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ActiveYards Home Additions & ADU: The Boca Raton Owner’s Guide

We stock and install ActiveYards-compatible components for home additions and ADU projects in Boca Raton, with typical installed pricing from $45,000 to $130,000 for additions and $90,000 to $220,000 for full ADU construction. Most ActiveYards material consultations happen same-day once you call. Homeowners usually discover an issue when their ActiveYards fence line, gate system, or aluminum framework shows separation at the post connections, sagging across spans, or corrosion blooming at the base plates after our salt-air seasons.

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Which ActiveYards Models This Applies To

ActiveYards produces three aluminum fence series that integrate with home additions and ADU perimeter work: the Ameristar line (residential grade, 0.065-inch wall thickness), the Echelon series (commercial grade, 0.080-inch wall), and the Ornamental line (cast-aluminum accent pieces). The label is stamped on the inside face of the end post, usually 18 inches above grade. If that label is painted over or corroded, measure the rail width: Ameristar runs 1.625 inches, Echelon runs 2 inches flat, and Ornamental uses 1.75-inch rails with cast finials.

We are not affiliated with ActiveYards. We source OEM pickets, rails, and post caps through their distributor network, but we also stock quality aftermarket equivalents from Jerith and Specrail when the lead time on ActiveYards-branded parts stretches past ten days. The aftermarket rails mate cleanly if the wall thickness matches within 0.005 inch. The gotcha in Boca Raton is the base plate: ActiveYards uses a 4-inch square plate with four 3/8-inch anchor holes on 3-inch centers. Some aftermarket plates drill at 2.75-inch centers, which means your existing concrete anchors won’t line up, and drilling new holes in a salt-exposed slab invites future spalling.

Signs Your ActiveYards Home Additions & ADU Is Failing

• Rail sagging between posts. The internal steel insert has corroded where the aluminum rail end meets the post pocket. Salt air gets in through the rail end cap seam, and the dissimilar metals accelerate the rot. We see this most on east-facing spans in Boca Raton, where morning salt fog sits longest.
• Gate drag or latch misalignment. The hinge post has settled or the aluminum post itself has elongated at the hinge bolt holes. ActiveYards gates over 48 inches wide need the heavier Echelon hinge set; Ameristar hardware on a wide gate will oval out the post within three years.
• White powder blooming at base plates and welds. This is aluminum oxide, not rust, but it signals that the powder coat has failed at a stress point. In Boca Raton’s humidity cycle, once the coating breaches at a weld, the substrate degrades faster than inland installs by roughly 40 percent.
• Post wobble in concrete. The base plate anchors have backed out, or the plate itself has cracked from lateral load. This happens when a fence line doubles as a handrail or when landscaping equipment bumps the same post repeatedly.
• Picket looseness or rattle. The punched rail holes have elongated, or the picket tabs have sheared. ActiveYards uses a snap-fit tab on residential grades; if the tab breaks, the picket drops into the rail channel and rattles in wind.

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Replacement Cost & What’s Included

For ActiveYards fence repair tied to a home addition or ADU project in Boca Raton, section replacement runs $800-$2,400 per 6-foot by 8-foot panel depending on series and access. Full perimeter replacement on a typical addition footprint averages $8,500-$18,000 installed. Gate replacement with hardware starts at $1,800 for a 4-foot walk gate and reaches $4,500 for a 10-foot double drive with automation prep.

The price includes removal and haul-away of failed material, new posts set in concrete to 30-inch depth (Boca Raton’s frost line is negligible, but the 30-inch spec handles wind load), matching or compatible rails and pickets, and all fasteners. We pull permits when the fence exceeds 6 feet or borders a right-of-way. Under Clause 1 of the Haven Standard, you get the written price before anyone starts, and every phase is photo-documented and signed off before the next begins. Our 365-Day Done Right Promise covers the installation and hardware.

DIY or Call Us?

An owner can safely check the label location, measure rail dimensions, and photograph the failure for our review. What goes wrong in DIY is the post setting: a 6-foot aluminum fence post in Boca Raton sand needs 150 pounds of concrete minimum, and the post must be braced plumb for 48 hours. Rush that, and the line leans within a month.

Cutting aluminum rail with anything other than a carbide-tipped blade will leave burrs that shred the powder coat and void any remaining warranty. And if you’re working near a pool enclosure or ADU utility line, you need a locate ticket. We handle the permit, the locate, and the concrete work. Call (754) 254-8065 to schedule your free estimate.

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