For the dirt and concrete under a driveway gate installation, Round Rock Metal Gates is the Capital Area's go-to team, specializing in grade surveys, poured footings, and post and column setting. We offer utility locates and swing-path measuring for drives where a buried line or a sloped apron decides the layout.
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Our team provides site preparation for driveway gates, delivering a solid foundation for homes and verified clearances for both residential and commercial projects. A single swing on a flat drive and a dual swing on a sloped apron both sit among over 1,187 projects we have finished in 12 years in business, and a 2-year workmanship warranty follows each footing we pour.
From the first locate call to the final clearance check, our team handles the ground work and the hang. Serving Round Rock along with Leander, Cedar Park and Georgetown, we set the ground work so the gate we hang stays true.
Request a free estimate, and we will walk the drive, call in the locates and shoot the grade before we quote.
The short version
Neil, corner lot near Bailey Middle School, Shady Hollow
A corner lot had a sloped apron, buried lines and a covenant that sets a minimum for picket fencing.
Investment and duration figures are estimates. Your written quote sets the final price and schedule.
Neil's corner lot near Bailey Middle School in Shady Hollow had a sloped apron, buried lines and a covenant that sets a minimum for picket fencing. We called in locates, shot the grade across both swing paths and set the posts back from the sight line. The 16 ft opening on a sloped apron, in powder-coated steel on new poured posts, came to an estimated $4,800 to $6,900 and took an estimated 2 to 3 days. Both leaves clear the apron at full swing, and the posts sit clear of every marked line.
Choose before the footing is poured, because a manual gate needs only posts, a latch and a stop while an automatic gate needs conduit and power for 24V DC brushless motors with battery backup. We run the same grade survey on driveway jobs in Steiner Ranch, West Lake Hills and Lakeway before any footing gets dug.
| Open style | Site work it needs | Best for |
|---|---|---|
| Manual swing | Posts, a drop-rod or latch and a gate stop | Rural drives with little traffic |
| Automatic swing | Conduit run, power at the post and an operator pad | Daily-use drives and gated entries |
| Ground-track sliding gate with operator | A level track bed and a clear run beside the opening, est. 2 to 3 days | Short drives and narrow lots |
Installing a driveway gate in Round Rock typically costs an estimated $2,500 to $5,000 for a single swing with its operator, and the grade, the post count and the power run move the number most.
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 |
| Dual swing estate gate with operators | Est. $4,000 to $8,000 per complete system | Est. 2 to 3 days |
| Video intercom, keypad or phone entry | Est. $680 to $3,800 per system | Est. 4 to 8 hours |
Until the locates are marked, read those rows as estimates, subject to change. Once we have shot the grade, counted the posts and paced the distance to power, a written quote fixes your final price and install date.
An install goes wrong first at the trench, so before any hole is dug we call in the locates and mark every buried line. Fire access comes next: Emergency Access Controlled Gate Systems Guidelines from Round Rock's Fire Marshal, published July 2023, govern fire-lane gates, so even at a house we ask about a Knox key switch, Opticom receiver or siren sensor in case the local fire authority calls for one. The Balcones Escarpment splits blackland east from limey loam west, so from Georgetown to Lakeway we check the ground on site before we set a footing.
A driveway gate goes in over four steps, starting with the locates on a corner lot like the one near Bailey Middle School.
Before we set a gate post in Round Rock, we check two things: a Historic Overlay lot needs a Certificate of Appropriateness even though the city has no residential fence permit, and a 2016 ordinance reaches street-facing fences over 4 ft. An HOA may require a driveway gate set back 10 ft where the driveway meets a laned road under Texas SB 711, effective September 1, 2025. Georgetown is stricter on paper, with a permit and a 4 ft front rule, while the ARC in Steiner Ranch, Barton Creek or Shady Hollow may layer design review on top.
The ground work under a gate depends on what it weighs and how it moves, and the gate itself is built on our custom driveway gates page, with motors and controls on our automatic driveway gates page. A wooded lot in The Hills took a 12 ft single swing on a steep grade, so its posts were cut to the slope. A hillside lot on a narrow frontage in West Lake Hills took an 18 ft slide on a level pad, and that track bed was poured level first. Two 7 ft leaves in solid bar near Courthouse Square carry far more weight than an 11-gauge tube leaf, so we sized those footings to the finished pair.
Round Rock owners choose us because the same crew calls the locates, pours the footings and hangs the leaf. Over 1,187 projects in 12 years have taught us where a post goes wrong, and a 2-year workmanship warranty on our welds, hinges, footings and operator installation stands behind every one.
We install driveway gates across Round Rock and the nearby cities, with most site work in Cedar Park, Georgetown and Leander, plus Lakeway and The Hills. Shady Hollow and Barton Creek also fall inside our 35 mile service radius.
Site work often pairs with a gate operator installation, a pedestrian entry gate beside the drive or a run of wrought iron fencing along the front.
Budget a typical estimated $2,500 to $5,000 for one swing leaf with its operator, then let the written quote from your grade survey settle the final price.
A trackless cantilever gate typically takes an estimated 2 to 4 days on site, against an estimated 1 to 2 days for a single swing, and the footings need time to cure.
Yes, we call in locates and mark every line first, as we did on Neil's corner lot in Shady Hollow.
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.
No, not for a residential fence line in Round Rock, though we would pull a Certificate of Appropriateness first on a Historic Overlay drive.
An HOA may require a 10 ft setback where the driveway meets a laned road under Texas SB 711, so we read the covenant before we draw.
Ours is a 2-year workmanship warranty on our welds, hinges, footings and operator installation.
Request a free estimate, and we will walk the drive, shoot the grade 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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