Round Rock Metal Gates is the Capital Area's trusted expert in cantilever driveway gates, specializing in trackless slides, counterweighted frames, and rolling carriage posts. We offer rack-and-pinion operators and flat-top rails for neighborhoods whose design rules bar spear points or black, as in Lakeway.
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Our team provides cantilever gates for sloped drives, delivering a gate that floats clear of the ground for homes and wide spans for both residential and commercial projects. Our over 1,187 projects in 12 years in business run from a 14 ft cantilever on a short drive to a 20 ft span on a rising grade, and our 2-year workmanship warranty follows every one.
From the grade shot across the full slide path to the final sensor test, our team handles every detail of the hang. Serving Round Rock and communities such as Lakeway, Cedar Park and Leander, we build each cantilever to the slope it has to clear.
Request a free estimate, and we will shoot the grade across the full slide path in Lakeway or Round Rock before we quote.
The short version
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.
Investment and duration figures are estimates. Your written quote sets the final price and schedule.
Carmen's lakeside lot in Lakeway had a sloped drive that rose too fast for a swing gate, and a ground track would have held limestone grit all year. Carmen's 20 ft cantilever in Lakeway rides above the grade on carriage posts, so nothing drags on the rise. The top rail is flat because Lakeway has barred spikes since 2019, and the key switch and codes went to the city and ESD #6. Carmen's 20 ft cantilever on a rising grade came to an estimated $6,800 to $9,400 and took an estimated 3 to 4 days on site.
A cantilever gate has no ground track, so grit, leaves and a rising grade in Lakeway cannot jam it. The leaf extends past its carriage posts on a counterweighted frame, and it travels above the pavement instead of along it.
| Gate style | Ground contact | Best for |
|---|---|---|
| Trackless cantilever | None, carried on posts | Slopes, grit and long spans |
| Ground-track slide | A flush track | Level drives and narrow lots |
| Swing pair | Hinges and an arc | Wide, flat frontages |
A cantilever gate in Round Rock typically costs an estimated $6,000 to $10,000 for a trackless slide with its operator, because the counterweight tail and the carriage posts add steel and footing work. The leaf length, the tail length and the finish move the number most, and a short cantilever sits near the low end.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Trackless cantilever gate | Est. $6,000 to $10,000 per complete system | Est. 2 to 4 days |
| Ground-track sliding gate with operator | Est. $1,500 to $5,000 per complete 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 |
A longer tail or a steeper grade can change these estimates, and so can the span. We shoot all three at the site visit, then write the quote that fixes your price and install schedule.
A cantilever fails when the footing moves, so in Georgetown and Round Rock the posts are the part we plan around. Carriage posts take the full load of the leaf and its tail, and a post on soft ground can lean over time. Our footings run 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. The Balcones Escarpment splits blackland east from limey loam west, so we check the ground on site and make no assumption about where it changes. A moving tail also needs a clear zone behind the opening, and a sensor on the closing edge stops the leaf for a person or a car.
Round Rock's Fire Marshal published Emergency Access Controlled Gate Systems Guidelines in July 2023 for fire-lane gates, and a house driveway is not a fire-lane gate, so on a house we ask your fire authority what applies. Round Rock has no residential fence permit, but a Historic Overlay lot needs a Certificate of Appropriateness first. An HOA in Lakeway or Cedar Park may also require a driveway gate set back 10 ft where the driveway meets a laned road under Texas SB 711, effective September 1, 2025. We read the covenant before we quote, from Lakeway to Georgetown.
Steel carries a cantilever best, and the finish keeps it from rusting. We compare frames on our steel gate installation page, and the motor choice is on our automatic driveway gates page. A TGIC polyester powder coat at 3 to 5 mils, oven cured, goes over G90 hot-dip galvanizing on every frame.
Lakeway and Round Rock owners choose us because the same crew shoots the grade, welds the frame and sets the posts. Over 1,187 projects in 12 years have taught us where a tail needs more room, and the 2-year workmanship warranty stands behind the welds.
We install cantilevers across Round Rock and the nearby cities, with most slope work in Lakeway, Cedar Park and Leander, plus Barton Creek and West Lake Hills. Barton Creek and The Hills sit toward the far end of our 35 mile service radius.
A cantilever often pairs with a sliding gate where the ground is level, gate access control at the entry, or solar gate operators on a drive with no power.
Expect an estimated $6,000 to $10,000 in Round Rock for a trackless cantilever with an operator, with the span and tail length settling your figure in writing.
Most Lakeway cantilever installs take an estimated 3 to 4 days on site, because the carriage posts need their footings first.
A cantilever has no track to clog, which suits a rising grade in Lakeway or limestone grit in Cedar Park.
The tail runs behind the opening on the inside of the fence, and we measure it on the site visit in Round Rock.
Yes, every Leander cantilever gets monitored photo eyes and edge sensors, and it must stop and reverse on each one at handover.
Yes, flat-top rails and brown or bronze finishes are stocked for neighborhoods whose design rules bar spear points or black, as in Lakeway.
No residential fence permit applies in Round Rock, so the only paper is a Certificate of Appropriateness, which comes first on a Historic Overlay lot.
The motor stays with the operator maker, and a Round Rock cantilever gets a 2-year workmanship warranty on our welds, hinges, footings and operator installation.
Request a free estimate, and we will shoot the grade, measure the tail 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.
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.
