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  "name": "Can a sunroom be built on top of an existing concrete patio?",
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      "name": "Can a sunroom be built on top of an existing concrete patio?",
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      "acceptedAnswer": {
        "text": "A sunroom addition requires structural foundation support, such as concrete footings, piers, or a poured stem-wall foundation built below the local frost line. In northern Utah climates like Salt Lake City, Sandy, and Draper, standard four-inch patio slabs are rarely thick enough or engineered to carry the structural dead load of framed walls, heavy glass, and snow loads on the roof. A contractor must inspect your patio to determine if it can be structurally underpinned or if it must be excavated and replaced with a code-compliant foundation.",
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        "description": "Only if the patio slab meets local footing and frost-depth engineering requirements. Most standard patios must be reinforced or replaced with proper structural footings."
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  "description": "Only if the patio slab meets local footing and frost-depth engineering requirements. Most standard patios must be reinforced or replaced with proper structural"
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