Round Rock Metal Gates is the Capital Area's trusted expert in flat-top iron gates and fences, specializing in cantilever gates, bronze-finish iron, and gate operators with emergency access. We offer flat-top rails and brown or bronze finishes, plus operators with battery backup.
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Our team provides permit-ready drawings and tested access hardware, delivering gates that clear the spike ban for homes and for both residential and commercial projects. Our 12 years in business have brought over 1,187 projects, a single walk gate at one end and a wide cantilever entry at the other, with a 2-year workmanship warranty on each.
From drawing a flat-top rail to testing the key switch at handover, our team handles every detail. Serving Lakeway and neighboring Steiner Ranch, West Lake Hills and Barton Creek, we build gates for owners who want iron that passes the first time.
Call us today for a free estimate with our Lakeway location manager, who checks the flat-top rule and the permit before we quote.
Carmen, sloped drive above Lake Travis, Lakeway
The grade rose too fast for a swing leaf, and a poured track would have held water and limestone grit.
Odalys, lake-view home with a rooftop deck, Lakeway
A straight stair would have eaten most of the deck below, and the owner wanted roof access for the view.
Investment and duration figures are estimates. Your written quote sets the final price and schedule.
The short version
Carmen wanted a cantilever gate with flat-top pickets in a bronze finish, so no leaf swings into the drive and nothing on the rail ends in a point. We built it as a trackless cantilever with a flat-top rail and a bronze powder coat. Carmen's Lakeway cantilever came to an estimated $6,800 to $9,400 over an estimated 3 to 4 days, and its safety package is monitored photo eyes and edge sensors, every device reverse tested at handover.
Odalys needed a spiral stair rebuilt in iron. We fabricated the stair in the shop, fitted it on site and finished it to match the existing rail. Odalys paid an estimated $3,800 to $5,600 for a Lakeway stair that took an estimated 3 to 5 days, under our 2-year workmanship warranty on our welds, hinges, footings and operator installation.
Lakeway has allowed flat-top fences only since 2019, so a spear point or spike on a new rail is out. Flat-top rails and brown or bronze finishes are stocked for neighborhoods whose design rules bar spear points or black, which means the style Lakeway wants is already on our shelf. We draw the top rail flat on every Lakeway quote. We hold pickets to our 3.5 to 3.875 in spec on a Lakeway run, with 1.5 to 2 in puppy pickets on request.
A Lakeway fence or gate needs a permit under Sec 24.02.442, and we prepare the drawing so the review sees height, top style and gate type at a glance. Our Lakeway location manager reads the section against your plan before the quote, and the written quote names the permit scope. A 6 ft fence goes through administratively, and a fence up to 8 ft goes through with the code official.
Lakeway wants the police to have keys or codes to a gated entry, and ESD #6 wants a key switch on an automatic gate. We wire both at install and test them at handover. A locked Lakeway gate gets a Knox key switch, Opticom receiver or siren sensor, set to whatever the local fire authority calls for, and the police code goes on the keypad list at the same visit.
A cantilever gate suits Lakeway lots where a swing leaf would hit the grade. We shoot the grade across the whole slide path on a sloped Lakeway lot, then set bottom rail clearance from that reading. The operators are 24V DC brushless motors with battery backup, sized to leaf weight, length and duty cycle, and entry devices can be video intercom, keypad, phone app, remote or vehicle loop, wired or solar with a 10 to 30W panel.
A trackless cantilever gate in Lakeway is typically estimated at $6,000 to $10,000, and a railing is typically estimated at $65 to $135 per linear foot. Lakeway's median owner-occupied home value is $841,300 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year).
| Lakeway job | Est. investment | Est. time on site |
|---|---|---|
| Trackless cantilever gate | Est. $6,000 to $10,000 per system | Est. 2 to 4 days |
| Dual swing gate with operators | Est. $4,000 to $8,000 per system | Est. 2 to 3 days |
| Hand-forged wrought iron fence | Est. $85 to $130 per linear foot | Est. 3 to 6 days |
| Operator retrofit on an existing gate | Est. $1,800 to $3,800 per operator system | Est. 4 to 8 hours |
| Stair or balcony iron railing | Est. $65 to $135 per linear foot | Est. 5 to 10 hours |
Carmen's cantilever, an estimated $6,800 to $9,400, sits inside the cantilever row. Every figure here is an estimate for Lakeway and is subject to change. Once the site visit pins down your opening width, grade and access hardware, we write a quote with the price and schedule for those three. A swing leaf hangs on ball-bearing pairs rated from 500 to more than 1,500 lbs, matched to the weight of the finished leaf, a cantilever rides on its carriage instead, and post footings are 24 to 36 in deep and 10 to 12 in wide, poured in 3,000 to 4,000 PSI concrete, checked against the soil found on site.
Lakeway owners usually choose cantilever gates for a sloped drive, wrought iron fencing with flat tops along the line, and iron staircases when a deck or terrace needs one.
Our Lakeway location manager covers Lakeway, Steiner Ranch and West Lake Hills, and reads the permit paperwork on each lot before a post hole is marked. On a bronze gate like Carmen's, G90 hot-dip galvanizing or a zinc-phosphate and e-coat base goes on before any color. The topcoat is TGIC polyester powder coat at 3 to 5 mils, oven cured, picked from physical samples, and the frames use 14-gauge tube for standard leaves, 11-gauge to 3/16 in where a long or tall leaf has to hold its line.
Lakeway sits roughly 38 minutes and 25 miles from our shop, well inside our 35 mile service radius. Steiner Ranch and West Lake Hills fall to the same Lakeway location manager, and our gate service area map lists every other town.
Lakeway jobs often pull in gate access control for a keypad or intercom, iron railings for a terrace, or automatic driveway gates on a drive that opens by hand. A walled entry can also take a courtyard gate. Side yards take horizontal slat gates.
No, Lakeway has allowed flat-top fences only since 2019, so a new rail ends flat.
Yes, a Lakeway fence or gate needs a permit under Sec 24.02.442.
Up to 6 ft goes through administratively, and up to 8 ft goes through with the code official.
The police need keys or codes, and ESD #6 wants a key switch on an automatic gate.
Budget an estimated $6,000 to $10,000 for a flat-top cantilever here, with your exact figure written once we measure the opening.
Most cantilever installs take an estimated 2 to 4 days on site, and an operator retrofit usually takes an estimated 4 to 8 hours.
Request a free estimate and we will check the flat-top rule, prepare the permit drawing and price the gate and its access hardware together.
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Location manager covering Lakeway
Keeps each Lakeway job on schedule, from the first site measure to the final safety test.
Phone the shop or use the form to set a time for a site measure and a written estimate.
Calls only, we do not receive text messages.
