Four Seasons sunroom in Vista

From a windy patio to a sunroom

Behind this Vista house, two sets of French doors open onto a patio in the back corner. The patio sat under an old wood patio cover the homeowners no longer wanted, and wind was a problem there.

They wanted an enclosed sitting area with some privacy, an extra place to spend time away from the sun and the wind, and a room they could still use in winter, when it is windy and raining.

We built a Four Seasons sunroom that fills the corner, a large room for the size of the house. We set the new slab level with the floor inside the house for easier access. There is no step down from the house into the room. A 12-foot, four-panel glass door runs across the front, windows run along the side over a low solid wall, and the roof is solid white panels.

We then finished the interior. We ran the electrical for the ceiling lights and the outlets and laid a wood-look tile floor. The house walls inside the room had been exterior walls finished in stucco, so we plastered over the stucco to look like interior walls and painted the plaster. Both sets of French doors now open from the house directly into the sunroom.