Round Rock Metal Gates is the Capital Area's trusted expert in see-through iron gates and fences, specializing in slide gates, flat-top pickets, and operators with backup power. We offer open-bar designs that meet a transparency rule and access hardware that fire crews can use.
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Our team provides setback-aware layouts and tested operators, delivering gates that clear the street for homes and for both residential and commercial projects. Video intercom retrofits and 18 ft slide gates both fall within the over 1,187 projects we have finished over 12 years in business, each under a 2-year workmanship warranty.
From counting the open area between pickets to testing the battery switchover, our team handles every detail. Serving West Lake Hills and neighboring Lakeway, Barton Creek and Steiner Ranch, we build for owners whose front fence has to stay mostly air.
Call us today for a free estimate with our West Lake Hills location manager, who measures your setback and open area before we quote.
Teresa, hillside home with a shared lane, West Lake Hills
Deliveries kept stopping at a worn keypad that had no camera, and the owner traveled for work.
Lydia, hillside lot on a narrow frontage, West Lake Hills
The owner wanted a closed entry on a narrow frontage, under a code that wants 80 percent see-through and no points.
Investment and duration figures are estimates. Your written quote sets the final price and schedule.
The short version
Teresa already had a gate but no way to see who was at it and no power when the grid dropped. We added a video intercom and backup power so the gate keeps working in an outage. Teresa's West Lake Hills upgrade was an estimated $1,700 to $3,200 over an estimated 4 to 8 hours, under our 2-year workmanship warranty on our welds, hinges, footings and operator installation.
Lydia needed a gate that would not swing into a short drive, so we built an 18 ft slide with flat-top pickets. Lydia paid an estimated $3,300 to $4,800 for a West Lake Hills slide that took an estimated 2 to 3 days, and its flat-top rail carries no points.
Sec 22.03.173 asks for front-yard fences that are 80% see-through, with native plant screening. West Lake Hills measures that open area, so we draw the gate and the fence with the open percentage written on the sheet. Flat-top rails and brown or bronze finishes are stocked for neighborhoods whose design rules bar spear points or black, and a bar-and-gap design is how an iron fence meets an 80% test.
The front fence sits back 20 ft on a lot under 0.75 acre and 30 ft on a lot of 0.75 acre and up. That setback decides where the gate lands, because a driveway gate has to clear the street and open parallel to it or away from it. Grade is shot across the full swing or slide path, and bottom rail clearance is set from that measurement, so a West Lake Hills slope is checked before the leaf is drawn.
An electric gate in West Lake Hills needs backup power under the same section. Our operators are 24V DC brushless motors with battery backup, sized to leaf weight, length and duty cycle, so the requirement is met by the standard build. Teresa's backup power is the same kind of install, and entry devices can be video intercom, keypad, phone app, remote or vehicle loop, wired or solar with a 10 to 30W panel.
A lockable gate in West Lake Hills needs an Austin ESD 9 security access box. First responder entry here is a Knox key switch, Opticom receiver or siren sensor, set to whatever the local fire authority calls for, and for a locked gate the ESD 9 box is the device we fit. We confirm the box with ESD 9 before the gate is closed up, and test it at handover.
A fence inside the setback stays at 6 ft, and a fence outside it can reach 8 ft at 80% transparent. Barbed wire and sharp or pointed materials are not allowed, so West Lake Hills fences end flat. Gates on these tall West Lake Hills lots use 14-gauge tube for standard leaves, 11-gauge to 3/16 in where a long or tall leaf has to hold its line.
A ground-track sliding gate in West Lake Hills is typically estimated at $1,500 to $5,000, and an operator retrofit is typically estimated at $1,800 to $3,800. West Lake Hills' median owner-occupied home value is $1,664,500 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year).
| West Lake Hills 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 |
| Dual swing gate with operators | Est. $4,000 to $8,000 per system | Est. 2 to 3 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 |
| Custom pedestrian entry gate | Est. $600 to $1,500 per gate | Est. 4 to 8 hours |
Lydia's slide, an estimated $3,300 to $4,800, sits inside the sliding gate row. Every figure here is an estimate for West Lake Hills and is subject to change. Setback, open area and backup power are what we confirm at the site visit, and the written quote built on them names the final price and the schedule.
West Lake Hills owners usually choose sliding gates for a short drive, wrought iron fencing in an open bar design, and gate access control for a camera and keypad at the post.
Our West Lake Hills location manager covers West Lake Hills, Lakeway and Barton Creek, and reads the setback paperwork on each lot before a post hole is marked. With this little metal on show the finish has to hold, so G90 hot-dip galvanizing or a zinc-phosphate and e-coat base goes on before any color, and the topcoat is TGIC polyester powder coat at 3 to 5 mils, oven cured, picked from physical samples. 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.
West Lake Hills sits roughly 30 minutes and 21 miles from our shop, well inside our 35 mile service radius. Our gates also stand close by in Lakeway and Barton Creek, and the rest of our coverage appears on our gate service area map.
Jobs on West Lake Hills lots often pull in gate operator installation on a manual gate, pedestrian entry gates at a side yard, or automatic gate repair when a motor has failed.
A front-yard fence must be 80% see-through, with native plant screening.
It sits back 20 ft on a lot under 0.75 acre and 30 ft on a lot of 0.75 acre and up.
Yes, an electric gate in West Lake Hills needs backup power.
A lockable gate needs an Austin ESD 9 security access box.
Lydia's slide, at an estimated $3,300 to $4,800, sits inside the typical estimated $1,500 to $5,000 for a ground-track slide gate, and your final price goes in writing after we measure the opening.
Plan on an estimated 2 to 3 days on site for most slide gate installs in West Lake Hills, or an estimated 4 to 8 hours when we only retrofit an operator.
Request a free estimate and we will measure your setback, count the open area and price the gate and its backup power together.
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Location manager covering West Lake Hills
Keeps each West Lake Hills 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.
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