When a front court sits open to the street, Round Rock Metal Gates is the Capital Area's trusted specialist for courtyard entry gates, specializing in matched leaf pairs, arched walk gates, and flat-top pier gates. We offer pier-mounted leaves and center-latch pairs for entries where a gate has to look like part of the house.
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Our team provides courtyard gates, delivering a finished entry for homes and shared front courts in both residential and commercial projects. Our count stands at over 1,187 projects in 12 years in business, from one 42 in walk gate to a pair of 30 in leaves between stucco piers, with a 2-year workmanship warranty on the welds and hinges.
From the first look at your piers to the final latch test, our team handles every detail. Serving Round Rock, Cedar Park, Georgetown and Leander, we draw each courtyard gate to the wall and door behind it.
Request a free estimate: send a photo of your front court and we will set up a site visit.
The short version
Renata, Forest Creek, Round Rock
Two stucco piers stood at the front of the courtyard with nothing between them, so delivery drivers walked straight up to the front windows.
Investment and duration figures are estimates. Your written quote sets the final price and schedule.
Renata's Forest Creek home in Round Rock had two stucco piers at the front of the courtyard and nothing between them, so delivery drivers walked straight up to the front windows. We hung a pair of 30 in flat-top leaves in black powder-coated steel, on steel posts set inside the piers so no hinge load sits on the stucco. The latch lands at the center stile, the flagstone walk now stops at the pair, and the arched front door still shows from the street. The estimated cost was $1,300 to $2,400, over an estimated 5 to 10 hours.
A courtyard gate is the front elevation of your house, while a side-yard walk gate only has to match a fence. Phoebe's 42 in walk gate at an older home near Old Town follows the iron beside it, and our pedestrian entry gates page covers that job. Renata's pair of 30 in leaves between stucco piers had to answer to two piers, a door and a flagstone walk.
A single courtyard leaf falls in an estimated $600 to $1,500, and a pair like Renata's ran an estimated $1,300 to $2,400. Phoebe's single wrought iron leaf came in at an estimated $800 to $1,300, which is a fair marker for one hand-built leaf with no new posts. Arches cost more than flat tops, because each rail has to be rolled and fit before the coat.
The far end of this work is Nadia's 20 ft arched pair between two columns off Barton Creek Boulevard, at an estimated $6,200 to $8,000. Ask any bidder to price the fixing as its own line, since a vague hinge attachment often turns into a change order on install day.
A manual walk gate matched to the fence or the driveway leaves, with a latch set at your hand height.
Solid bar and forged parts built to a drawing, for a front line that has to carry the house.
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 type | Est. investment | Est. duration on site |
|---|---|---|
| Custom pedestrian entry gate | Est. $600 to $1,500 per gate | Est. 4 to 8 hours |
| Ornamental steel fence | Est. $50 to $85 per linear foot | Est. 2 to 4 days |
| Hand-forged wrought iron fence | Est. $85 to $130 per linear foot | Est. 3 to 6 days |
| Stair or balcony iron railing | Est. $65 to $135 per linear foot | Est. 5 to 10 hours |
| Slat or weathering steel panel run | Est. $85 to $145 per linear foot | Est. 3 to 5 days |
Courtyard numbers stay estimates, subject to change, until the piers are opened up and measured. Once we know what holds the hinges, your written quote sets the final price and the hanging schedule.
The wall decides how a courtyard gate is hung, and a bad fixing is the failure we get called to repair. That is why Renata's leaves hang from steel inside the piers in Forest Creek, not from the stucco skin.
| Pier or wall | How we usually fix to it | What can go wrong |
|---|---|---|
| Solid limestone | Through-bolted hinge plates | Soft stone close to a corner |
| Stone veneer | Fixing carried back to the structure | Veneer pulling away from the backing |
| Stucco over block | Steel post or anchors into filled cells | A hollow cell at hinge height |
| Stucco over framing | Steel post set inside or beside | Water entering at the fixing |
If we cannot confirm what sits behind the stucco, we open a small test spot on the court side before we quote.
Open pickets keep the door visible, and that was Renata's call in Forest Creek, while a closed infill turns the entry into a wall.
Plan where the lanterns sit before the leaf is built, so the latch does not land in the shadow of a pier after dark.
A courtyard gate faces the street, so assume the HOA will want to see the drawing first. We have not listed a height or setback figure here, because the rule depends on your lot. Check with your board and with the City of Round Rock before you commit, and bring us the answer so that it goes into the drawing.
Powder-coated steel is the usual courtyard material, and wrought iron bar is the step up when the entry calls for hand work. Perry's rail at a hillside home in The Hills is that same wrought iron bar in a satin black powder coat, and more of that work is on our wrought iron gates page. Lydia's gate on a hillside lot in West Lake Hills used galvanized steel with flat-top pickets, the frame covered under steel gate installation. A court with a pool is different again, since Ximena's fence near The Park on Doe Run is powder-coated aluminum with a self-closing gate.
Owners pick us because one crew measures the piers, fixes the hinges and hangs the leaves, so nothing gets lost between a salesperson and an installer. Over 12 years in business and more than 1,187 projects, the entry work has run from one 42 in leaf to pairs between stone columns.
We build courtyard gates across a 35-mile radius, from Round Rock entries in Forest Creek and near Old Town to Cedar Park, Georgetown and the estate lots of Barton Creek. Claudia's stone home off Barton Creek Boulevard shows how far an entry can go, with a single 4 ft by 9 ft iron entry door with sidelites behind it.
Grant's 22 linear ft on a porch stair and landing near the San Gabriel River is the kind of iron railing that shares a finish with new leaves. Lupe's ranch scroll panel in bronze powder coat off SH 29 shows how custom driveway gates can be drawn from the same stock as the walk leaves.
Budget an estimated $600 to $1,500 for one leaf, and more for a pair; Renata's pair ran an estimated $1,300 to $2,400.
Expect an estimated 4 to 8 hours for one leaf once it is built, and an estimated 5 to 10 hours for a pair on new posts.
Often yes, though usually from steel set inside the pier rather than from the stucco itself, as we did in Forest Creek.
Possibly both, so check with your board and the City of Round Rock before we finalize the drawing.
Yes, we match bar size and powder coat from physical samples, as on Vince's matte black leaves off New Hope Drive in Cedar Park.
Our 2-year workmanship warranty covers welds, hinges and footings on the leaves we install.
Request a free estimate with a photo of your front court in Round Rock, Cedar Park, Georgetown or Leander, and we will set up the site visit and measure the piers.
How a job runs
We read the walls, the paving and the swing path before a line is drawn.
You sign off on a scaled drawing, the metal and the finish before any steel is cut.
Our welders fabricate the leaves, then they go out for coating before they come to your property.
We fix the hinge side, hang the leaves, fit the latch and check the swing and gaps in front of you.
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