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ActiveYards Home Additions & ADU: The Orlando Owner’s Guide
If you have an ActiveYards fence or gate system on your Orlando property and you’re planning a home addition or ADU, you’re likely facing a specific problem: the existing fence line, gate, or hardware doesn’t align with the new structure, or a component has failed mid-project. Mason Remodeling Co Orlando installs and integrates ActiveYards-compatible fencing, gates, and hardware as part of home additions and ADU construction across Orlando, with installed pricing typically ranging from $45,000 to $130,000 for the full addition or ADU scope, including fence and gate work. Most homeowners discover the issue when a gate post shifts during excavation, a latch no longer meets a new door frame, or a concrete pour severed a fence line that now needs re-anchoring.
We’re an independent service provider, not affiliated with ActiveYards. What that means for you: we install and work with their product line, we know its quirks in Florida weather, and we stock the common hardware on our trucks.
Which ActiveYards Models This Applies To
ActiveYards builds aluminum, vinyl, and composite fencing systems under several product lines, and the compatibility question matters more in Orlando than most places. The company’s product families include the Classic aluminum series, the Estate vinyl line, and the composite privacy panels. When a home addition or ADU changes your property layout, the components that typically need matching or replacing are gate posts, hinge sets, latch assemblies, and panel sections cut to fit a new run.
The identification point that trips up most Orlando homeowners is the post size. ActiveYards uses both 2-inch and 2.5-inch square posts depending on the series and gate weight. If you measure the post face at the base and it reads 2 inches exactly, you’re working with the lighter residential line. A 2.5-inch post means the heavier commercial or gate-rated hardware. Mixing the two is the most common compatibility mistake we see, and it’s an expensive one because the hinge geometry doesn’t transfer between post sizes. For OEM versus aftermarket: ActiveYards components are engineered as a system, and in Florida’s humidity and UV exposure, we generally recommend staying with OEM for gate hardware and hinge sets. For straight panel sections, a quality aftermarket aluminum panel matching the picket spacing and top rail profile will outlast vinyl alternatives and costs less. You won’t find ActiveYards at big-box stores in the Orlando market, so if the panel came from a local installer originally, matching it starts with the post size and the picket spacing measured center-to-center between adjacent pickets.
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Signs Your ActiveYards Home Additions & ADU Is Failing
- Gate sag or drag on the latch side. In Orlando’s sandy soil, a gate post can shift fractions of an inch each season. Once the post leans more than roughly 3 degrees, the gate no longer meets the latch cleanly. Repacking and re-setting the post usually fixes it; ignoring it eventually bends the hinge pins.
- Rust staining at hinge points or fasteners. ActiveYards aluminum is powder-coated, but the hardware at hinge and latch connections is often steel. Florida’s humidity plus salt air closer to the coast accelerates that. Surface rust is cosmetic early on; pitting means the fastener has lost structural bite.
- Panels bowing or popping from the bottom rail. Vinyl expands and contracts in Orlando heat more than homeowners expect. A panel that popped free of the bottom rail in August may reseat in January, but repeated cycles loosen it permanently. Composite panels rarely bow; if one does, the rail channel has been compromised.
- Post concrete heaving. Orlando’s water table is high, and poor drainage around a post pours concrete. After a heavy summer rain cycle, you may see the concrete collar push upward half an inch. That’s hydrostatic pressure, and it will keep moving the post until drainage is addressed.
- Latch won’t throw after a new door or wall goes in. During an ADU addition, the existing gate may have been adjusted slightly to accommodate new concrete work or grading. If the latch throw was fine before construction and isn’t after, the post shifted during excavation, even a quarter inch. This is one of the most common add-on fixes we make on Orlando ADU projects.
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AfterReplacement Cost & What’s Included
For Orlando specifically, a full home addition or ADU project that includes ActiveYards fence and gate integration runs $45,000 to $130,000. If you’re just replacing or relocating a gate and its hardware as part of a remodel, the fence and gate portion typically adds $2,500 to $7,500 to the overall job, depending on gate width, post replacement needs, and whether you’re matching existing panels or running a new section.
Every Mason Remodeling Co Orlando project gets a written price before any work starts. That price covers materials, labor, and any permitting Orlando or Orange County requires for the structural portion of the addition or ADU. It does not change mid-project unless you ask us to add something. Our work carries the 365-Day Done Right Promise: if anything we installed isn’t right within a year of completion, we return and fix it at no cost to you. The written guarantee states coverage terms, exclusions, and the term length plainly, so you know exactly what you’re getting before you sign anything.
DIY or Call Us?
Some of this you can safely assess yourself: measure your post size, check for visible rust at fasteners, and note whether the gate drags. That information helps us quote accurately over the phone. What you shouldn’t do is reset a gate post under tension, pour concrete around a live post in sandy Orlando soil without proper drainage, or try to re-hang a heavy gate alone. Gate springs and tension hardware carry load even when the gate looks still. A gate coming off its hinges during a DIY repair can do real damage to you or a child. That’s the one part of this we draw a hard line on: if the gate is off its hinges or the hinge hardware has failed, call us. Tell me what the problem is. We’ll figure out the rest from there.
If you’re mid-addition and the fence or gate situation got complicated, call (850) 920-7745. We’ll send someone out, give you a written price for the fence and gate portion, and coordinate it with the rest of the project.
FAQs
Expect 15 to 25 years from the aluminum panels and posts in Orlando’s climate, with gate hardware needing replacement every 7 to 10 years depending on sun exposure, irrigation overspray, and how close you are to salt air. Vinyl runs 10 to 15 years before UV degradation makes panels brittle. Call (850) 920-7745 if you want us to assess what’s already failing versus what still has life in it.
Yes, in most cases. If the post is sound and the panels are intact, we can replace hinge sets, latch assemblies, and hardware without buying a new gate. If the post concrete has heaved or the post itself is bent, replacement is the honest answer. Call (850) 920-7745 for a free assessment and written price.
For a typical Orlando ADU, the fence and gate integration takes 2 to 4 working days once the structural work is near completion. That timeline includes setting posts, running panel sections, hanging and adjusting the gate, and a final walk with you. We’ll give you the exact schedule in the written price before any work starts.
We stock the common gate hardware, hinge sets, latch assemblies, and post anchors on our trucks for most ActiveYards residential lines. If your project needs a specific panel profile or a custom gate width, we order it and schedule the install once it arrives. Call (850) 920-7745 with your post size and we’ll tell you what we have on hand.
Written by Isaac Pruett, Owner, Mason Remodeling Co Orlando at Mason Remodeling Co Orlando, serving Orlando and nearby areas.
