Round Rock Metal Gates is the Capital Area's trusted expert in driveway gates and access control, specializing in dual swing driveway gates, cantilever gates, and video intercom entry systems. We offer gate operators with battery backup and key switches for fire access, from keypads to phone apps.
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Our team provides in-house welding and deep post footings, delivering gates that let visitors and first responders in for both residential and commercial projects. Corner-lot driveway gates and shared entries alike sit among the over 1,187 projects we have completed in 12 years in business, and our 2-year workmanship warranty backs each.
From a single intercom pedestal to a 16 ft dual swing opening, our team handles every detail of the approach, the footing and the test cycle. Serving Austin and neighboring Round Rock, Pflugerville and Cedar Park, we come down from our Round Rock shop with one crew from first walk to final test.
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Tobias, Windsor Park, Austin
A locked driveway gate on a corner lot gave delivery drivers and first responders no way in.
Investment and duration figures are estimates. Your written quote sets the final price and schedule.
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Tobias lives in Windsor Park, where a locked driveway gate on his corner lot gave delivery drivers and first responders no way in. We set a stainless video intercom on a powder-coated pedestal back from the corner, so the view across the intersection stays open, and added a fire department key switch he ordered through the fire department's Knox page. Visitors now call in from the pedestal and open the gate from a phone app. It was an estimated $1,800 to $3,200 project over an estimated 4 to 8 hours.
A solid fence or gate on an Austin corner lot needs approval from Austin Transportation and Public Works so drivers' views are not blocked, under City Code 14-9-2, and you should confirm current text with the city. That rule changes what we build: on a Crestview corner we would hold the solid portion back from the street edge and use open pickets near the intersection. The pedestal that holds the intercom goes beside the approach lane, not in the line of sight, and we mark that spot with you before any post is set.
A fence in Austin needs a permit when it is more than 7 feet high at any point, going by the city's fencing page. So a tall gate leaf or an arched top counts as much as the fence beside it. We keep most residential leaves at 6 ft and tell you in the quote when a taller design would cross the line, so the permit question is settled before fabrication starts.
A locked gate needs an entry path for people who do not have your remote, and we plan it as part of the build. The fire marshal's office says Knox boxes are required at every structure or property where access is made difficult (IFC 506), and the fire department does not install, relocate or repair Knox products. Gate and key switches are ordered through the department's Knox page, so the owner places that order and we mount and wire the switch at install. Confirm current text with the city, because the department sets what it accepts.
Most Austin entry systems pair that switch with a video intercom, keypad or phone app. We keep first responder entry on its own circuit and test it at handover, as Tobias saw on his corner.
A video intercom, keypad or phone entry system on an Austin gate is typically estimated at $1,500 to $4,000, and the number of devices and the length of the wire run move the price most. Tobias's corner pedestal and key switch, an estimated $1,800 to $3,200, sits in the lower half of that spread because the wire run was short. An operator retrofit on an existing gate in Austin is typically estimated at $1,800 to $3,800, and a custom pedestrian entry gate beside the drive is typically estimated at $600 to $1,500. On the schedule side, a custom pedestrian entry gate and a video intercom, keypad or phone entry system each take an estimated 4 to 8 hours, a single swing driveway gate with operator in Austin takes an estimated 1 to 2 days, and a dual swing estate gate with operators takes an estimated 2 to 3 days. Every number here is an estimate and subject to change once we measure the wire run, and the written quote sets the final price and the schedule.
The pedestal goes beside the approach lane, a car length or more back from the street, so a delivery van can pull clear of traffic while the driver calls in. We shoot the grade across the full swing or slide path and set the bottom rail clearance from that measurement, because water running off a driveway toward the corner will settle at the lowest post. Footings are 24 to 36 in deep and 10 to 12 in wide, poured in 3,000 to 4,000 PSI concrete and checked against the soil we find on site.
Windsor Park and Crestview drives that already have a working gate usually need only an operator retrofit on an existing gate, with a video intercom, keypad or phone entry system added at the same visit.
Owners here usually choose custom driveway gates for a corner or narrow drive, wrought iron fencing for the line beside them, and dual swing driveway gates when the opening is wide.
The frame is 14-gauge tube for standard leaves, 11-gauge to 3/16 in where a long or tall leaf has to hold its line, and G90 hot-dip galvanizing or a zinc-phosphate and e-coat base goes on before any color. The leaf hangs on ball-bearing pairs rated from 500 to more than 1,500 lbs, matched to the weight of the finished leaf, and the operators are 24V DC brushless motors with battery backup, sized to leaf weight, length and duty cycle.
For first responders, a gate like Tobias's carries a Knox key switch, Opticom receiver or siren sensor, set to whatever the local fire authority calls for. For safety, we fit Austin gates with monitored photo eyes and edge sensors and reverse test every device at handover. Flat-top rails and brown or bronze finishes are stocked for neighborhoods whose design rules bar spear points or black, in case your Windsor Park or Crestview street has such a rule.
Austin sits well inside our 35 mile service radius. North of the city, our gates also stand in Cedar Park and Georgetown, and our gate service area map lists each of the other areas we serve.
Austin jobs often pull in gate access control for an intercom or key switch, automatic driveway gates for a new opening, or gate opener repair when an older operator needs replacing.
Yes, a fence in Austin needs a permit when it is more than 7 feet high at any point, so confirm current text with the city before you pick a design.
A solid fence on a corner lot needs approval from Austin Transportation and Public Works so drivers' views are not blocked, so confirm current text with the city.
Gate and key switches are ordered through the fire department's Knox page, and we mount and wire the switch when we install.
Tobias's upgrade came to an estimated $1,800 to $3,200, inside the estimated $1,500 to $4,000 an entry system typically runs.
Yes, entry devices on an Austin gate can be a video intercom, keypad, phone app, remote or vehicle loop, wired or solar with a 10 to 30W panel.
Not when we set the solid portion back and use open pickets near the intersection, with pickets spaced 3.5 to 3.875 in apart.
Most entry upgrades take an estimated 4 to 8 hours on site, and a new driveway gate often takes an estimated 1 to 2 days.
Request a free estimate and we will walk your corner, measure the opening and price the gate and entry devices together.
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