When a drive or side yard sits in plain view, Round Rock Metal Gates is the Capital Area's trusted specialist for horizontal slat gates, specializing in steel slat swing gates, slat sliding gates, and matching slat fence. We offer narrow-gap privacy slats and wider-gap modern slats for properties where a picket gate would not hide enough.
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Our team provides horizontal slat gates, delivering a clean modern line for homes and yards in both residential and commercial projects. Our count stands at over 1,187 projects in 12 years in business, including a 14 ft manual swing leaf with 18 ft of matching fence, with a 2-year workmanship warranty on the welds, hinges and footings.
From the first gap sample to the final swing test, our team handles every detail. Serving Round Rock, Cedar Park, Pflugerville and Georgetown, we keep every slat line level from the gate into the fence.
Request a free estimate: send a photo of your drive or side yard and we will set up a site visit.
The short version
Curtis, Buttercup Creek, Cedar Park
A trailer and work truck parked beside the house sat in full view of the street behind a chain-link panel.
Investment and duration figures are estimates. Your written quote sets the final price and schedule.
Curtis parked a trailer and work truck beside his Buttercup Creek home in Cedar Park, in full view of the street behind a chain-link panel. We cut a 14 ft manual swing leaf and 18 ft of fence from one drawing in charcoal powder-coated steel, with each slat line carried across the post so gate and fence read as one wall. The side yard is now hidden from the sidewalk, and he still swings the leaf by hand on his own. The estimated cost was $3,000 to $4,700, over an estimated 3 to 5 days.
Slats are the right choice when you want to hide what is behind the gate, and pickets are better when you want to keep seeing through it. Curtis needed that screen for his trailer in Cedar Park. Blake's 110 linear ft of 5 ft fence on a greenbelt lot above Lake Austin did the opposite job, because that owner wanted the trees to stay in sight.
| Your goal | Gap that usually fits | The tradeoff |
|---|---|---|
| Hide a trailer, truck or storage | Narrow gap | More steel, more weight, more wind on the leaf |
| Screen a side yard but keep some air | Medium gap | Some view through from straight on |
| A modern look with little screening | Wide gap | Reads as a design line, not as privacy |
| Weathered look on a garden wall | Cor-Ten panel run | Rust-toned surface needs a plan for runoff |
A slat run falls in an estimated $85 to $145 per linear foot for gate and matching fence, and Curtis's 32 linear ft job ran an estimated $3,000 to $4,700. An operator adds its own line, with a retrofit at an estimated $1,800 to $3,800 per system, so Kendra's retrofit on a 12 ft swing pair off US 79 is a fair marker for that cost.
Ask each bidder how the slats attach and whether the lines carry across the posts, since those answers explain most of the gap between two similar quotes.
Horizontal steel slats or Cor-Ten panels on a tube frame, with a matching gate leaf, priced once height and gap are drawn
One leaf, one operator, photo eyes and remotes, best on a driveway with room for the leaf to clear.
A leaf on a poured track, for a short drive or a level opening with no room to swing.
Investment and duration figures are estimates. Your written quote sets the final price and schedule.
| Job type | Est. investment | Est. duration on site |
|---|---|---|
| Slat or weathering steel panel run | Est. $85 to $145 per linear foot | Est. 3 to 5 days |
| Single swing driveway gate with operator | Est. $2,500 to $5,000 per complete system | Est. 1 to 2 days |
| Ground-track sliding gate with operator | Est. $1,500 to $5,000 per complete system | Est. 2 to 3 days |
| Ornamental steel fence | Est. $50 to $85 per linear foot | Est. 2 to 4 days |
| Operator retrofit on an existing gate | Est. $1,800 to $3,800 per operator system | Est. 4 to 8 hours |
Every slat number is an estimate and subject to change until we measure the opening. Once you pick the gap, your written quote sets the final price and the build schedule.
A close slat gate behaves like a sail, so its posts and frame have to be sized for more load than an open picket gate of the same width. Soil also changes from one side of the service area to the other, so post footings 24 to 36 in deep are checked against what we find on site, as on Neil's new poured posts near Bailey Middle School in Shady Hollow. If your opening is exposed, like Roy's acreage tract off US 183 in Leander, say so at the site visit so that we can size the posts for it.
A swing leaf is the simplest choice if the drive is flat, and a slide suits a short or sloped apron. Curtis kept a manual swing because he opens it a few times a week, and a manual leaf can take an operator later, as with Arlo's 24V brushless operator on a 14 ft manual pair past Lake Georgetown. Marshall's 16 ft slide across a level drive in Leander shows the other route for a narrow side-entry lot. Rudy's 12 ft single swing on a steep grade in The Hills shows why we shoot the grade first, and Carmen's 20 ft cantilever on a rising grade in Lakeway is the option when neither works. If you open the gate daily, plan an operator from the start; our automatic driveway gates page covers that choice, and sliding gates explains when a slide makes more sense.
A solid-looking slat gate draws more HOA attention than an open one, so show your board the gap and color before you order. We have not listed a height or setback rule on this page, because it depends on your lot and your community. Check with your board and with the City of Round Rock, or with your own city if you are outside it, and we will draw to whatever they say.
Powder-coated steel slats on a square tube frame are the standard build, charcoal is what Curtis chose in Buttercup Creek, and the frame options are on our steel gate installation page. Stan's 14 ft replacement leaf near Steiner Ranch Elementary used aluminum-faced steel in dark bronze powder coat, which is worth pricing if weight is a concern on existing posts; see gate replacement for that route. Cor-Ten panels skip the color coat and weather on purpose, so we keep them away from pale stone or concrete that could stain.
After 12 years in business and more than 1,187 projects, we draw the slat lines before we cut anything, and the same crew hangs what the shop builds. Our 2-year workmanship warranty covers welds, hinges, footings and operator installation.
We build slat gates across a 35-mile radius, from Curtis's Cedar Park home in Buttercup Creek to properties in Round Rock, Pflugerville, Leander and Austin. Larger lots near Kelly Lane and off New Hope Drive are where a long screen run tends to make the most sense.
Renata's pair of 30 in leaves in Forest Creek is the kind of courtyard entry gate owners add for people on foot. Troy's 240 linear ft of 6 ft perimeter fence at an equipment yard off US 183 shows how security fencing can carry a line past the front of a property.
Budget an estimated $85 to $145 per linear foot for the gate and matching fence; Curtis's 32 linear ft ran an estimated $3,000 to $4,700.
Plan on an estimated 3 to 5 days on site for a gate and fence run like the one in Buttercup Creek.
Yes, and the frame and posts should be sized for the operator first, as on Ingrid's 16 ft single leaf on Kelly Lane in Pflugerville.
Coated steel holds up when the base and topcoat are done in the right order, while Cor-Ten panels are meant to weather on purpose.
Possibly both, so check with your board and your city before we finalize the drawing.
Our 2-year workmanship warranty covers welds, hinges, footings and operator installation.
Request a free estimate with a photo of your drive or side yard in Round Rock, Cedar Park, Pflugerville or Georgetown, and we will set up the site visit and bring gap samples.
How a job runs
We read the grade, the wind exposure and the swing or slide 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 frame and slats, then the gate goes out for coating before it comes to your property.
We set the posts, hang the gate and check that every slat runs level; a powered gate gets its safety test in front of you.
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