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ActiveYards Fence Installation: The Los Angeles Owner’s Guide
ActiveYards fence installation in Los Angeles typically runs $4,130 to $10,620 for a full residential run, and we stock the common ActiveYards-compatible posts, rails, pickets, and gate hardware on our trucks. Most owners call us after a gate sags, a post heaves, or a windstorm snaps a rail and they realize the part they need is not something the big-box stores carry. The discovery usually happens on a Saturday morning, right after the dog found the gap.
Bradford Remodeling is an independent contractor, not an ActiveYards dealer or affiliate. We install and repair ActiveYards aluminum and vinyl fence systems because we have spent years learning which series take which rail brackets, which post caps crack first in Los Angeles sun, and which gate hinges hold up in the marine layer that rolls through Culver City and Westchester. You bring us a failed part or a fence that has to come out; we match the part, price it in writing, and install it so the next owner of your house never thinks about it.
Which ActiveYards Models This Applies To
ActiveYards splits its catalog into aluminum and vinyl lines, and within those lines there are series with different post dimensions and rail profiles. The aluminum side includes the Huntington, Lexington, and Manchester series; the vinyl side includes Newport, Georgetown, and Charleston. The compatibility gotcha most owners run into: a 2-inch-by-3.5-inch aluminum post from the Lexington series will not take a Huntington top rail because the rail slot is cut to a different profile, and no amount of shimming fixes that. You need to match the series, not just the material.
To identify your series, look for the manufacturer label on the inside of the post or the underside of the top rail. ActiveYards stamps part numbers on the back of the bottom rail on aluminum systems and on the tongue of the picket on vinyl systems. If the label is gone, measure the post: vinyl posts run 4-inch or 5-inch square; aluminum posts run 2-inch square, 2.5-inch square, or 2-inch-by-3.5-inch rectangular. We carry genuine ActiveYards parts plus quality aftermarket equivalents where the manufacturer is backordered. For structural pieces like posts and gate frames, we use OEM ActiveYards because the tolerances are tighter. For cosmetic pieces like post caps and rail covers, a quality aftermarket match is fine and usually costs less.
Styles & brands we work with
Signs Your ActiveYards Fence Installation Is Failing
- Gate sagging toward the latch side. The hinge post has shifted or the gate frame has racked out of square. In Los Angeles, the freeze-thaw cycle is not the issue, but the soil in neighborhoods like Mar Vista and Mid-City expands and contracts with winter rains and summer drought, and that movement works hinge posts loose over three or four seasons.
- Rail pulling out of the post. The rail bracket has corroded or the post has twisted. This shows up most often on west-facing runs where salt air and afternoon sun take turns on the fasteners. Coastal neighborhoods like Playa del Rey and San Pedro see this twice as fast as inland areas.
- Pickets cracking at the bottom. Vinyl expands and contracts with heat. A dark-colored vinyl fence in a Los Angeles summer can hit surface temperatures over 150 degrees in the San Fernando Valley. Over time, that thermal cycling makes the picket ears brittle, and they crack where they lock into the bottom rail.
- Post leaning at the base. The concrete footing has failed. We see this a lot when the original installer set posts in a shallow pour or skipped the gravel base. A 6-foot privacy fence in Los Angeles wind needs posts set 30 to 36 inches deep with a proper concrete collar; anything less and the first Santa Ana event pushes it over.
- Gate latch not catching cleanly. The latch bar and keeper are misaligned because the gate frame has dropped. People blame the latch and buy a new one, then find the new one does not line up either. The issue is usually the hinge post, not the hardware.
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AfterReplacement Cost & What’s Included
A full ActiveYards fence installation in Los Angeles runs $4,130 to $10,620 installed. The range is driven by linear feet, series, height, gate count, and what is underneath the old fence line. A 100-foot run of 4-foot aluminum Huntington with one walk gate sits near the bottom of that range; a 200-foot run of 6-foot vinyl Georgetown privacy with two gates and old concrete to demo sits near the top, or above it once we get under the surface and see what the original installer buried. That is the range, not a teaser.
Every price includes parts, labor, removal of the old fence, post-hole digging, concrete footings, gate hardware, and cleanup. You get the price in writing before we touch anything, and the number does not move at the door. If we find something under the dirt that changes scope, we stop, show you, and put the change in writing before proceeding. The work carries the 365-Day Done Right Promise: if the installation fails within a year, we come back and fix it at no charge.
DIY or Call Us?
You can safely check a few things yourself: confirm your series by finding the label, measure the post and rail dimensions, and walk the fence line to mark every failing section. That information makes your call to us faster and makes our first visit more accurate.
Where DIY goes sideways is the structural work. Setting a fence post in Los Angeles soil is not a shovel-and-a-bag-of-Quikrete job. The hole has to be deep enough, the post has to be plumb in two planes, and the concrete pour has to slope away from the post base or water pools at the footing and rots the post from the bottom. A vinyl or aluminum gate that is not hung square will bind, sag, and wear out its hinges in a year. And if a fence panel comes loose during a Santa Ana wind event and takes out a window or a car, the liability sits with whoever set that post. For a gate or a structural post repair, call (903) 568-7222 and we will send a uniformed, background-checked tech who has done this exact repair before.
FAQs
An ActiveYards aluminum fence installed properly in Los Angeles lasts 20 to 30 years; vinyl runs 15 to 25 years before it gets chalky and brittle, faster in full sun and within a mile of the coast where salt air works the hardware. The first things to fail are rarely the panels; it is the gate hardware, post footings, and rail brackets. Call (903) 568-7222 and we will tell you whether you need a part or a full run, without running out first.
Yes, in most cases we can. A failed gate, a leaning post, a snapped rail, or cracked pickets are all repairable with series-matched parts. Full replacement only makes sense when the run is short, the posts are mostly heaving, or you want to change height, color, or style. We will show you the repair cost against the replacement cost and let you choose.
Most residential installations in Los Angeles take two to four working days from removal of the old fence to final gate adjustment and cleanup. Larger runs, hillside lots, or concrete demolition add time. You get a schedule in writing with the price before we start.
We stock common ActiveYards posts, rails, pickets, post caps, and gate hardware in the most popular Los Angeles series, including Huntington, Lexington, Georgetown, and Newport. Uncommon colors or specialty gates may take a few days from our supplier. Either way, we confirm part availability and lead time during the estimate.
If your ActiveYards fence has a failed part or a gate that will not stay hung, call (903) 568-7222. We will get the exact series and part number, give you a written price before any work starts, and install it under the 365-Day Done Right Promise. Straight number, real scope, no surprises at the punch list. Curtis Lane has been doing this work in Los Angeles since before the fence hardware catalogs went digital, and Bradford Remodeling is his operation. Alongside ActiveYards parts, we work with KraftMaid cabinetry, Cambria and Silestone surfaces, which means the same discipline we bring to a kitchen carries over to your fence line: written scope, clean site, signed guarantee in your hand at close.
Written by Curtis Lane, Owner, Bradford Remodeling at Bradford Remodeling, serving Los Angeles and nearby areas.
