Screen room installation
Add a screened outdoor room to your Upland property - a lower-cost alternative for homeowners who want fresh air without a full glass enclosure.
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Serving Upland, CA and surrounding areas. (909) 755-8782
Your old sunroom gets too hot in summer, rattles in the fall winds, or has water stains you've been ignoring. We rebuild it properly - with permitted work and materials made for the Inland Empire climate.
Sunroom remodeling in Upland, CA means upgrading or replacing the windows, roof, flooring, walls, and sometimes the foundation of an existing room - most projects run one to four weeks of active construction, with a two-to-four-week permit review period before work begins.
Most homeowners who call us have a sunroom that was built years ago - sometimes decades ago - and it just doesn't work the way it should. The room gets unbearable in July, the windows let in drafts all fall, or the floor has developed a soft spot nobody wants to step on. Those aren't cosmetic problems. They're signs the room wasn't built right for this climate, or that time has caught up with the original construction. If you're not sure whether a remodel or a full rebuild makes more sense, take a look at our sunroom design page - we can walk you through both paths.
Every remodel we do in Upland is permitted through the city's Building and Safety Division. That's not a formality - it means a licensed inspector verifies the work at key stages, and the finished room is on record for appraisals and home sales.
If you stop using your sunroom entirely during Upland's long, hot summers because it turns into an oven, the room is not doing its job. Properly remodeled with the right glass and insulation, it should stay comfortable even when it is 100 degrees outside - with help from your home's air conditioning.
When Upland's fall wind events roll through, pay attention to what you feel inside the sunroom. Air moving through window frames, rattling in the roof panels, or daylight around the wall edges means the room's envelope has failed. These gaps let in heat in summer, cold in winter, and dust year-round.
Southern California doesn't get much rain, but when it arrives between November and March, a sunroom with a compromised roof or poorly sealed windows will show it fast. Water stains, bubbling paint, or soft ceiling spots are signs water is getting in somewhere it shouldn't - and left alone, that leads to mold and structural damage.
A sunroom floor that flexes when you walk on it, or that has developed a slope or dip, is telling you the foundation or subfloor has a problem. In older Upland homes, sunrooms were sometimes added on minimal concrete pads that have since settled or cracked. This is a safety issue, not just a comfort issue.
Every remodel starts with a thorough in-person walkthrough - before we write a single line in a contract. We look at the foundation, the roof connection, the window frames, the subfloor, and the electrical. That walkthrough is where we catch the foundation issues and outdated wiring that are common in older Upland sunroom additions, so there are no surprise discoveries after demolition starts. From there, we put together a written estimate that breaks down exactly what's included and what it costs. If the project requires screen room installation as part of the scope - for example, adding a screened transition space alongside the remodeled room - we handle that under the same project.
Once the estimate is signed, we handle the City of Upland permit application. We schedule all city inspections and keep you updated as they're completed. If your neighborhood has an HOA, we prepare the documentation the association needs for architectural review. When the crew finishes, we walk the room with you - every window opened and closed, every corner checked, every seam inspected before anyone packs up.
Best for rooms where the frame structure is sound but the original glass is letting heat and drafts through.
Right for sunrooms with water stains, soft roof panels, or a roofline that is pulling away from the main house.
Suits homes where the sunroom floor has settled, cracked, or developed soft spots from an undersized original pad.
For homeowners who want to add insulation, climate control, and proper air sealing to a room that was never built for year-round use.
Covers the full city permit and HOA approval workflow for homeowners in Upland's association-governed neighborhoods.
Upland's summers are intense - temperatures above 95 degrees are common from June through September, and a sunroom with standard single-pane glass or no insulation will become unusable for months at a time. That's not a minor inconvenience; it's a room that sits empty for nearly half the year. Most older sunrooms in Upland were not built for this climate. The city's housing stock includes a large number of homes from the 1950s through the 1980s, and sunrooms added during that era were often simple patio enclosures without proper insulation, weather sealing, or footings. Santa Ana wind events - which roll through the Inland Empire every fall and sometimes reach 50 miles per hour or more in residential areas - put real stress on those older structures, and the gaps and rattles that result tend to get worse, not better, over time.
We work throughout the area, including homeowners in Rancho Cucamonga and Claremont. Whether your home is in one of Upland's older neighborhoods near Euclid Avenue or in a newer development north of Foothill Boulevard, we'll assess what you have and give you an honest picture of what the remodel involves before you commit to anything. The National Association of the Remodeling Industry has resources on what to expect from a licensed remodeling contractor if you want to compare standards.
Reach out by phone or the contact form and we'll respond within one business day. We'll ask a few questions about the room - what's bothering you, what you want it to feel like when it's done - so we come prepared when we visit.
We visit your home, walk through the sunroom, and look at the foundation, roof connection, windows, and electrical. Within one to two weeks, we send a written estimate that breaks down what's included and what it costs - no ballpark figures.
We submit the permit application to the City of Upland's Building and Safety Division on your behalf. If your neighborhood has an HOA, we prepare the drawings for architectural review. The permit review typically runs two to four weeks.
Once the permit is in hand, work begins. City inspections happen at key stages - we schedule them, you don't have to. When the crew finishes, we walk the room with you before anyone leaves.
Free in-person estimate. Written quote before any work starts. No pressure, no obligation.
(909) 755-8782We handle the City of Upland permit application in our name - not yours. Every remodel is inspected at key stages by a city inspector, so the finished work is verified and on record. Unpermitted sunroom work is one of the most common issues flagged during Upland home sales.
We do a thorough walkthrough before writing a contract, specifically looking for the foundation issues and outdated wiring common in older Upland sunroom additions. Your estimate reflects what we actually found - no phone calls mid-project telling you the budget has changed.
We specify heat-reflective low-e glass on every remodel we do in this area - not as an upgrade, but as the baseline. Upland's clay soils and wind exposure shape how we approach every foundation assessment and roof connection. A room built for this climate will still be comfortable a decade from now.
A significant portion of Upland's neighborhoods are governed by homeowners associations with rules about exterior changes. We know how to prepare the right documentation for architectural review and have navigated this process in Upland neighborhoods before. Your remodel starts without neighbor complaints or association letters.
Every one of these details matters in a city where the climate is hard on buildings, the permit office expects compliance, and your HOA is watching. That's why Upland homeowners keep calling us back - and why their neighbors call us next.
Add a screened outdoor room to your Upland property - a lower-cost alternative for homeowners who want fresh air without a full glass enclosure.
Learn MoreStart with a design consultation to map out the layout, glass options, and roofline before any construction begins.
Learn MoreUpland summers are long - the sooner your remodel is permitted and scheduled, the sooner you have a room you can actually use. Call us or get a free estimate today.