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Commercial Gates and Slide Gate Systems in Round Rock, TX

Round Rock Metal Gates is the Capital Area's trusted commercial gate contractor for property managers, storage-facility owners, general contractors and association boards, building cantilever and slide gate systems with commercial operators, fire-lane access hardware and tenant access control. Jobs range from one 20 ft gate at a storage yard to multi-lane entries where vehicle gates, pedestrian gates and card readers go in on one schedule, with a trackless cantilever system usually estimated at $6,000 to $10,000, access control extra.

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A Commercial Gate Contractor for Storage, Multifamily and Business Properties

We phase every swap around occupied properties, keeping one lane open so tenants, deliveries and fire crews are never shut out. We have completed over 1,187 projects in 12 years in business, from a single operator retrofit to multi-gate perimeter packages, and our 2-year workmanship warranty covers the welds, hinges, footings and operator installation on each.

From the site walk and fire-lane takeoff to the force test and handover log, our team handles the steps that decide whether a commercial gate finishes on schedule. Serving property managers in Round Rock, Cedar Park, Georgetown and Leander, we hold your schedule, test every safety device at handover and turn each gate over ready for the Fire Marshal's acceptance test.

Request a bid by sending your site plan, gate count, opening widths and target dates, and a site walk follows.

The short version

What Stands Behind the Work

12 yearsFabricating and hanging metal gates from our Round Rock shop
1,187Gate, fence, railing and access projects finished
2-yearWorkmanship warranty on our welds, hinges, footings and operator installation.
35 milesFrom Georgetown down through Lakeway and Shady Hollow

What a Commercial Gate System Includes

Five parts make up a commercial gate system on our bids: the leaf, its operator, safety devices, access control and a fire department override, all specified and priced together. On a storage property off I-35 near La Frontera, that meant a 26 ft cantilever across a fire lane with a brushless operator, monitored photo eyes and a key switch a fire crew can reach from the cab.

Commercial Gate Scope and Project Size

A trackless cantilever gate goes on most vehicle entrances we bid, since the opening holds no track for debris to jam, and a complete system, access control aside, typically runs an estimated $6,000 to $10,000. Level lots with room beside the opening can use a ground-track sliding gate with operator, and larger properties are phased gate by gate so the site never closes.

Bronze steel spiral staircase rising from a wood deck beside a stone wall with a lake and hills in the background

Commercial Gate Pricing

Budget a commercial gate per entrance, then expect four things to push that figure hardest: how long the gate is, its operator's duty rating, how far power must be trenched and how many readers the entry needs. On a flat lot where someone can keep grit and leaves out of the track, a ground-track sliding gate with operator lowers the budget to an estimated $1,500 to $5,000. A dual swing estate gate with operators typically costs an estimated $4,000 to $8,000, and a preventive maintenance agreement typically runs an estimated $88 to $113 per gate per month for visits of an estimated 1 to 3 hours.

Commercial Gate Work Priced by the Job

Dual swing estate gate with operators

Est. investment
$4,000 to $8,000 per complete system
Est. duration
2 to 3 days

Two matched leaves on heavy posts or columns, two operators, safety devices and a stop.

Trackless cantilever gate

Est. investment
$6,000 to $10,000 per complete system
Est. duration
2 to 4 days

A counterbalanced leaf on carriages with nothing in the opening, for slopes and busy commercial lanes.

Video intercom, keypad or phone entry

Est. investment
$680 to $4,500 per system
Est. duration
4 to 8 hours

An entry device and its wiring added to a working gate, from one keypad to a full video setup.

Ornamental steel fence

Est. investment
$50 to $85 per linear foot
Est. duration
2 to 4 days

Tubular steel panels 4 to 6 ft tall, galvanized and powder coated, set on poured posts.

Investment and duration figures are estimates. Your written quote sets the final price and schedule.

Job typeEst. investmentEst. duration on site
Trackless cantilever gateEst. $6,000 to $10,000 per complete systemEst. 2 to 4 days
Ground-track sliding gateEst. $1,500 to $5,000 per complete systemEst. 2 to 3 days
Dual swing gate with operatorsEst. $4,000 to $8,000 per complete systemEst. 2 to 3 days
Operator retrofit on an existing gateEst. $1,800 to $3,800 per operator systemEst. 4 to 8 hours
Video intercom, keypad or phone entryEst. $680 to $3,800 per systemEst. 4 to 8 hours

Treat each range above as an estimate for a Round Rock commercial property, subject to change until we have walked it. The site plan and that walk feed a written quote, which is where the price and the install schedule become final.

Commercial Project: A Fire-Lane Gate Off I-35 in Round Rock

Long gray slide gate closed across an asphalt lane between metal storage buildings with an operator box at the right end

Hank, storage property off I-35 near La Frontera, Round Rock

Commercial Gates and Slide Gate Systems

Material
galvanized steel, gray powder coat
Size
26 ft cantilever across a fire lane
Est. investment
$7,400 to $9,800
Est. duration
3 to 4 days

A gate across a fire lane had to meet the Round Rock Fire Marshal's guideline for controlled gates.

Investment and duration figures are estimates. Your written quote sets the final price and schedule.

Hank's storage property off I-35 near La Frontera needed a gate across a fire lane that met the Round Rock Fire Marshal's guideline for controlled gates. We kept the clear opening at 26 ft and set the Knox key switch and Opticom receiver at the heights the guideline names. Hank's 26 ft cantilever across a fire lane, galvanized steel under gray powder coat, ran an estimated $7,400 to $9,800 and kept our crew on site an estimated 3 to 4 days. The gate passed the Fire Marshal's acceptance test and opens on power loss, and one lane stayed open during the work.

Fire-Lane Rules for Commercial Gates in Round Rock

A commercial gate across a fire lane in Round Rock follows the Fire Marshal's Emergency Access Controlled Gate Systems Guidelines of July 2023, which are written for fire-lane gates and which we treat as the rule for any commercial gate we build across one. The guideline calls for a Knox key switch about 5.5 ft up that bypasses the keypad, an Opticom infrared receiver 8 to 10 ft up on the property side, and a gate that opens freely or by hand release when power is lost. Swing gates get a 911 Pin-Lock, sliders get a manual release, the operator is UL 325 listed with ASTM F2200 gate construction, and the clear opening cannot be narrower than the 20 or 26 ft fire lane. The Fire Marshal runs an acceptance test before the gate counts as finished, so we draw every one of those parts into the bid on day one.

Pair of bronze driveway gates with decorative scrollwork across the top rail at the end of a long gravel drive at sunset

Commercial Gate Specifications

Frame steel
14-gauge tube for standard leaves, 11-gauge to 3/16 in where a long or tall leaf has to hold its line
Base protection
G90 hot-dip galvanizing or a zinc-phosphate and e-coat base goes on before any color
Topcoat
TGIC polyester powder coat at 3 to 5 mils, oven cured, picked from physical samples
Post footings
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
Hinges
Ball-bearing pairs rated from 500 to more than 1,500 lbs, matched to the weight of the finished leaf
Operators
24V DC brushless motors with battery backup, sized to leaf weight, length and duty cycle
Entrapment safety
Monitored photo eyes and edge sensors
First responder entry
Knox key switch, Opticom receiver or siren sensor, set to whatever the local fire authority calls for
Picket spacing
3.5 to 3.875 in between pickets, our own spec; 1.5 to 2 in puppy pickets on request
Gate clearance
Grade is shot across the full swing or slide path, and bottom rail clearance is set from that measurement
Entry devices
Video intercom, keypad, phone app, remote or vehicle loop, wired or solar with a 10 to 30W panel
Bronze and flat tops
Flat-top rails and brown or bronze finishes are stocked for neighborhoods whose design rules bar spear points or black

Access Control for Staff, Visitors and Deliveries

Who opens the gate comes down to access control, and a tenant keypad, a visitor video intercom and a vehicle loop for exits can share one operator while the fire key switch bypasses all of them. Budget an estimated $680 to $3,800 per system for video intercom, keypad or phone entry, and allow an estimated 4 to 8 hours when it is wired to a gate already standing on the property.

How a Commercial Gate Bid Is Built

Six steps turn a site walk into a written scope with every component listed, and we follow them on storage, multifamily and business-property bids across the whole metro.

  1. Site walk: opening width, grade, traffic count, power and data location, and the soil found on site, since Williamson County sits across the Balcones Escarpment with dark blackland clay to the east and limey loam to the west.
  2. Component takeoff: gate, operator, safety devices, readers and the fire override.
  3. Written bid with shop drawings and operator cut sheets.
  4. Our shop fabricates the leaf, then galvanizes and powder coats it.
  5. Install, typically an estimated 2 to 4 days per cantilever entrance.
  6. Force and reversal tests, owner walkthrough and a written handover log.
Black slide gate closed across a concrete driveway beside a stone house with an operator box on a pad at the right

Working Around Tenants and Deliveries

Tenants keep using the old gate until its replacement is hung and tested, because we phase the work on any occupied property. A multi-lane entry takes an estimated 4 to 6 days in all, rebuilt lane by lane, which leaves deliveries a way in throughout and gives the manager a schedule to post.

Our other commercial references show the same pattern: we fenced an equipment yard off US 183 with 240 linear ft of 6 ft perimeter fence, and we put four gates on a quarterly schedule at an apartment property off SH 45. We also replaced a 24 ft exit gate at a residents' entry off RM 1431 while residents kept one lane.

Why Commercial Buyers Choose Us

Two warranties protect a commercial entry: ours, a 2-year workmanship warranty on welds, hinges, footings and operator installation, and the operator maker's on parts, usually 1 to 5 years on electronics and motors.

Close view of an arched black steel driveway gate leaf and latch hardware on a square post with a stone house behind

Commercial Service Areas

We bid commercial gate work across a 35-mile radius of the shop, from storage properties and apartment communities in Round Rock to the entries of Cedar Park, Georgetown and Leander. Site walks also reach Shady Hollow, Barton Creek and The Hills, along with Steiner Ranch, Lakeway and West Lake Hills, all inside that radius.

Related Commercial Gate Work

Boards planning an association entry start with gated community entry systems, a yard owner with a whole line to enclose reads commercial security and perimeter fencing, and a manager running several automated gates looks at gate maintenance and service agreements. A single home gate starts on the Round Rock Metal Gates home page.

Galvanized cross-braced ranch gate closed across a wide gravel entry with a solar panel on a pole and a swing operator at the hinge post

Commercial Gate Questions

How small a commercial gate job will you take?

A single operator retrofit on a sound gate is the smallest, typically an estimated $1,800 to $3,800, while our biggest bids cover several entrances at an apartment property or yard.

Does a fire-lane gate need special hardware?

Yes, a gate across a fire lane in Round Rock follows the Fire Marshal's July 2023 guideline: a Knox key switch, an Opticom receiver, opening on power loss and a Fire Marshal acceptance test.

How many days does a commercial gate install need?

Plan on an estimated 2 to 4 days on site for a cantilever entrance after fabrication, or an estimated 2 to 3 days for a ground-track slide.

Do you bid from plans?

Yes, we bid from site plans, then confirm the opening, grade and power run for a trackless cantilever gate or an operator retrofit on an existing gate at the site walk.

Can you work while the property stays open?

Yes, we phase the work to keep one lane open, as we did replacing a 24 ft exit gate at a community entry, and we give the manager a schedule to post.

Do you service the gates after installation?

Yes, most commercial clients move onto a per-gate service agreement with quarterly lube, force tests and a written log.

Request a Bid for Your Commercial Gate in Round Rock

Request a bid by telling us the property type, how many gates, their opening widths, your timeline and whether plans exist, and a site walk goes on the calendar.

Finished Work Related to Commercial Gates and Slide Gate Systems

How a job runs

From the First Walk to the Final Safety Test

  1. Walk the site

    We read the grade, the soil and the swing or slide path before a line is drawn.

  2. Drawing sign-off

    You sign off on a scaled drawing, the metal, the finish and the operator before any steel is cut.

  3. Build in the shop

    Our welders fabricate the gate, then it goes out for its coating before it comes to your property.

  4. Hang and test

    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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Call us or send a site plan, photos or a gate count, and we will set a site walk and return a written bid.

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