Round Rock Metal Gates is the Capital Area's trusted expert in automatic gates for tight lots and acreage, specializing in ground-track sliding gates, solar ranch entries, and gate operators with fire access. We offer Knox key switches and monitored safety devices on every automatic leaf.
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Our team provides site-measured layouts for drives that cannot swing a leaf, delivering gates that clear a parked car for homes and fire-ready entries for both residential and commercial projects. A single walk gate and a 240 ft perimeter with a rolling gate mark the range of over 1,187 projects in our 12 years in business, and a 2-year workmanship warranty follows each of them.
From shooting the grade across a slide path to setting a key switch at the post, our team handles every detail. Serving Leander and nearby Cedar Park, Georgetown and Round Rock, we build gates for lots where the question is what the fire department will need, not just what the owner wants.
Call us today for a free estimate with our Leander location manager, who checks the city limit line and the fire department's key rule before we quote.
Marshall, narrow side-entry lot off RM 2243, Leander
A garage sat too close to the street for any swing leaf to clear a parked car.
Roy, acreage tract off US 183, Leander
The entry sat far from the house, with no power at the road and a trailer turning in every week.
Investment and duration figures are estimates. Your written quote sets the final price and schedule.
The short version
Marshall has a narrow side-entry lot off RM 2243 where a garage sits too close to the street for any swing leaf to clear a parked car. We poured a flush track and ran a 16 ft slide in galvanized steel with a satin black powder coat along the fence line, with an edge sensor on the lead post. It was an estimated $2,900 to $4,600 project over an estimated 2 to 3 days, and the drive stays clear in both positions.
Roy has an acreage tract off US 183 with no power at the road and a trailer turning in every week. We went wide enough for the trailer, built an 18 ft single swing in galvanized square tube with a ranch cross-bar pattern, ran the operator on a solar panel and battery and added a Knox key switch at the post. It was an estimated $3,600 to $5,000 job over an estimated 1 to 2 days, and a truck and trailer now pull straight in without stopping on the highway shoulder.
The first Leander question is which side of the city limit line the lot sits on, because the permit answer changes with it. Inside the city, a fence over 7 ft needs a permit. In the extraterritorial jurisdiction, the city permits only signs and water and wastewater, so we confirm the line from your address before we draw anything. Our Leander location manager does that check on the first call, and the written quote names the answer.
A fence taller than 7 ft inside Leander city limits needs a permit, and a standard 6 ft iron run does not cross that line. We keep ornamental steel at 4 to 6 ft on most lots, and a prefabricated ornamental run is typically estimated at $50 to $85 per linear foot. Troy's equipment yard off US 183 needed 240 linear feet of 6 ft perimeter fence, an estimated $13,500 to $18,500 job over an estimated 2 to 4 days, and it stayed under the 7 ft line.
Leander Fire Department requires a Knox Key Switch KS-2 on automatic access gates. We fit it at the post, wired so firefighters can open the gate without a code. First responder entry is a Knox key switch, Opticom receiver or siren sensor, set to whatever the local fire authority calls for, and for Leander the authority has named the KS-2.
A manual access-controlled gate that blocks a fire lane needs a Knox padlock instead. That applies to an apartment lane, a business yard or a community service road rather than to a driveway with an open path. We name the department in the quote and leave the model choice to the fire department's own paperwork, since the lock model follows what the department publishes.
Leander lots run from tight in-town drives near Leander Station to acreage along US 183 and RM 2243, so we build slide gates and solar single swings more than any other type here. The operators behind that key switch are 24V DC brushless motors with battery backup, sized to leaf weight, length and duty cycle. For everyone else, entry devices can be video intercom, keypad, phone app, remote or vehicle loop, wired or solar with a 10 to 30W panel.
Mona lives near Leander Station and had 14-year-old openers that kept tripping mid-swing, with no gearbox left to buy. We quoted a replacement and reused the sound gate and wiring, an estimated $2,100 to $3,000 repair that took an estimated 4 to 8 hours.
A ground-track sliding gate with its operator in Leander is typically estimated at $1,500 to $5,000, and a single swing ranch gate is typically estimated at $2,500 to $5,000. Leander's median owner-occupied home value is $506,200 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year).
| Leander job | Est. investment | Est. time on site |
|---|---|---|
| Ground-track sliding gate with operator | Est. $1,500 to $5,000 per system | Est. 2 to 3 days |
| Single swing driveway gate with operator | Est. $2,500 to $5,000 per system | Est. 1 to 2 days |
| Operator retrofit on an existing gate | Est. $1,800 to $3,800 per operator system | Est. 4 to 8 hours |
| Ornamental steel fence | Est. $50 to $85 per linear foot | Est. 2 to 4 days |
| Trackless cantilever gate | Est. $6,000 to $10,000 per system | Est. 2 to 4 days |
Marshall's slide, an estimated $2,900 to $4,600, shows where a tight-lot slide gate usually lands against the table. Every figure here is an estimate for Leander and is subject to change. Opening width, the power run and the fire access device can push them either way, so only after the city limit check and a site visit does a written quote pin down the final price and schedule.
Tight lots usually suit sliding gates, acreage entries often use ranch entry gates on a solar gate operator, and a yard on US 183 may need security fencing in galvanized pickets.
Our Leander location manager covers Leander, Cedar Park and Steiner Ranch, and reads the setback and HOA paperwork on each lot before a post hole is marked. Frame steel here 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 every slide gate stops and reverses on monitored photo eyes and edge sensors, each tested at handover.
Leander sits roughly 23 minutes and 18 miles from our shop, well inside our 35 mile service radius. Our Cedar Park and Georgetown pages show what we build in the neighboring towns, and our gate service area map lists the rest.
Leander jobs often pull in gate operator installation on a manual gate, gate opener repair when a motor is past parts, or gate access control for a keypad or intercom.
You need one for a fence over 7 ft inside city limits, and the city's extraterritorial jurisdiction permits only signs and water and wastewater.
The Leander Fire Department requires a Knox Key Switch KS-2 on automatic access gates.
A manual access-controlled gate that blocks a fire lane needs a Knox padlock.
Yes, a ground-track slide gate runs along the fence line and clears a parked car, as it did off RM 2243.
Count on a typical estimated $1,500 to $5,000 for a ground-track slide gate with operator like Marshall's, with the final price written into your quote after we measure the opening.
Marshall's slide took an estimated 2 to 3 days on site, the usual span for a slide gate, while a single swing like Roy's often needs an estimated 1 to 2 days.
Request a free estimate and we will confirm your city limit line, measure the drive and price the gate and its fire access device together.
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