Round Rock Metal Gates, the Capital Area's trusted specialist for closed entries, handles security gate installation, specializing in flat-top picket gates, ground-track slides, and battery-backed entry systems. We offer edge sensors and galvanized steel leaves for entries that must stay closed without looking like a wall.
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Our team provides keypad-controlled security gates, delivering a closed entry for homes and monitored access for both residential and commercial properties. Over 1,187 completed projects in 12 years in business run from a single keypad swing to an 18 ft slide on a narrow frontage, and our 2-year workmanship warranty stands behind each.
From the sightline check to the final sensor test, our team handles every detail. Serving Round Rock and communities such as West Lake Hills, Lakeway and Georgetown, we fit each security gate to the rules of the street it faces.
Request a free estimate, and we will check your city's see-through rule before we draw the first picket.
The short version
Lydia, hillside lot on a narrow frontage, West Lake Hills
The owner wanted a closed entry on a narrow frontage, under a code that wants 80 percent see-through and no points.
Investment and duration figures are estimates. Your written quote sets the final price and schedule.
Lydia's hillside lot on a narrow frontage in West Lake Hills needed a closed entry under a code that wants 80 percent see-through and no points. We kept the pickets open, topped them flat, set the leaf behind the required setback and put a battery on the operator. The 18 ft slide on a level pad, built in galvanized steel with flat-top pickets, black powder coat, came to an estimated $3,300 to $4,800 and took an estimated 2 to 3 days. The entry closes tight and still reads as open from the road.
How much a gate hides decides how much code applies to it, so the picket choice comes before the lock. An open picket gate satisfies a see-through rule and still stops a casual walk-in; a solid panel gives privacy but fails a see-through front; privacy slats sit between the two and need a check against your city.
| Entry style | Where it fits | What to check |
|---|---|---|
| Open flat-top pickets | Fronts under a see-through rule, as in West Lake Hills | Picket gap against our 3.5 to 3.875 in spec |
| Solid steel panel | Side and rear drives that nobody sees from the street | Wind load on a long leaf |
| Privacy slats | Back-of-lot service entries | Your city's front-yard rule |
The same closed-entry thinking carries across our other work. A corner lot near Bailey Middle School in Shady Hollow took powder-coated steel on new poured posts, set back from the sight line. A home near Courthouse Square in Georgetown took solid bar with forged scrolls and cast collars, bronze finish, kept under the 4 ft front rule. A stone home off Barton Creek Boulevard took steel with thermal break, seeded glass, oil-rubbed bronze finish at the door, and a hillside home with a second-floor doorway took wrought iron bar, satin black powder coat on its balcony rail. Each one started with the street's rule, not the lock.
Other jobs show the range. A 14 linear ft Juliet and balcony rail in The Hills ran an estimated $1,100 to $1,700 over an estimated 5 to 10 hours. A single 4 ft by 9 ft pivot entry door with sidelites in Barton Creek ran an estimated $7,500 to $12,500 over an estimated 1 to 2 days. An automated dual swing on a 16 ft opening on a sloped apron in Shady Hollow ran an estimated $4,800 to $6,900 over an estimated 2 to 3 days, and an automated 12 ft single swing on a steep grade in The Hills ran an estimated $3,200 to $4,300.
A security gate in Round Rock typically costs an estimated $1,500 to $5,000 for a ground-track slide with its operator, and the leaf length, the picket style and the entry devices 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ground-track sliding gate with operator | Est. $1,500 to $5,000 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 |
| Single swing driveway gate with operator | Est. $2,500 to $5,000 per complete system | Est. 1 to 2 days |
Each figure here is an estimate and can change once we see the frontage. The quote we write after that site visit, shaped by leaf length, entry device and power run, holds the final price and the start date for your entry.
A security gate fails first at the code check, so in West Lake Hills and Lakeway the rule is the part we plan around. West Lake Hills wants a see-through front of 80 percent and a Knox-style access box for ESD 9, and Lakeway has banned flat tops with spikes since 2019, so a design that is legal in one city can be refused in the next. A closed entry also traps fingers and bumpers unless it senses them, which is why monitored photo eyes and edge sensors, every device tested at handover, ride on every security leaf we hang in Round Rock and Cedar Park. Round Rock's Fire Marshal published guidelines in July 2023 for fire-lane gates only, so on a house we ask your fire authority what applies.
A security gate goes from a site visit to a tested entry in four steps, and each one answers a question the street will ask.
A closed entry in Round Rock takes no residential fence permit, though Historic Overlay lots must first win a Certificate of Appropriateness and a 2016 ordinance governs street-facing fences over 4 ft. A Georgetown front stays under its 4 ft rule and takes a permit, while the ARC of an HOA in Steiner Ranch, Barton Creek or Shady Hollow may review the picket design too. Security leaves near a laned road can also land under Texas SB 711, effective September 1, 2025, which lets an HOA push a driveway gate 10 ft back from where the drive meets that road.
Steel carries a closed entry best, and the keypad, intercom or phone entry sits on a pedestal beside it. Compare frames on our steel gate installation page, or read how entry devices are chosen on our gate access control page. Footings for a closed entry depend on which side of the Balcones Escarpment you sit, blackland east or limey loam west, so the ground gets checked on site first.
Round Rock owners choose us because the same crew reads the city rule, welds the leaf and tests the sensors. Over 1,187 projects in 12 years have taught us which designs a city refuses, and a 2-year workmanship warranty on our welds, hinges, footings and operator installation stands behind every one.
We install security gates across Round Rock and the nearby cities, with most see-through-rule work in West Lake Hills, Lakeway and Georgetown, plus Steiner Ranch and Barton Creek. We also hang closed entries in The Hills and Shady Hollow, both inside our 35 mile service radius.
A security gate often pairs with a ground-track slide, a run of security fencing or a gate operator installation on a gate you already own.
An estimated $1,500 to $5,000 is typical for a Round Rock ground-track slide with an operator, with the final price coming from a quote written after we measure your leaf.
Yes, Lydia's West Lake Hills entry used open flat-top pickets, set behind the required setback, and still closes tight.
Most Lakeway and West Lake Hills security installs take an estimated 2 to 3 days on site.
Yes, every Round Rock and Cedar Park gate stops and reverses on monitored photo eyes and edge sensors, each one tested at handover.
Yes, our operators are 24V DC brushless motors with battery backup, sized to leaf weight, length and duty cycle, so a closed entry still opens.
Yes, flat-top rails and brown or bronze finishes are stocked for neighborhoods whose design rules bar spear points or black.
In Georgetown and Round Rock alike, ours is a 2-year workmanship warranty on our welds, hinges, footings and operator installation.
Request a free estimate, and we will check the city rule, measure the frontage 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.
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.
