Services
Sunrooms
A glassed-in room with a real floor, windows on three sides and a choice you make first: open to the breeze, or heated and cooled.
That choice changes the drawings, the permit and the price, so we settle it at the visit. A sunroom you air-condition is built more like a room of the house than like a porch.
In the written plan
Drawings and the permit application
Foundation or floor framing, walls and roof
Windows and doors, listed by maker and size
Flooring, ceiling and a fan or lights
Heating and cooling, only if you choose it
What changes the cost
What moves the number
There's no figure on this page. Your written plan prices each of these.
Glass and frames
Single or double glazing, tint and coatings, and how many windows open, each change the price.
Heated and cooled or not
A conditioned room needs insulation and a way to heat and cool it, which adds work and inspections.
Foundation
A sunroom needs footings or a slab that can carry glass walls; an old deck seldom can.
Size and sun
A room facing south or west needs shading or special glass, and that's priced into the plan.
Electrical
Outlets, lights and any heating or cooling need a licensed electrician on permit.
Permit and HOA
Drawings, fees and review time differ between the City of Mobile, the counties and each HOA.
How it goes
From the visit to the last day
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Step 1: The visit
We look at the sun, the existing wall you'll open and what's under it.
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Step 2: Plan, glass order and permit
Windows are ordered after approval, since each is made to size.
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Step 3: Foundation and framing
Footings or slab first, then walls and roof, with the openings left for the glass.
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Step 4: Glass, finish and walk-through
Windows, trim, floor and ceiling go in last, and we show you how everything opens.
Questions about sunrooms
Will a sunroom get too hot?
South and west glass heats up fast. Coated glass, shading and a ceiling fan all help. If you want to use the room all year, it needs cooling, and we plan for that from the start.
Is a sunroom an addition?
If it's heated and cooled and joined to the house, the building and energy codes treat it more like an addition: more permit work, insulation and sometimes a separate inspection. Ask before you settle on a design.
Can you build one on my existing deck?
Only if the deck's footings and framing can carry new walls and a roof. We inspect it first, and often we build new footings and keep the decking only as a finished floor.
Do the windows open?
Most can. We list which ones, and the screens that go with them, in your plan.
Thinking about a glassed-in room?
Tell us which way it would face and whether you'd want it cooled. That decides most of the plan.