Round Rock Metal Gates is the Capital Area's trusted expert in second-floor iron balconies over a drop, specializing in wall-anchored iron, Juliet rails, and balcony guards. We offer anchor layouts drawn to the mortar lines and two-piece rails for doorways where one long length cannot be carried up.
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Our team provides second-floor doorway rails, delivering a safe edge for homes and matched balcony iron for both residential and commercial projects. Our over 1,187 projects in 12 years in business stretch from one Juliet rail at a single French door to a full balcony rail across a second floor, all under our 2-year workmanship warranty.
From the first anchor layout to the final look from the street, our team handles every detail. Serving Round Rock and communities such as The Hills, Lakeway and West Lake Hills, we fit each rail to the wall that has to carry it.
Request a free estimate, and we will measure the doorway, read the wall and mark where each anchor can go.
The short version
Perry, hillside home with a second-floor doorway, The Hills
French doors opened onto nothing but a drop, and the stone front gave few places to anchor.
Investment and duration figures are estimates. Your written quote sets the final price and schedule.
Perry called us about a hillside home with a second-floor doorway in The Hills. French doors opened onto nothing but a drop, and the stone front gave few places to anchor. We laid the anchor points out on the mortar lines and built the rail in two pieces to lift it up the slope. The 14 linear ft of Juliet and balcony rail, in wrought iron bar with a satin black powder coat, came to an estimated $1,100 to $1,700 and took an estimated 5 to 10 hours. The doors now open to a real rail, and no anchor shows from the street.
A Juliet rail suits a door with no deck behind it, a balcony rail suits a slab or deck you can stand on, and glass suits a view you want to keep.
| Rail type | What it anchors to | Best for |
|---|---|---|
| Juliet rail | Masonry or framing on both sides of the door | French doors over a drop with no deck |
| Stair or balcony iron railing | A slab, a deck edge or a stair, with balusters 3.5 to 3.875 in apart, our spec | Balconies people stand on, typically 5 to 10 hours on site |
| Glass balcony railing | Posts or a base set along a slab | Hillside and Lakeway views you want left open |
A stair or balcony iron railing in Round Rock typically costs an estimated $65 to $135 per linear foot, and the anchor count, the wall type and the rail length 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Stair or balcony iron railing | Est. $65 to $135 per linear foot | Est. 5 to 10 hours |
| Cable balcony railing | Est. $75 to $260 per linear foot | Est. 1 to 3 days |
| Glass balcony railing | Est. $150 to $850 per linear foot | Est. 1 to 3 days |
Stone or masonry can change these estimates, since each wall takes a different anchor count. After we read yours at the site visit, a written quote fixes the price and the install schedule around that wall and the finish you pick.
A balcony rail fails first at its anchors, so we read the wall before we draw the rail. On stone, an anchor in the wrong spot can crack the unit and work loose, which is why Perry's anchors follow the mortar lines. Spacing holds at our 3.5 to 3.875 in spec, 1.5 to 2 in puppy pickets are on request, and we confirm the required rail height with your building inspector before we weld. A door that opens over a drop also needs its rail in place before anyone uses that door again, so we schedule the install around the opening, not around the coat.
A balcony rail goes up in four steps, and the anchor layout is set before anything is cut.
Round Rock's historic review applies to every structure on a Historic Overlay site, so on one of those lots we check whether a balcony rail needs a Certificate of Appropriateness first. An HOA in Barton Creek, Steiner Ranch or Shady Hollow may also send exterior iron through design review, so we read your covenant before we quote a finish. For anything else, we confirm with your building inspector what the rail has to meet, because the answer depends on the wall, the height and the use.
Wrought iron bar suits a light Juliet rail, and heavier solid bar steel with a flat black powder coat took the longer run of 22 linear ft on a porch stair and landing at Grant's older home near the San Gabriel River, as our stair and porch railings page explains. Forged scrolls add weight and detail, and solid bar with forged scrolls and cast collars in a bronze finish went into Nell's pair near Courthouse Square, shown on our forged wrought iron gates page. Older iron on a balcony gets scraped and repainted with DTM polyurethane enamel every 3 to 5 years, typically for an estimated $30 to $50 per linear foot.
Round Rock owners choose us because the same crew reads the wall, welds the rail and sets every anchor. Our 12 years and more than 1,187 projects taught us where a wall will hold an anchor, and the 2-year workmanship warranty on our welds and footings backs the work.
We build iron balconies across Round Rock and the nearby cities, with most doorway rails in The Hills, Lakeway and West Lake Hills, plus Georgetown and Cedar Park. Our 35 mile service radius also takes in Leander, Barton Creek and Shady Hollow.
A balcony often pairs with a spiral iron staircase, like the 11 ft rise, 5 ft diameter spiral with steel treads, a center column and a bronze powder coat at Odalys's lake-view home with a rooftop deck. The door behind the rail can change too, as with Claudia's single 4 ft by 9 ft door with sidelites on our custom iron entry doors page, and a matching stair guard is on our iron railings for porches page.
Perry's 14 linear ft of Juliet and balcony rail came to an estimated $1,100 to $1,700, and your written quote sets your own final price.
A Juliet balcony is a rail fixed across a door or a tall window with no deck to stand on, so the doors open fully and the rail guards the drop.
Yes, we lay the anchor points out on the mortar lines, as we did at the hillside home with a second-floor doorway.
Rail iron gets two layers, starting with G90 hot-dip galvanizing or a zinc-phosphate and e-coat base, then an oven-cured TGIC polyester powder coat at 3 to 5 mils in a color you pick from physical samples.
Most iron balcony rails take an estimated 5 to 10 hours on site, and cable or glass railing typically takes an estimated 1 to 3 days.
A rail on a Round Rock Historic Overlay lot may need a Certificate of Appropriateness first, and we confirm anything else with your building inspector.
Your rail carries our 2-year workmanship warranty on our welds and footings.
Request a free estimate, and we will measure the doorway, read the wall and write an itemized quote.
How a job runs
We read the wall, the slab and every anchor point 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 piece, then it goes out for its coating before it comes to your property.
We set the anchors, fix the piece in place and check it for plumb, level and spacing in front of you.
Services
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