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Serving Davie, FL and surrounding areas. (754) 243-8605
Axis Davie Lanai Sunrooms & Patios serves Tamarac homeowners with vinyl sunrooms, screen enclosures, and patio additions built for the city's 1970s and 1980s concrete block homes, HOA communities, and condo associations. We have served Broward County since 2017 and respond to every inquiry within one business day.
Tamarac's combination of high humidity, intense UV exposure, and salt air carried inland from the coast makes vinyl framing a strong choice for homeowners here. A vinyl sunroom does not corrode, does not need painting, and holds up well through Tamarac's wet season without the maintenance that aluminum or wood frames require after years in this climate.
Tamarac has a genuinely pleasant dry season from November through April, but using a back patio without a screen enclosure means battling mosquitoes almost every evening. Many Tamarac homes are in HOA communities where the architectural review process governs what enclosures look like from the outside - we know that process and can provide the documentation your association needs before work starts.
Tamarac was built in a short window - most homes went up in the 1970s and 1980s - which means original screen enclosures and patio covers across the city are now 40 to 50 years old. South Florida's wet season and salt air are hard on those original aluminum frames, and a full replacement on an existing slab is often the most practical and economical path when the original structure has deteriorated beyond repair.
Tamarac's flat terrain and high water table mean open patios collect standing water after the heavy afternoon thunderstorms that roll through Broward County during the wet season. An enclosed patio room with proper drainage grading and a sealed perimeter solves that problem and turns a space that was unusable for five months of the year into one you can use every day.
Tamarac's single-family homes tend to be one-story concrete block construction with modest square footage - designed for a generation that did not need as much interior space as homeowners want today. A permitted sunroom addition built to Florida Building Code requirements for Broward County adds real, insurable living space without requiring major changes to the existing interior floor plan.
Many Tamarac homes have a concrete slab patio at the back that was never enclosed or has had only a basic aluminum awning over it for decades. Converting that existing slab into a screened or glass-walled enclosure reuses the foundation that is already there, which reduces both cost and permit complexity compared to building a new addition from scratch on a separate footing.
Tamarac was incorporated in 1963 and developed rapidly through the 1970s and 1980s as one of South Florida's early large planned communities, originally marketed heavily to retirees. That concentrated development window left the city with a housing stock that is almost entirely concrete block construction, built in a consistent style across neighborhood after neighborhood. The one-story CBS homes on flat lots with attached garages and small back patios are the standard here. After 40 to 50 years, those patios, original screen enclosures, and covered lanai slabs have reached the end of their service life at roughly the same time across the whole city - which means demand for replacement and upgrade work in Tamarac is steady and consistent.
Tamarac's flat, low-lying terrain is built over former wetland with a high water table, a drainage canal network that manages most of the stormwater runoff, and FEMA flood zone designations on some properties. Getting drainage grading right on a new slab or enclosure is not optional here - water that pools at the slab edge will find its way into the structure over time. Beyond drainage, the HOA and condo association dimension is significant in Tamarac. The city has a large number of planned communities where homeowner associations govern exterior modifications, and a contractor who does not know how to work within that process will slow your project down. We have done this work throughout Broward County for years and know how to move HOA paperwork forward in parallel with the city permit application.
Our crew works throughout Tamarac regularly, and we understand the local conditions that affect sunroom and patio enclosure work here. We pull permits through the City of Tamarac Building Division and know what the review process requires. Tamarac operates its own full permitting and inspections department, separate from Broward County, and submitting a complete, accurate application from the start is the single most effective way to keep the schedule on track.
Commercial Boulevard (State Road 870) is the main east-west road through Tamarac and the city's commercial spine. University Drive and State Road 7 run along the city's eastern and western edges, and the Florida Turnpike passes just east of the city. The residential neighborhoods - including the planned communities near Colony West Golf Club, one of Tamarac's most recognized landmarks - sit between these corridors on a grid of quiet interior streets. Most of those neighborhoods look strikingly similar from block to block, which reflects how quickly and consistently the city was built out in the 1970s.
We serve Weston to the southwest and Lauderhill to the south. Tamarac homeowners benefit from the fact that our team is already in this part of northwestern Broward County throughout the week.
Contact us by phone or through our contact form. We respond within one business day and schedule a time to visit your Tamarac home - no deposit and no commitment required at this stage, just a conversation about what you want and how the space is currently set up.
We measure the space, assess the slab and drainage conditions, check the existing CBS wall structure, and note any HOA or condo association requirements. You receive a written, itemized estimate at no charge - this is where we address cost directly and explain the Tamarac permit process for your specific project type.
Once you sign off on the design and contract, we file for the city permit and - where required - supply the drawings and material documentation your HOA or condo association needs for architectural review. Construction begins after all approvals are in hand. Most Tamarac projects run four to eight weeks from permit submission to completion.
We schedule and pass all required city inspections, then walk you through the finished room so you understand how every component operates. You receive the closed permit documentation your insurance carrier needs to update your dwelling coverage for the new square footage.
We serve Tamarac homeowners and handle the city permit and HOA process from start to finish. Free estimates, replies within one business day.
(754) 243-8605Tamarac is a fully built-out city in the northwestern corner of Broward County with a population of roughly 65,000 to 70,000 residents spread across about 12 square miles. The city was incorporated in 1963 and grew into one of South Florida's earliest large-scale planned communities, developed primarily in the 1970s and 1980s with retirees as the original target market. That origin shaped everything about how the city looks - the neighborhoods are laid out in a consistent grid of single-family homes and low-rise condo buildings, most of them one-story concrete block construction, with streets lined by mature vegetation and small community amenities. Colony West Golf Club, a public course on the city's western side, is one of the most recognizable landmarks in Tamarac and a reference point for the surrounding residential neighborhoods. Commercial Boulevard is the main east-west road through the city, lined with shopping centers, restaurants, and service businesses that most residents use regularly. There is very little undeveloped land left in Tamarac - the city is essentially complete as it was built, and nearly everything here runs on a schedule of maintenance and replacement rather than new construction.
Tamarac shares borders with Lauderhill to the south and east, and the two cities have similar housing stock - both built in the same era with the same CBS construction methods that are standard throughout Broward County. The Florida Turnpike passes just east of Tamarac, and University Drive connects the city to North Lauderdale and Margate to the north. The City of Tamarac maintains a full municipal government with its own building department, parks, and public services - all based at the municipal complex on NW 88th Avenue. Homeowners here who are ready to improve their outdoor living space will find that the city's permit process is straightforward when you work with a contractor who knows it.
Keep bugs out and fresh air in with a professionally installed screen room.
Learn MoreWe serve Tamarac and all of Broward County. Call us or send us your project details and we will respond within one business day.