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ActiveYards Fence Installation: The Fort Lauderdale Owner’s Guide
ActiveYards fence installation in Fort Lauderdale typically runs $3,500 – $9,000 for a complete new fence, depending on linear footage, gate configuration, and whether you’re matching an existing ActiveYards style or starting fresh. Penhallow Remodeling Fort Lauderdale stocks ActiveYards-compatible aluminum fence panels, posts, gates, and hardware, and our crews can usually start within a week of your free estimate. Most homeowners discover their fence has a problem the way you probably did: a gate that suddenly drags, a post that leans after a storm, or a section of pickets that rattles when the afternoon wind rolls through.
Which ActiveYards Models This Applies To
ActiveYards makes aluminum fencing in four main product lines: Brookhaven (ornamental, traditional picket styling), Manchester (flat-top with clean horizontal rails), Portsmouth (picket-top with a slightly more formal look), and Hampton (pool-code-friendly with 5.5-inch picket spacing). The critical thing to know is that ActiveYards posts are drilled with specific cross-rail slot orientations depending on the grade and style. A Brookhaven post from one supplier and a Manchester rail from another often don’t line up. We match by the label stamped near the bottom rail of your existing panels, then verify with the color code and panel height. If the label’s gone, we take a picket measurement and rail profile check on site. For aftermarket options, there are quality powder-coated equivalents that match ActiveYards’ Matte Black and Bronze finishes closely, but we only use them when the OEM part is discontinued. The OEM rail brackets and post caps direct from ActiveYards carry manufacturer-backed specs, and our 365-Day Done Right Promise covers the installation work regardless of which route you choose.
Styles & brands we work with
Signs Your ActiveYards Fence Installation Is Failing
- Gate drags or won’t latch on the same side it always has. This is almost always a settling post or a worn hinge set. The post has moved just enough to throw the gate frame out of square, and the latch tab no longer seats cleanly.
- Pickets rattle audibly in the rail when you brush past them. The internal screw-tab strips have loosened or the rails have spread slightly. Over time, especially with freeze-thaw cycles up north, this becomes more common; here in Fort Lauderdale, the bigger culprit is constant humidity finding its way into the screw tabs and letting corrosion start.
- White chalky residue on the lower rails or posts. This is oxidation beginning beneath the powder coat, common within 200 feet of brackish water or if a previous installer scratched the coating and never touched it up. In Fort Lauderdale, we see this most often in Rio Vista and along canals in Sailboat Bend.
- A post that leans after a summer storm. It’s not the wind. It’s a post that was set shallow or with a dry-mix bag pour that never fully bonded. We core and reset those rather than shimming, because a shimmed post leans again in the next named storm.
- Section bows outward between two solid posts. The rails are under stress, usually because one end post shifted and the panel is now carrying a slight compression load. Left alone, the screws will shear and the panel will drop.
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AfterReplacement Cost & What’s Included
For most Fort Lauderdale homeowners, a full ActiveYards fence install lands between $3,500 and $9,000. The range is driven by three things: linear footage (most yards run 90 – 180 feet), gate count and width (double gates with closers add real cost), and whether we’re matching an existing finish or starting with fresh panels. A straight 150-foot run of ActiveYards Brookhaven with one walk gate and two corners usually lands in the $5,500 – $7,000 area, installed, with concrete footers at code depth for Broward County wind exposure. If you only need a section repaired, that’s a different conversation. We’ll quote you parts and labor separately, so you can see exactly what the aluminum costs and exactly what our time costs. Every installation gets a written price before work starts, a written guarantee, and the 365-Day Done Right Promise: if something fails within that first year, we come back and fix it at no charge. No service fee, no re-inspection charge.
Quick cost factors at a glance:
- ActiveYards aluminum panel (6′ × 4′ or 6′ × 5′): $180 – $340 per section, installed
- Full fence replacement, 150 linear feet with one gate: $5,500 – $7,000
- Gate-only replacement or re-hang: $400 – $900
- Post reset or replacement (concrete removal included): $250 – $500 per post
DIY or Call Us?
Aluminum fence installation is not in the same danger category as garage door springs or a loaded electrical panel. But it can go wrong quickly if you’ve never mixed a proper concrete footer in sandy Florida soil, or if you don’t know that Broward County wind code requires posts set at a depth most big-box instructions gloss over. You can absolutely handle some checks yourself: push gently on each post, watch the gate swing, and look for cracks in the concrete footers. What we’ve seen go sideways with DIY is a post set with bagged mix poured dry into a shallow hole. Two seasons later that post is leaning and the panel’s out of square. If you’d rather have it measured, matched, and set once, call us at (754) 551-2922 and we’ll send someone who does this every week.
FAQs
In Fort Lauderdale’s salt air and high humidity, a properly installed ActiveYards aluminum fence carries a 20 – 30 year functional lifespan, though the finish may show oxidation after 8 – 12 years within a half mile of the Intracoastal or a canal. Call (754) 551-2922 if you want an honest read on your existing coating.
Yes, in most cases unless the rails are visibly cracked or severely corroded from the inside out. We regularly reset posts, re-hang gates, replace hinge sets, and swap individual damaged panels, and we’ll give you a written price for the repair before touching anything. Call (754) 551-2922 for a free repair assessment.
Most ActiveYards fence installations and full repairs wrap up in one to two days, including concrete cure time for any reset posts. Larger gates or custom spacing may add a day. Call (754) 551-2922 and we’ll give you a window, not a guess.
We keep the most common ActiveYards rail brackets, post caps, hinge sets, and picket repair kits on our trucks, and we stock panels and posts regionally for quick turnaround. If you need a specific color code or panel height, we can source it from ActiveYards distribution. Call (754) 551-2922 to confirm what we can have matched same-week.
Written by Trevor Nash, Owner, Penhallow Remodeling Fort Lauderdale at Penhallow Remodeling Fort Lauderdale, serving Fort Lauderdale and nearby areas.
