ActiveYards Home Additions & ADU Nationwide

ActiveYards Home Additions & ADU: The Los Angeles Owner’s Guide

ActiveYards home additions and ADU projects in Los Angeles typically run $53,100 to $153,400 when you’re working with a general contractor who prices the job in writing before any demo starts. That range covers everything from a modest bump-out with siding and roofing to a permitted ADU shell with subpanel, foundation, and rough mechanicals. We’re an independent remodeling company, not affiliated with ActiveYards, but we work with their fence, gate, and pergola lines when a project calls for matching an existing installation. Homeowners usually call us when an ADU is half-finished, when a previous contractor walked off, or when the city flagged unpermitted work that now has to be corrected. Trevor Nash has walked enough Crenshaw bungalows and Valley ranch houses to know what’s behind those walls, and he’ll give you a number first, then pick up the tools.

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Which ActiveYards Models This Applies To

ActiveYards doesn’t make ADUs or room additions. They manufacture residential and light commercial outdoor products, primarily aluminum and vinyl fence systems, gates, pergolas, and related hardware. When an LA homeowner mentions ActiveYards in the context of a home addition or ADU, they’re almost always talking about one of two things: either their ActiveYards fence or gate has to be removed, relocated, or reworked to accommodate the new structure, or they’d like the new ADU’s outdoor space to match the ActiveYards fence lines already on the property. Common series lines we see around Los Angeles include the Montage, Tuscany, and Sonoma aluminum lines. If you’ve got a gate operator from ActiveYards, the model number matters, those usually come from LiftMaster or HySecurity aftermarket integrations rather than ActiveYards’ own electronics. Bring us the panel width, post size, and a photo of the gate hinge style, and we can usually identify compatibility within a few minutes. We also work alongside KraftMaid and Cambria and Silestone product lines on interior finish work when the ADU includes a kitchen or bath, so the whole scope lands under one written price.

Signs Your ActiveYards Home Additions & ADU Is Failing

• Fence posts are leaning away from the new structure. This usually means the original post footings were poured too shallow for Los Angeles’ expansive clay soil, which moves more than people expect during wet winters and dry summers. A rework means pouring deeper footings and resetting the post in fresh concrete.
• The gate drags or won’t latch after the grade changed. When an ADU pad is cut or backfilled, the ground elevation shifts. Gates that worked fine before now catch on the high side. This is a hinge and post alignment issue, not a hinge hardware failure.
• You can see rust streaking down aluminum panels. That’s usually from galvanic corrosion, which happens when steel fasteners were used against aluminum instead of the correct coated screws. In LA’s coastal fog zones, this shows up faster than anyone expects.
• The fence line has a visible kink where it meets the new wall. The original fence was measured to a property line that didn’t account for a new setback. A proper fix involves a short return panel and an end post, not just cutting a panel to fit.
• Powder coat is fading or chalking within a few years. ActiveYards’ standard powder coat holds up reasonably well, but near the coast, salt air and direct sun on west-facing runs will dull it sooner. If you’re already doing an addition, this is the moment to recoat or replace panels rather than doing it twice.

Replacement Cost & What’s Included

In Los Angeles, the installed cost to remove, rework, or extend an existing ActiveYards fence or gate system as part of a home addition or ADU build generally runs between $4,130 and $12,980 depending on linear footage, post conditions, gate operator rewiring, and whether trenching for electrical is involved. If the project is the full ADU or addition itself, you’re looking at $53,100 to $153,400, which includes permits, foundation, framing, roofing, mechanicals, and interior finishes to a drywall-ready or turnkey point depending on how far you take it. What drives the price up: lot access for equipment, hillside footing requirements, city planning conditions on historic districts, and whether trenching crosses existing utilities. What drives it down: flat lots, straightforward panel runs, and a clean existing pad. Every Penhallow Remodeling Los Angeles job gets a written price before work starts, including line items for parts and labor separately, and a 365-day Done Right Promise. If a fence rework fails inside the guarantee period, we come back and fix it at no charge, in writing.

DIY or Call Us?

Some fence work is genuinely doable for a careful homeowner, and we’ll say so. Replacing a gate latch, touching up powder coat with a matched paint, tightening hinge screws, that’s all weekend stuff. But when an ActiveYards fence line has to be cut, re-posted, or moved as part of an addition or ADU, you’re dealing with property line staking, footing depth requirements, gate operator wiring, and often a city inspection. Get a post placement wrong and the inspector makes you pull it out and do it again. If a gate operator is involved, there’s line voltage and a pinch hazard you don’t want to guess at. For the bigger scope, the home addition or ADU itself, framing, electrical, plumbing, and roofing are not DIY territory, and the city of Los Angeles requires permits and licensed trades. Call (213) 277-6578 and we’ll walk the property with you, take measurements, and hand you a number in writing.