Patio conversions
Patio Conversions in DFW — Turn Your Outdoor Space Into a Living Room
Enclose an open patio, convert a screened porch, or build a fully-conditioned four-season sunroom across Fort Worth, Southlake, Grapevine, and the rest of DFW. One team handles design, permits, HVAC, and finishes.
Reclaim the part of the house no one uses six months a year.
North Texas summers and surprise cold snaps make most uncovered or screened patios useful for maybe half the year. A real patio conversion — with the right walls, glass, HVAC, and tie-in to the rest of the home — turns that space into a year-round room. We handle the structural, energy-code, and permit side most builders skip, so you end up with livable square footage, not a sweatbox.
Screened porch enclosures
Convert an open or screened patio into a weather-tight, insulated room with real windows and doors.
Four-season sunrooms
Fully-conditioned sunrooms with proper foundation, insulation, HVAC, and finish work that ties into the existing home.
Patio-to-living-room conversions
Turn covered patios into great rooms, hearth rooms, or media rooms — with structural review and matched rooflines.
Patio-to-home-office
Quiet, conditioned, hardwired office space — separate HVAC zone and acoustic detailing.
HVAC & energy-code work
Extend the existing HVAC zone or add a dedicated mini-split, plus insulation and glazing that meets DFW energy code.
Permits & HOA submittals
We pull city permits, respond to plan-review comments, and handle HOA architectural packets.
Who this is for.
Homeowners who already have a covered patio, screened porch, or sunroom shell that isn't pulling its weight. The right conversion adds usable square footage without the cost or disruption of a full addition.
Common pain points we fix.
Rooms that are unusable from June through September, foundations that weren't poured for conditioned space, rooflines that leak at the tie-in, and HVAC systems that can't keep up. We check all of it during the feasibility walkthrough — not after demo starts.
Our process
How a Regent patio conversion runs.
01
Consultation
We walk the existing patio, look at the foundation, roof tie-in, and HVAC capacity, and tell you what's actually possible.
02
Design & planning
Architectural drawings, structural review, HVAC sizing, and 3D visualization.
03
Scope & selections
Window and door spec, insulation package, finishes, and a real line-item budget.
04
Build
Permits, foundation tie-ins (if needed), framing, glazing, HVAC, insulation, and finish work.
05
Final walkthrough
Punch list, energy-code documentation, and a clean handoff.
FAQ
Patio conversion questions, answered.
What's the difference between a patio enclosure and a sunroom?
A patio enclosure adds walls and a roof to existing covered space — often with screens or single-pane windows and no HVAC. A sunroom is a fully insulated, conditioned room with proper foundation review, insulated walls and glass, and HVAC tied into the home. Sunrooms can count as livable square footage; screen enclosures usually don't.
Do patio conversions require a permit in DFW?
Almost always, yes. Every DFW municipality treats an enclosed patio as a structural and energy-code change. We pull permits in Southlake, Grapevine, Colleyville, Fort Worth, Dallas, Keller, NRH, and the surrounding cities, and submit HOA review packets where required.
Can you HVAC a patio conversion?
Yes — and this is usually the right answer for year-round use in North Texas. We'll either extend the existing HVAC zone or add a dedicated mini-split, depending on the home's system capacity. We assess this during the walkthrough so you don't end up with a room that's too hot in July to use.
What drives the cost of enclosing a patio in North Texas?
Scope drives everything: screened vs. fully conditioned, foundation condition, whether HVAC is extended or a dedicated mini-split is added, glass and door spec, roof tie-in, electrical, and interior finish level. A simple screen enclosure and a four-season conditioned sunroom are very different builds. We give a real line-item budget after the walkthrough rather than a square-foot guess.
Can a converted patio count as square footage?
Only if it's built and permitted as conditioned living space — proper foundation, insulation, HVAC, and energy-code compliance. A screened or unconditioned enclosure usually doesn't count for appraisal or MLS purposes. We'll tell you upfront which path makes sense for your goals.
How long does a patio conversion take?
Most enclosures run 6–12 weeks. Full sunroom conversions with foundation, HVAC, and full interior finish typically run 12–20 weeks once permits are in hand.
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