Round Rock Metal Gates is the Capital Area's trusted expert in sliding driveway gates, specializing in ground-track slides, rack-and-pinion operators, and flush-mounted tracks. We offer edge sensors and galvanized steel leaves for drives where a swing gate has no room to open.
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Our team provides side-entry slide gates, delivering a clean opening for homes and long-span slides for both residential and commercial projects. With 12 years in business behind us, over 1,187 projects finished and a 2-year workmanship warranty on each, we have hung everything from a 10 ft slide on a short drive to a 16 ft slide across a level approach.
From the track layout to the final edge-sensor test, our team handles every detail. Serving Georgetown, Round Rock, Leander and Cedar Park, we fit each slide to the fence line it has to travel along.
Request a free estimate, and we will measure the fence line the gate has to slide along.
The short version
Marshall, narrow side-entry lot off RM 2243, Leander
A garage sat too close to the street for any swing leaf to clear a parked car.
Investment and duration figures are estimates. Your written quote sets the final price and schedule.
Marshall's narrow side-entry lot off RM 2243 in Leander had a garage that sat too close to the street for any gate to swing. We hung a 16 ft slide across a level drive, set the track flush so the car and the mower could cross it, and added an edge sensor on the closing edge. The galvanized steel, satin black powder coat leaf came to an estimated $2,900 to $4,600 and took an estimated 2 to 3 days on site. The 16 ft slide in Leander now clears the garage corner by the width of the fence line it follows.
A sliding gate wins when the drive is short, the lot is narrow or the ground rises toward the street, because the leaf moves along the fence and never into the drive. A swing needs a clear arc; a slide needs a clear run beside the opening equal to the width of the leaf.
| Gate style | Needs | Best for |
|---|---|---|
| Ground-track slide | A flush track and a level run beside the opening | Narrow lots and short drives |
| Trackless cantilever | A long counterweight run, no ground track | Debris-prone or sloped ground |
| Swing pair | A clear arc inside or outside the opening | Wide, flat frontages |
A sliding 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 run beside the opening and the entry devices move the number most. A short slide with a keypad sits near the low end, while a long solid leaf with an intercom pedestal sits near the top.
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 |
| Trackless cantilever gate | Est. $6,000 to $10,000 per complete system | 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 |
Treat these numbers as estimates that can change once we see the fence line. The site visit measures leaf length, the run beside the opening and the operator class, and your written quote holds the final price and schedule from there.
A sliding gate fails first where the track collects grit, so for a Georgetown slide the track is the part we plan around. Dirt and leaves pack a groove, and a groove stops a wheel, so a ground track in Leander is set flush and kept clear while a trackless cantilever is the answer on dusty or sloped ground. A closing edge also moves along a fence, so a person beside the fence needs a sensor to stop it. Round Rock's Fire Marshal published Emergency Access Controlled Gate Systems Guidelines in July 2023 for fire-lane gates; a house driveway is not a fire-lane gate, so on a house we ask your fire authority what applies and wire a Knox key switch, Opticom receiver or siren sensor, set to whatever the local fire authority calls for.
Round Rock issues no residential fence permit for a slide, and the two local checks are a Certificate of Appropriateness, needed first on a Historic Overlay lot, and a 2016 ordinance on street-facing fences over 4 ft. An HOA in Cedar Park or Georgetown may also require a driveway gate set back 10 ft where the driveway meets a laned road under Texas SB 711, effective September 1, 2025. We read the covenant before we draw, so a Cedar Park or Georgetown owner does not pay for a layout the HOA turns down.
Steel carries a long slide best, and the operator rides a rack on the leaf. Compare frames on our steel gate installation page, or read how the motor is chosen on our automatic driveway gates page. The Balcones Escarpment splits blackland east from limey loam west, so we check the ground on site before we set the track footing.
Leander and Round Rock owners choose us because the same crew lays out the track, welds the leaf and tests the sensors. Over 1,187 projects in 12 years have taught us where a slide binds, and the 2-year workmanship warranty stands behind the welds.
We install slides across Round Rock and the nearby cities, with most narrow-lot work in Leander, Cedar Park and Georgetown, plus Lakeway and The Hills. A 35-mile radius from our shop also sends slide crews to Steiner Ranch and Barton Creek.
A slide often pairs with gate access control, a trackless cantilever gate where the ground is rough, or a gate operator installation on a slide you already own.
Expect an estimated $1,500 to $5,000 in Round Rock for a ground-track slide with an operator, with leaf length and the fence-line run deciding the figure on your written quote.
Most Leander and Cedar Park slide installs take an estimated 2 to 3 days on site.
A run beside the opening about equal to the leaf width, which is why Marshall's 16 ft slide in Leander needs a clear fence line.
A flush track needs periodic clearing, and a trackless cantilever avoids the track on dusty ground.
Yes, every Round Rock slide gets monitored photo eyes and edge sensors, with the reverse proven on each device at handover.
Yes, if the lot has the run beside the opening, and a retrofit of the operator typically takes an estimated 4 to 8 hours.
Not for a house in Round Rock, which has no residential fence permit, but get a Certificate of Appropriateness first if the lot is on a Historic Overlay.
The motor is the operator maker's to warrant, and everything we build on a Round Rock slide, meaning welds, hinges, footings and operator installation, has our 2-year workmanship warranty.
Request a free estimate, and we will measure the fence line, check 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.
Where we work
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.
