Gate access control at Round Rock Metal Gates comes from the Capital Area's premier team, specializing in video intercoms, keypad entry, and phone app gate control. We offer vehicle loop detectors, remotes and a 10 to 30W solar panel for drives in Georgetown and Leander with no power at the road.
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Our team provides entry devices wired to the gate you already own, delivering a front gate that answers to you instead of the delivery driver for residential and commercial properties. A single keypad on a pedestal and a camera-and-phone entry system on a long private lane both count among the over 1,187 projects we have completed in 12 years in business, all under our 2-year workmanship warranty.
From a pedestal at car window height in West Lake Hills to a 24V DC brushless operator with battery backup in Cedar Park, our team handles every detail. Serving Round Rock and communities such as Leander, Georgetown and Cedar Park, we set each entry device where a car window actually stops.
Request a free estimate, and we will stand at your gate and measure where the car window lands before we choose a device.
The short version
Teresa, hillside home with a shared lane, West Lake Hills
Deliveries kept stopping at a worn keypad that had no camera, and the owner traveled for work.
Investment and duration figures are estimates. Your written quote sets the final price and schedule.
Teresa's hillside home with a shared lane in West Lake Hills had a worn keypad with no camera, and the owner traveled for work. We set a stainless video intercom on a powder-coated pedestal at car window height and added backup power at the operator. The one pedestal plus a phone app came to an estimated $1,700 to $3,200 and took an estimated 4 to 8 hours on site. Teresa now answers the gate from a phone, and the Austin ESD 9 access box stays in reach of the driver.
A video intercom suits visitors, a keypad suits daily family use, and a phone app suits an owner who is rarely home. Most drives in Georgetown and Leander end up with two of the three, a code or remote for daily use plus a camera for the stranger at the bell.
| Entry device | Best for | A job like it |
|---|---|---|
| Video intercom | Visitors and unexpected callers | Teresa in West Lake Hills |
| Phone app | An owner who travels | One pedestal plus a phone app |
| Solar-fed keypad | A long drive with no power at the road | Arlo on an acreage tract past Lake Georgetown |
Gate access control is typically an estimated $680 to $3,800 per system, and the device, the wire run and the camera features move the price most. Teresa's pedestal job came to an estimated $1,700 to $3,200 in West Lake Hills, while a Georgetown keypad on an existing operator starts at an estimated $680 to $1,500.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Video intercom, keypad or phone entry | Est. $680 to $3,800 per system | Est. 4 to 8 hours |
| Operator retrofit on an existing gate | Est. $1,800 to $3,800 per operator system | Est. 4 to 8 hours |
| Custom pedestrian entry gate | Est. $600 to $1,500 per gate | Est. 4 to 8 hours |
Read each figure as an estimate that can change once we open your operator board. After the site visit, the written quote weighs your device, wire run and existing operator's condition, and it holds the final price and the start date.
In Round Rock the Fire Marshal's July 2023 guideline for fire-lane gates describes a Knox key switch that bypasses the keypad, an Opticom receiver that holds the gate open, and a gate that opens freely or by hand release when power fails. That guideline is the rule for fire-lane gates, so for a house gate we ask your fire authority what applies and wire what they call for. West Lake Hills asks lockable gates for an ESD 9 security access box, and we place it within the driver's reach.
Georgetown and Leander drives get a household code and a separate delivery code, so one changed code never locks out the family.
An entry device is wired to the operator board with a low-voltage cable, then programmed and tested before we leave. We shoot the grade, mark the pedestal spot, trench or core the cable path, mount the device at car window height, wire the board, program codes and remotes, and test every reversal and release again.
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. TGIC polyester powder coat at 3 to 5 mils, oven cured, picked from physical samples, matches the pedestal to the gate; compare the frames on our steel gate installation page or look at forged ornament on our wrought iron gates page.
Every system is covered by our 2-year workmanship warranty on our welds, hinges, footings and operator installation. Motors and control electronics on your gate fall to the operator maker, typically for 1 to 5 years on parts depending on the model, while aluminum fence panels stay under the maker's limited lifetime coverage on structure and finish.
We wire entry systems across the greater Austin area, with most intercom work in Cedar Park, Georgetown and Leander, plus West Lake Hills and the other cities on our service area page. A pedestal job can sit up to 35 miles from the shop and still fall inside our service radius.
Many owners also ask about automatic driveway gates, a gate operator installation on a gate they already own, or solar gate operators for a drive with no power at the road.
A keypad, intercom or phone entry system is typically an estimated $680 to $3,800, and the device and wire run on your written quote decide where you land.
Yes, an operator retrofit on an existing gate runs an estimated $1,800 to $3,800 and takes an estimated 4 to 8 hours, once we check the board.
No, a Knox key switch, Opticom receiver or siren sensor, set to whatever the local fire authority calls for, goes in beside every keypad in West Lake Hills and The Hills.
Most entry systems take an estimated 4 to 8 hours on site, and a long cable trench adds time.
Yes, Teresa in West Lake Hills answers her gate from a phone, and a video intercom, keypad, phone app, remote or vehicle loop can share one operator.
24V DC brushless motors with battery backup keep the keypad working through a power cut in Barton Creek, sized to leaf weight, length and duty cycle.
Request a free estimate, and we will measure the car window height, trace the wire path 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.
Services
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.
