needs its own foundation, while the windows and roof panels you choose move it from there. The schedule mostly turns on the permit review for your address, which we handle for you, and on how much work the slab, deck or wall needs before the room can tie into it. Your written estimate lists the room type, windows, roof and base, so you'll see what each choice adds before anything is ordered.
What happens after you call about an all season room?
Call or send us a message
Call (657) 356-0209 or send a message, and we'll set a time for me to come out to your house. I come out myself, since I'm the one who plans the room.
We measure and talk it through
I measure, look at the slab, deck or wall the room will tie into, and ask how you plan to use it. Then I send a written estimate that spells out the room type, windows, roof and base, so you know what you're paying for before you decide.
We handle the permit steps
We look up which office reviews your address, then take care of the permit applications and the inspections for our work. Building starts once the permit is in hand.
Build, then walk through together
Our own crew builds the room, led by an experienced installer, and I check in as the job goes. When it's finished, I walk through the room with you before we call it done, and the job is backed by our satisfaction guarantee.
How we build an all season room
I start by asking whether the room will open into the house or close off with its own heating and cooling, because that one choice shapes the plan more than any other. The sunroom industry treats a room that's open to the house as part of the living space, while a closed-off room runs on its own system, and that changes how we handle the opening into the house, the heating and cooling, and the insulation. Insulated windows and insulation in the walls, floor and roof are much easier to put in during the build, and adding them later can often cost more, so we settle them on paper first. Before I draw the room, I also check how the county will look at your address, since county planners review plans in North Tustin against the North Tustin Specific Plan, and buildings in a Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone have to use fire-resistive features from the California Building Code. Then our crew ties the room into your slab, deck or wall, sets the frame, windows and roof panels, and finishes the insulation and heating and cooling to match the written plan.
Not every house needs the full year-round room. If you'd like to keep the shape of the patio you have and simply close it in, enclosed patio rooms skip the heating and cooling and make a lighter project. If daylight matters most, we also do solarium installation, with glass overhead, and I'll go over how that trades against summer heat. We're based in North Tustin and take jobs in many of the cities around it, including Tustin, Orange and Irvine.
Get a written plan for your all season room
Send the form and we'll reply within one business day to set up a free on-site estimate, with no obligation to go ahead. It helps if you note roughly how big you'd like the room and whether it should open into the house.
All season room questions from North Tustin homeowners
How much does an all season room cost in Orange County?
A sunroom in Orange County usually costs about $17,000 to $120,000 per job. Where an all season room lands in that range comes down to the choices covered above, and your written estimate breaks out each piece so you can see which ones move it.
What's the difference between an all season room and a three season room?
The difference is the heating and cooling and the glass. A three season room or enclosed patio isn't heated or cooled and has uninsulated windows or screens, so it's comfortable in mild weather, while an all season room is built to be lived in year round.
Do I need a permit for an all season room in North Tustin?
The county is the place to confirm that, because for homes in unincorporated North Tustin, OC Development Services handles building permits, and its list of typical permit work names building additions and patios but doesn't name all season rooms. The county permitting office answers questions at (714) 667-8888 or OCPWPermitting@ocpw.ocgov.com. If we take on the job, we look that up as part of the work.
How much can a contractor ask for up front in California?
A contractor can't take a down payment of more than $1,000 or 10 percent of the contract price, whichever is less, under the state license board's rules. After that, each payment has to be listed in the contract and tied to work already done or materials already delivered to your house, so you're not paying far ahead of the work.
How do I know if a contractor can legally build an all season room?
Check what their license allows, because state law bars a residential remodeling contractor from contracting for structural changes to load-bearing parts of a house, such as foundations or roof structures, and an all season room often ties into one or both. The state's awning and patio cover license also leaves out patio enclosures. We're licensed and fully insured, and I'm glad to go over what your room involves structurally at the estimate.
How do I take care of an all season room?
It's mostly light upkeep. One maker's care guide suggests inspecting the roof and gutters once a year, keeping the door and window tracks clean, and keeping weep holes, the small openings that let water drain out, clear. Your room's own maker may add steps, so keep their care sheet with your paperwork.
Other rooms worth comparing
Enclosed patio rooms
Good for blocking wind, dust and leaves on a patio you mostly use in mild weather, without paying for a room that's heated and cooled.
Solarium installation
Worth a look if you want as much daylight as you can get, with glass on the roof as well as the walls.
Call to start planning your all season room
We pick up from 8 AM to 9 PM every day, so call (657) 356-0209 whenever you have a few minutes to talk it through, or send the form.