Sunroom Contractor in Norco - Rooms That Suit Your Lot and Fire Zone
Brightview Woodcrest Sunrooms & Patios is a sunroom contractor that turns patios, old decks and open yards in Norco, CA into sunrooms, screen rooms and enclosed patio rooms, built by our own crew.
- Service area
- Norco, CA
- Call
- (951) 386-3407
Norco homes, decks and backyards
Norco lots tend to run bigger, and a lot of houses here have a patio, a deck or a cover out back that went up years after the house did, often not quite square. Those are the jobs I like most. We're based nearby in Woodcrest and do the same work in Corona and Riverside.
What's under a room matters here. The Chino fault runs just inside Norco's southwest edge, and thin, loose soils in some parts of the city carry a moderately high chance of liquefaction, which is when shaken ground goes soft and settles. So before we plan a room on an old slab or deck, I look at what it sits on and how it's held up. Sometimes the honest answer is new footings, the concrete pads a room's posts stand on, rather than trusting what's already there.
Our services in Norco, CA
A lot of Norco homes already have a covered patio out back, and an enclosed patio room puts walls and windows around it so you can use it without the dust and the bugs. We build on the footprint you already have, so you gain a room without giving up more yard.
Older patios here have often settled a little or were poured out of square, and that's the kind of puzzle I enjoy. We frame the room to sit level and square on top, and if the slab needs work first, you'll hear it from me before we start.
Raised wood decks on Norco houses were usually built to hold chairs and a grill, not walls and a roof. We open the deck up, check the posts and footings, and rebuild the framing where it needs it so the room has something solid under it.
With the yard space most Norco lots have, plenty of people just want somewhere to sit outside that keeps the bugs out and lets the air through. A screen room does that for less than a glassed room, and if it covers how you'll use the space, I'll steer you to it.
Some Norco backyards have a bare slab and no shade at all. A patio cover gives you that shade now, and we can build it to take walls later if you decide you want a full room.
When there's room on the lot to add on, a sunroom addition gets its own foundation instead of borrowing an old patio's. We plan the footings around what we find when we dig and tie the room into your roofline so it reads as part of the house.
Every service we offer
Sunroom additions
Four season sunrooms
Three season sunrooms
Patio enclosures
Custom sunrooms
Sunroom construction
Sunroom remodeling
Screen room installation
Patio-to-sunroom conversion
Deck-to-sunroom conversion
All season rooms
Enclosed patio rooms
Solarium installation
Patio cover installation
Sunroom design
Vinyl sunrooms
What happens when you call us about a Norco sunroom
Call or send the form
Call (951) 386-3407 or use the form, and we'll set a time for me to come out to your house in Norco. Try to be home for the visit, because how you plan to use the room shapes everything after.
I look at the house
I come out myself, look at your house and whatever the room would sit on, and ask a lot of questions about how you'll use it. That's how we figure out whether you need a four season room or something simpler.
You get a written estimate
The estimate spells out the room type and what's included, so you know what you're paying for before any work starts. When the job needs a permit, we take care of that side with the city.
Our crew builds, I check
Our own crew does the build, and I check the work at each stage before an inspector sees it. You don't need to be home every day, just reachable if we find something worth talking over.
Norco sunroom questions answered
How do I get a permit for a sunroom in Norco?
You get it from the city's Building & Safety department, which issues permits for new buildings and for altering or enlarging an existing one, and a sunroom added onto your house is usually that kind of work. Because a sunroom adds roof, the fee includes $0.02 per square foot of added roof area, or whatever rate the city's latest fee study sets. We handle the application and get the work ready for each inspection, and if you'd like to ask the department yourself, call (951) 270-5616 or stop by the counter Monday through Thursday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Can I build a sunroom on my deck in Norco without a permit?
The deck exemption won't cover it, because under the city's proposed code a deck only skips the permit when it's 200 square feet or less, no more than 30 inches above the ground at any point, not attached to the house and not on a required exit path. A sunroom on a deck is attached to your house. Most older decks also weren't framed for walls and a roof, so I check the posts and footings before we plan anything.
What licenses does a sunroom contractor need to work in Norco?
A contractor here needs two: a California contractor license from the Contractors State License Board and a business license from the city. The state license applies to any project that needs a building permit, uses employees or runs $1,000 or more in labor and materials, and a bigger job can't be split into smaller pieces to get under that line. The city license has to be in place before any work starts in Norco and runs from July 1 to June 30, and we're licensed and insured, so feel free to ask about it at the estimate.
How do I know if my Norco home is in a fire zone, and what does that change?
Your zone comes from the state fire hazard map that Norco has proposed adopting, which marks Moderate, High and Very High zones, and I look up where your house falls before we design anything. The city's guidance says homes in High and Very High zones must meet home hardening requirements, and new construction and renovations there follow the state's Wildland-Urban Interface building codes, which set fire-resistant materials and details. In a Very High zone you'll also need to keep 100 feet of defensible space around structures, so we plan the room's materials and placement with that in mind.
What affects the cost of a sunroom in Norco?
The biggest things are the kind of room and what it sits on, since a screen room over a sound patio costs far less than an insulated glass room that needs new footings or a rebuilt deck under it. Size and roof area, the glass, any power or lighting, fire-resistant materials in a High or Very High zone and the roof-area permit fee mentioned above all move the number too. The schedule usually turns on permits and inspections and on whether we have to fix what the room sits on first, and your written estimate spells out the room type and what's included so you can compare options side by side.
What is the best way to turn a covered patio into a sunroom in Norco?
Start with whether the slab and the cover can carry a room, because a lot of patio covers were built for shade and a lot of slabs were poured without footings meant for walls. With the soil in parts of Norco I mentioned above, I look hard at cracks and settling and will tell you if new footings make more sense. Then pick the room by how you'll use it, not by how big it could be.
Get a free sunroom estimate at your Norco home
Send the form and we'll reply within one business day to set up a time to come see your Norco property. The estimate is free, with no pressure and no obligation, and I'm the one who comes out to give it.
- Call
- (951) 386-3407
- Location
- Riverside, CA 92504
- Hours
- Mon–Fri: 7 AM–9 PM, Sat–Sun: 6 AM–9 PM
Plan your Norco sunroom before you build
Call (951) 386-3407 or send the form before you buy a kit or pour new concrete, since it's far easier to plan a room around your lot than to fix one after.