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Serving Doral, FL and surrounding areas. (786) 905-1960
Doral Lanai Sunrooms & Patios is a licensed sunroom contractor serving Miami Lakes, FL, building four season sunrooms, patio enclosures, and screen rooms on the area's 1960s and 1970s concrete block homes. We understand the town's waterfront lots, its permit office, and the Miami-Dade hurricane code, and we reply to every inquiry within one business day.
Miami Lakes homeowners with 1960s and 1970s CBS homes often have open rear lanais that get little use in the heat. A four season sunroom converts that unused space into a fully insulated, climate-controlled room that is comfortable every day of the year, not just in the mild months.
Many Miami Lakes homes were built with open concrete slab patios that face the backyard lake or canal. Enclosing that slab with screened or glass panels gives you a shaded, insect-free outdoor room that takes full advantage of the waterfront setting without fighting the mosquitoes.
Waterfront lots in Miami Lakes attract mosquitoes and no-see-ums from the adjacent lakes and canals, especially at dusk. A heavy-duty screen room keeps the bugs out while preserving the view and the breeze, which is exactly what lakefront living is supposed to feel like.
The original home designs in Miami Lakes were built for a different era, and many properties now feel cramped by modern standards. A sunroom addition adds square footage at a fraction of the cost of a full room addition, and it does not require the same level of structural disruption to the existing home.
Miami Lakes gets intense afternoon sun from May through October, and an uncovered back patio is essentially unusable during that stretch. A solid or insulated patio cover blocks direct sunlight, drops the surface temperature significantly, and gives you a usable outdoor space even on the hottest summer days.
Some of Miami Lakes' older homes have sunrooms or porch enclosures that were added in the 1980s and 1990s with single-pane glass and minimal weatherproofing. Updating those rooms with modern low-E glazing and proper sealing makes a noticeable difference in how comfortable and energy-efficient the space is.
Miami Lakes was developed starting in 1962 by the Graham family as a planned community on what was formerly a dairy farm, and most of its homes were built between the 1960s and 1980s. At 40 to 60 years old, these properties carry the common issues of that era: roofs that have been patched and re-roofed, original jalousie or single-pane windows, and patios that were built to a code that predates Miami-Dade's current High-Velocity Hurricane Zone requirements. Any new sunroom or enclosure attached to an older home in this town needs to be engineered to current wind load standards, which means the framing, anchoring, and glazing all have to be specified correctly.
The waterfront character of Miami Lakes adds another layer. A large number of homes in the town back up directly to one of its many man-made lakes or canals, and that proximity means the soil around foundations and slab edges stays moist almost constantly. Moisture-wicking into unsealed frame connections is a common cause of sunroom failure on waterfront properties. South Florida gets roughly 60 inches of rain per year, and in a town built around water, the drainage and sealing details on a sunroom installation matter more than they would in an inland neighborhood.
Our crew pulls permits through the Town of Miami Lakes Building Department for every project we complete in this municipality. Miami Lakes is an incorporated town with its own permitting process separate from Miami-Dade County, which means contractors who do not work here regularly sometimes miss that distinction and apply to the wrong office, causing delays. We handle that correctly from the start.
Most of the housing stock we encounter here is concrete block construction, which is the standard throughout South Florida but requires specific anchoring techniques for sunroom framing that differ from wood-frame methods. The town sits along the Palmetto Expressway, and neighborhoods range from the commercial stretch near Miami Lakes Drive to the quiet waterfront streets in the eastern residential sections. We work on both, and we know the difference in lot size, property setbacks, and access that those two areas involve.
We also serve homeowners in neighboring communities. If you are in Opa-locka to the south or Virginia Gardens to the east, we cover those areas with the same crew and the same permit process.
We reply to all Miami Lakes inquiries within one business day. A quick description of your patio or outdoor area is enough to get started, and there is no obligation involved in that first conversation.
We come to your home in Miami Lakes, measure the space, and walk through the options with you at no charge. We will identify any waterfront drainage or moisture considerations that affect the design, and we give you a full estimate before any work is agreed upon.
We submit the permit application to the Town of Miami Lakes Building Department and track the approval. Miami Lakes has its own permitting process separate from the county, and we know how to navigate it so approvals come through without unnecessary delays.
Once the permit is issued, construction typically takes one to three weeks depending on scope. We schedule the final inspection with the town, hand you the certificate of completion, and make sure everything is sealed and finished before we leave.
We serve all of Miami Lakes, FL. Free estimates, no pressure, and we handle every permit through the Town of Miami Lakes Building Department.
(786) 905-1960Miami Lakes is a planned community in northwestern Miami-Dade County, incorporated as a town in 2000 but built starting in 1962 by the Graham family on land that was once a dairy farm. The town is centered on Main Street, a walkable commercial hub surrounded by restaurants and shops that has served as the neighborhood gathering point since the original development. The community is defined by its many man-made lakes and canals, which run through nearly every residential section and give a large number of homes direct waterfront access. The Wikipedia entry for Miami Lakes provides a detailed history of the town's development by the Graham family.
The housing stock is predominantly single-family detached homes built with concrete block construction, most of them dating from the 1960s through the 1980s. The town sits along the Palmetto Expressway and is close to I-75, giving residents quick access to Hialeah, Doral, and the rest of Miami-Dade. The area has a high rate of owner-occupied homes and a stable, long-term resident base that takes pride in keeping properties well maintained. Neighboring communities include Hialeah to the south and Opa-locka to the east, both of which we also serve.
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Learn MoreMiami Lakes homeowners call us for sunrooms, patio enclosures, and screen rooms built to Miami-Dade's hurricane code. Call today and we will reply within one business day.