Solarium installation in Wildomar CA - a glass room you can use all year
Your patio is too hot by noon and too cold by dusk. We build a heated, cooled glass room you'll use in July and January.
Is a solarium the right kind of sunroom for your house?
Solarium installation in Wildomar adds a fully enclosed glass room to your house that's heated and cooled and has all-weather windows, so you get the light of the backyard without the heat of a July afternoon or the chill of a winter evening.
Most people who call us have a patio or yard they love to look at but can't sit in half the year, and the first question is whether they need a full solarium or a simpler three season room. The price moves with the size of the room, whether it needs a new foundation, how much of the roof is glass and whether it's heated and air conditioned, and the schedule turns mostly on permit review and the foundation work. When the job needs a permit, we handle the paperwork and inspections with the city, and I explain each step so you know what's happening and why. Your written estimate lists each part of the job in plain language, so you can see where the money goes before you sign anything.
What a solarium installation with us involves
It starts with me at your house with a tape measure and a pencil, asking how you'll use the room, because a reading room, a dining room and a home for plants each want something different. Then we talk about the roof, since a lot of glass overhead looks great but makes the room work harder to stay comfortable. Warm air rises, so glass in the roof holds heat in less well than glass in a wall, and I sketch that trade for you before you decide how much of the roof should be glass. I also look closely at the roof, wall and floor the room will tie into, because a solarium leans on all three. Once you sign off, our crew sets the foundation if the room needs one, frames the walls, ties the new roof into yours, sets and seals the glass and cleans up as we go, and I check in on the work as it goes up.
Some homeowners want light in one part of the yard and shade in another, so we often pair a solarium with patio cover installation over the space that stays open. If you're not yet sure how the room should look or how much glass it should carry, sunroom design is where we work that out on paper first.
Why Wildomar homeowners call Daylight Wildomar Sunrooms & Patios for a solarium
I measure and explain it myself
I'm the one who comes out to look at the job, measure and talk through the options, and our own crew does the building while I check in as it goes up. You won't get one story from a salesperson and another from the crew.
A roofer's eye on the tie-in
I roofed houses for years before I started this business in Wildomar in 2017, so the joint where a sunroom roof meets yours is what I look at hardest. A careless tie-in is usually where a leak starts.
Licensed and fully insured, up front
We're licensed and fully insured. Wildomar's permit application has the applicant sign that they're licensed under California's Contractor's State License Law, so it's fair to ask any builder about that before you sign.
Planned for Wildomar quakes and termites
The city's design criteria put Wildomar at a seismic design category, the earthquake rating buildings are designed to, of D2 to E and give it a termite rating of Very Heavy, so I plan the frame and materials with both in mind from the first sketch. We also build inside the city's work hours, Monday through Saturday from 6:30 am to 7:00 pm, with no construction on Sundays or city holidays.
When you're ready to talk it through, call Daylight Wildomar Sunrooms & Patios at (951) 290-7274, email quotes@wildomarsunroomspatios.com or use our contact page, and tell me the room size you have in mind and whether you want it heated and cooled.
Request a free written estimate for your solarium
We reply within one business day, and the estimate is free, done at your property and comes with no obligation. After you send this, I'll set a time to come out, measure and talk through the room with you. Then you get a written estimate with each part of the job listed in plain language.
Glass rooms and solarium ideas
Questions before you book a solarium installation
What's the difference between a solarium and a three season room?
A solarium is generally a fully enclosed room that's heated and cooled and has all-weather windows, while a three season room usually isn't heated or cooled and has uninsulated windows or screens. Four season rooms and conservatories generally mean the same thing as a solarium, and enclosed porches and patios fall on the three season side. If you want to use the room comfortably all year, you're choosing a solarium, and I'll ask how you plan to use it before we settle that.
How much does a solarium cost in the Riverside area?
A sunroom in the Riverside area usually costs about $17,000 to $120,000 per project, and that's the going market range, not our price. Larger rooms that need a foundation and come with heating and air conditioning sit toward the high end of that range. Your own figure comes from the free estimate at your property. Satisfaction guaranteed on every job.
Do California energy rules apply to a sunroom that isn't heated or cooled?
Mostly not, because the state's Energy Code guidance exempts an unconditioned sunspace from its mechanical and envelope rules when an air and thermal barrier separates it from the house, though lighting rules still apply. A building official may still require the room to be heated and cooled if it looks like living space, and then the Energy Code applies. A solarium is heated and cooled, so plan on those energy rules applying to yours.
How do I apply for a building permit for a solarium in Wildomar?
In Wildomar, building permit applications go to the city's Building Permit Team by email, and the building department counter doesn't accept them. You can reach the team at 951-677-7751, and the city's Building & Safety page has the details. When your room needs a permit, that's paperwork we take off your hands.
Does Low-E glass keep a sunroom cooler?
In one measured study it did, because a Low-E glass sunroom in central-southern Anhui, China, had a lower peak indoor temperature and smaller swings at night than one with conventional tempered glass. That's research from a different climate than ours, so treat it as a guide and not a promise for your room. I'll lay the glass choices side by side when we go over your estimate.
How do I check that a sunroom contractor is licensed for more than the glass?
Ask the builder which license covers the parts of the room beyond the glass, because in California a glazing contractor installs glass and glazes frames, panels, sashes and doors. A general building contractor works on structures for shelter and enclosure that take at least two unrelated building trades. A solarium takes framing, roofing and glass, so it's a fair question for anyone you're weighing, us included.
Work that often goes with a solarium
- Patio cover installation
If part of your yard should stay open air, a solid cover beside the new room keeps the sun off the grill, the walkway and the chairs.
- Sunroom design
When you're still choosing between room types or how much roof glass you want, a design visit lets us sketch the options before you commit to one.