Sunrooms in Dallas–Fort Worth
Glass walls under a solid roof (stick-built or insulated aluminum) turn the patio into a real room with far more daylight than anywhere else in the house. Somewhere to read on a Sunday, or seat everyone at Thanksgiving. If you want the roof in glass too, that’s a solarium, and we build those on request.
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- 15,000+North Texas homeowners served
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- Four SeasonsAuthorized sunroom distributor
What is a sunroom?
A sunroom is a room added to a house with walls that are mostly glass and a solid roof, built to let in daylight while keeping the weather out. It differs from a screened enclosure, which keeps insects out but not the heat or cold, and from a full room addition, which is framed and finished like the rest of the house.
Two questions settle most of the choice in North Texas: when will you use the room, and which way does it face? A west-facing room with the wrong glass can be hard to sit in on an August afternoon, so the glass and roof matter as much as the view. All-season rooms are built to be used in winter too. Because a sunroom is new living space, your city will review it, and the slab underneath has to suit the ground it stands on.
What comes with our Sunrooms
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A sunroom is the step between an open patio and a full addition. You get a closed-in room with glass walls and a solid roof overhead that keeps the worst of the heat and the hail off.
Choosing between a sunroom, a screen room and an all-season room comes down to one question: do you want to heat and cool it. A screen room stays open to the air. A sunroom closes it in with glass under a solid roof. An all-season room adds insulated walls, roof and glazing so it can be tied into heating and cooling and used in January.
- Solid roof as standard: stick-built or insulated aluminum panel
- Far more natural light than a conventional addition
- Slab checked before any walls go up
Many sunroom projects we build are planned together with the patio cover outside it, all-season room and sliding patio door, so the whole patio is designed once.
Installing and caring for Sunrooms
On Blackland clay, the slab you already have may not be ready to carry walls. A patio slab poured as flatwork was never meant to hold glass and a roof, and clay movement shows up fast as a door that sticks or a crack in the corner. We check the slab first and tell you whether it needs footings added or a new pour.
Cost is driven by the size of the room, how much of the wall is glass, the roof type (stick-built or insulated aluminum panel), how it ties into your existing roofline, and whether you want power, lighting or conditioning inside. A sunroom is an attached structure, so plan on a permit; our permit guide walks through it.
The stages are design and measure, engineering and permit, any slab or footing work, framing and roof, then glass, trim and electrical, and a final inspection.
Sunrooms: common questions
Only if it is built for it. A three-season room with single glazing and no insulation will sit above 100°F on an August afternoon. What makes one usable year-round is insulated glass with a low-E coating, an insulated roof panel rather than glass overhead, and its own heating and cooling rather than a vent borrowed from the house. That is the difference between a sunroom and an all-season room, and it is worth being clear which one you are buying.
Almost always for anything attached to the house. We file it and handle the inspection so it doesn’t stall your schedule.
A sunroom has a solid roof (stick-built or insulated aluminum) with glass walls. A solarium has a glass roof. Solariums are rarely requested in Texas heat, but we build them on request.
Depending on size, complexity and weather, most patio projects are completed within 3 to 4 weeks of the start date. We work with your city on the building permit.
Start with the solid roof, which does most of the work. Then think about orientation, shading on the west glass, a ceiling fan and good glazing. If you already know you want to sit out there in August afternoons, an all-season room that can be tied into your cooling is the better answer.
The roof takes the hit, which is one more reason we build sunrooms with a solid roof rather than glass overhead. After a big storm, look at the roof panels, gutters and flashing, and call us if anything is dented or leaking.
Before You Commit to Sunrooms
- Decide how you will use it in August. Glass walls under a solid roof make a bright room; making it comfortable year-round takes insulated glass, an insulated roof and its own conditioning.
- Pick the build. Stick-built and insulated aluminum rooms look and cost different. A glass roof makes it a solarium, which is a different job again.
- Think about the room it joins. A sunroom changes the light and the traffic in the room behind it, so where the opening goes matters as much as the room itself.
How does a sunroom project run?
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A free estimate visit
A specialist measures the patio, walks the access a crew would use, and talks through what you want the space to do. You get a firm written estimate, not a range.
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Drawings, permit and HOA
We draw the job, file the permit with your city and follow it through review. Where an HOA needs a submittal, we prepare the drawings it asks for.
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One crew, one schedule
The same team builds the whole thing in the right order, so the structure, the electrical and the finish work are not three companies blaming each other.
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Walkthrough and warranty
We walk the finished job with you, settle the punch list, and leave you with one warranty covering the work rather than a folder of separate ones.
Who builds your project
- Family-owned since 1984. Dallas–Fort Worth homeowners have hired American Eagle Builders for four decades, and the business is still family-owned and operated.
- 15,000 satisfied homeowners and counting. Many have come back for a second project, or called us twenty years later for a repair.
- Free estimates and design consultations. A specialist visits, measures, and gives you a detailed written estimate with no surprises.
- Permits handled. We work with your city on the building permit so the schedule does not stall on paperwork.
- Comprehensive warranty. Every service we offer is backed by a comprehensive warranty, plus financing for various credit levels.
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- Permits handled with your city
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Page last updated November 1, 2026.
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