Patio enclosures in Adelanto, CA - a shaded room you can use more of the year
Your patio takes the full afternoon sun or sits empty half the year. We close it in with glass, screens and shade planned together.
What does it take to enclose a patio in Adelanto?
Patio enclosures in Adelanto, CA close in the patio next to your house with screens or windows under a roof, so it becomes part of your home instead of a slab you only use on mild evenings.
Most people who call me have a patio they hardly use because one wall takes the afternoon sun, or they want a patio-to-sunroom conversion without starting from scratch. The price moves with the size of the patio, screens or glass, how many walls you close in, any outside shade, and whether you want heating and insulation so you can use the room most of the year. The schedule mostly turns on how soon those choices get settled and on what your city or county asks for, and the estimate gives you the figure for your own patio. We're based in Adelanto and take jobs in many of the cities around it, on both sides of the county line.
How we build a patio enclosure
We start by measuring the patio and checking which sides catch the sun, because sunny walls are the big question on a patio enclosure. We plan any outside shade together with the windows, since shade added later rarely lines up with them, and then we settle heating, insulation, the glass and what the room sits on before anything gets ordered. Changing those once the walls are up is harder and costs more for everyone. When you've signed off, we frame the walls, set the windows, screens and doors, tie the roof and trim into your house and clean up as we go.
If you want a room shaped around how you'll use it rather than a standard layout, take a look at our custom sunrooms. If your patio isn't the right base, full sunroom construction builds the room new, and we plan it the same way, big choices first.
Why Adelanto homeowners call Glasscraft Adelanto Sunrooms & Patios for patio enclosures
The owner measures your patio
I come out myself to look at the patio, measure it and talk the plan through with you, and our own crew, led by a lead installer, does the building. You hear the plan from the person who made it, and the people building it are ours.
In business since 2017
Before I started this business in 2017, I ran the schedule for a busy building company and learned the trade from the crews I scheduled. I watched jobs stall when a choice came too late, and that's why we plan the way we do.
Licensed and fully insured
We're licensed and fully insured, which is the first thing to ask any crew before they start work on your house. Every enclosure we build is backed by our satisfaction guarantee.
Every change in writing
California requires any change to a home improvement contract to be in writing, legible and easy to understand, so we write each change up and go over it with you before the work changes. You always know what you've agreed to and what it adds.
Planned for the sunny walls
Before anything is ordered, we work out which sides of your patio take the most sun and plan the shade and windows for those walls together. That's the choice that decides how comfortable the room is, so we settle it at the start.
On a patio enclosure, the walls that face the sun decide most of what comes after, so that's what we'll look at first. We check with the city or county office that covers your address to see what it asks for, and we take care of the permit paperwork the job needs. Call (760) 523-8749 or send us a note through our contact page with the rough size of your patio and which sides face the sun.
Get a patio enclosure plan and price for your house
Tell us the rough size of your patio and which sides get the sun, and we'll reply within one business day to set a time. I'll come out for a free estimate at your property, measure and talk the plan through with you, and there's no pressure to book.
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Questions before you book a patio enclosure
How much does it cost to screen in a patio?
Screening in a patio usually costs about $6 to $9 per square foot across the US, and that covers screens, not glass walls or a full room. Glass, insulation, heating, outside shade and the size of your patio all move the price, so the estimate at your property is where you get the figure for yours.
How much can a contractor ask for up front on a patio enclosure in California?
In California, a contractor can't ask for or accept a down payment of more than $1,000 or 10 percent of the total contract price, whichever is less, however big the enclosure is. Each payment after that is listed clearly in the contract and based on work already done or materials already delivered to your home.
Who licenses the contractor who builds a patio enclosure in California?
The Contractors State License Board licenses home improvement contractors in California, whether they work full time or part time. State law counts building or improving a patio, porch or awning next to a house as home improvement, so a patio enclosure in Adelanto falls under the board's licensing and payment rules.
How can I keep an enclosed patio from getting too hot?
The most effective way is to block sunlight before it reaches the glass, which is what outside shading does. Outside shade has a harder time on east and west walls, where the sun is often low in the sky, so those are the sides we look at hardest at the estimate.
What is the best way to enclose a patio, screens or glass?
If you want to use the room most of the year, go with glass and decide heating and insulation up front, because adding them after the walls are up is harder and costs more. Screens cost less and keep bugs out, but the room stays about as open to the weather as the patio was.
What should a patio enclosure contract include in California?
A California home improvement contract has to include certain information, notices and disclosures that are there to protect you as the homeowner. Each written change to the contract also tells you about your right to cancel or rescind it, so look for that notice every time you sign a change.
Related sunroom services
- Custom sunrooms
Worth a look when you want the room laid out around your house and how you'll spend time in it.
- Sunroom construction
For when you'd rather build a new room from the ground up than close in the patio you already have.