Round Rock Metal Gates is the Capital Area's trusted expert in automatic driveway gate operators, specializing in 24V brushless arm operators, battery backup systems, and keypad and remote entry. We offer solar-powered operators and vehicle loop detectors for drives with no power at the road.
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Our team provides operator sizing, delivering a gate that opens on the first press for homes and tested safety devices for both residential and commercial projects. In 12 years in business, the over 1,187 projects we have done include one operator on a 14 ft pair and matched estate entries, each with our 2-year workmanship warranty.
From the reversal test at every point of travel to a keypad programmed before we leave, our team handles the full automation. Serving Cedar Park, Georgetown, Leander and Round Rock, we size each operator to the leaf it has to move.
Request a free estimate, and we will measure the leaf, the grade and the power run before we price a motor.
The short version
Dennis, cul-de-sac lot near Old Settlers Park, Round Rock
A long leaf had to open uphill on a driveway with a slight crown near the street.
Investment and duration figures are estimates. Your written quote sets the final price and schedule.
Dennis had a long leaf that had to open uphill on a driveway with a slight crown near the street, on a cul-de-sac lot near Old Settlers Park. We picked a 24V brushless arm with a battery and set the hinge post back so the leaf cleared the crown. The 14 ft single leaf in 14-gauge steel, black powder coat came to an estimated $3,100 to $4,400 and took an estimated 1 to 2 days on site. The gate now runs on one remote and a keypad, and the reversal test passed at every point of travel.
The operator is chosen by the weight and length of the leaf, how often the gate cycles and where the power comes from, in that order. Our standard in Cedar Park and Round Rock is 24V DC brushless motors with battery backup, sized to leaf weight, length and duty cycle.
| Operator type | Best for | Power |
|---|---|---|
| Linear or articulated arm | Single and dual swing leaves | 24V DC, battery backup |
| Rack-and-pinion drive | Sliding and cantilever leaves | 24V DC, battery backup |
| Solar-assisted operator | Long drives with no power at the road | 10 to 30W panel and battery |
An automatic driveway gate in Round Rock typically costs an estimated $2,500 to $5,000 for a single swing leaf with its operator, photo eyes and remotes, and the leaf length, the power run and the entry devices move the number most. A manual gate that only needs a motor is the lower-cost path, as for the owner past Lake Georgetown whose one operator on a 14 ft manual pair came out well under a new gate.
One leaf, one operator, photo eyes and remotes, best on a driveway with room for the leaf to clear.
Two matched leaves on heavy posts or columns, two operators, safety devices and a stop.
A leaf on a poured track, for a short drive or a level opening with no room to swing.
A counterbalanced leaf on carriages with nothing in the opening, for slopes and busy commercial lanes.
New motor, photo eyes and remotes on a manual or worn automatic gate that is still sound.
An entry device and its wiring added to a working gate, from one keypad to a full video setup.
Tubular steel panels 4 to 6 ft tall, galvanized and powder coated, set on poured posts.
Solid bar and forged parts built to a drawing, for a front line that has to carry the house.
Aluminum panels with tight pickets, plus a self-closing, self-latching gate quoted on top.
A manual walk gate matched to the fence or the driveway leaves, with a latch set at your hand height.
Ornamental steel or wrought iron fitted to the stair or slab, with balusters spaced to our 3.5 to 3.875 in spec.
Steel or iron treads on a center column, from a stock kit to a site-measured build.
A steel or iron door with glass and thermal breaks, hung on hinges or a pivot once the frame is set.
Scheduled visits for commercial and association gates: lube, force test, sensors and a written log.
Investment and duration figures are estimates. Your written quote sets the final price and schedule.
| Job type | Est. investment | Est. duration on site |
|---|---|---|
| Single swing driveway gate with operator | Est. $2,500 to $5,000 per complete 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 |
| Access control: keypad or intercom pedestal | Est. $800 to $4,500 per system | Est. 4 to 8 hours |
These estimates can change with how far power must be trenched, the leaf size and the operator class. Once we walk the run at the site visit, your written quote lists the price and the install schedule.
An automatic gate must stop and reverse when it meets a person or a car, and we prove it with a test at every point of travel before handover. After an older opener with no working eyes struck a child's bike in a Round Rock drive off US 79, we fit monitored photo eyes and edge sensors and run the reverse test on every device at handover. Fire access is a separate question from convenience. Round Rock's Fire Marshal published Emergency Access Controlled Gate Systems Guidelines in July 2023 for fire-lane gates: a Knox key switch that bypasses the keypad, an Opticom receiver, a gate that opens freely or by hand release when power fails, and an acceptance test. A house driveway gate is not a fire-lane gate, so on a house we ask your fire authority what applies and wire a Knox key switch, Opticom receiver or siren sensor, set to whatever the local fire authority calls for.
A gate with battery backup keeps cycling through a power cut, and a hand release lets you move the leaf when the battery is spent. A storm-season surge left a gate dead in Cedar Park and the keypad had stopped lighting at all, so we replace the control board, keypad and surge protection together. We set the release where a person can reach it without crawling, and we show you how it works before we leave. Solar operators suit long ranch drives, and we cover them on our solar gate operators page.
Steel is the frame that carries an operator best, because the motor loads the hinge post and the leaf every cycle. Our frames run 14-gauge tube for standard leaves, 11-gauge to 3/16 in where a long or tall leaf has to hold its line, which keeps a Round Rock leaf from sagging into the arm. You can compare frames on our steel gate installation page or look at forged ornament on our wrought iron gates page.
We install automatic gates across Round Rock and the nearby cities of the north Austin metro, with most operator work in Cedar Park, Georgetown and Leander, plus Lakeway and The Hills on our service area page. Barton Creek sits well inside the 35 mile radius we keep around the shop.
Many automatic gate buyers also want gate access control and intercoms, a new gate operator installation on a gate they already own, or the fabrication of a custom driveway gate to carry the motor.
A single swing leaf with its operator, photo eyes and remotes comes to an estimated $2,500 to $5,000, and the power run moves your quoted figure most.
Most single swing installs in West Lake Hills take an estimated 1 to 2 days on site.
Yes, if its hinges and frame can carry the motor, and the retrofit then typically takes an estimated 4 to 8 hours.
Battery backup keeps a gate cycling through the power cut, and a hand release lets you open it by hand when the battery runs down.
It depends on the fire authority and the type of gate, so we ask before we wire, and we fit the Knox switch or Opticom receiver they call for.
Yes, an older opener with no working eyes had struck a child's bike in the drive, so every Round Rock gate now gets monitored photo eyes and edge sensors, each device reverse tested at handover.
Yes, a 10 to 30W panel and battery runs an operator on a drive with no power at the road.
The operator maker covers the motor and controls separately, and ours is a 2-year workmanship warranty on our welds, hinges, footings and operator installation.
Request a free estimate, and we will measure the leaf, check the power run and write an itemized quote.
How a job runs
We read the grade, the soil and the swing or slide path before a line is drawn.
You sign off on a scaled drawing, the metal, the finish and the operator before any steel is cut.
Our welders fabricate the gate, then it goes out for its coating before it comes to your property.
We set the posts, hang the leaf, wire the operator and run every photo eye and safety edge in front of you.
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