Round Rock Metal Gates is the Capital Area's trusted expert in steel gate installation, specializing in 11-gauge tube swing gates, galvanized steel slides, and welded steel frames. We offer heavy steel leaves and zinc-phosphate base coats for drives where a lighter gate would rack.
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Our team provides steel driveway gates, delivering a stiff leaf for homes and long-span steel frames for both residential and commercial projects. Our record is over 1,187 projects across 12 years in business, with a 4 ft steel walk gate at one end, a 16 ft steel swing pair at the other and our 2-year workmanship warranty on all of it.
From the frame cut list to the final coat inspection, our team handles the whole build. Serving Round Rock and communities such as Cedar Park, Leander and Lakeway, we choose the metal that suits each drive.
Request a free estimate, and we will walk the drive, shoot the grade and tell you which metal fits it.
The short version
Rudy, wooded lot on a steep shared drive, The Hills
A steep shared drive needed a leaf that would not rack, and the owner was torn between steel and aluminum.
Investment and duration figures are estimates. Your written quote sets the final price and schedule.
Rudy's wooded lot on a steep shared drive in The Hills needed a leaf that would not rack, and he was torn between steel and aluminum. We chose heavier steel over aluminum for the stiffness and cut the leaf short of the slope's high side. The 12 ft single swing on a steep grade, built from 11-gauge tube, zinc-phosphate base, black powder coat, came to an estimated $3,200 to $4,300 and took an estimated 1 to 2 days. The leaf holds its line, and the access details went to the ESD No. 6 fire marshal's office before it went live.
The metal decides how a gate sags, how it rusts and what it costs to keep, so the choice comes before the design. Steel is stiff and takes a coating well; aluminum does not rust but flexes more on a long leaf; wrought iron is solid bar with forged detail and the most weight; weathering steel rusts on purpose and can stain the stone or concrete beneath it.
| Metal | Where it wins | What to watch |
|---|---|---|
| Galvanized steel tube | Wide leaves, steep drives and heavy use | The coating must be sealed at every cut and weld |
| Aluminum | Light leaves and walk gates near wet ground | More flex on a long span, so the frame needs more depth |
| Wrought iron bar | Estate fronts that need forged scrolls and collars | Weight on the hinges and a finish that needs upkeep |
| Weathering steel | A rusted look with no paint | Run-off stains stone and concrete below it |
The same steel adapts to the lot in front of it. Facing a street we build galvanized steel with flat-top pickets, black powder coat, and on a covenant lot we set powder-coated steel on new poured posts. Steel also carries a 16 ft opening on a sloped apron and an 18 ft slide on a level pad without a change of gauge. Two 7 ft leaves across a 14 ft opening are a pair that steel hangs without sagging at the meeting stiles, in Barton Creek as readily as in West Lake Hills. Solid bar with forged scrolls and cast collars, bronze finish belongs to our wrought iron work, while a stone home off Barton Creek Boulevard might take steel with thermal break, seeded glass, oil-rubbed bronze finish at its entry door. A hillside home with a second-floor doorway took wrought iron bar, satin black powder coat for its 14 linear ft of Juliet and balcony rail, and a corner lot near Bailey Middle School took a 16 ft opening on a sloped apron with powder-coated steel on new poured posts. A home near Courthouse Square in Georgetown took two 7 ft leaves across a 14 ft opening in bronze finish.
A steel gate in Round Rock typically costs an estimated $2,500 to $5,000 for a single swing with its operator, and the leaf width, the frame gauge and the grade move the number most. A dual swing estate pair typically costs an estimated $4,000 to $8,000 over an estimated 2 to 3 days, and an ornamental steel fence to match typically costs an estimated $50 to $85 per linear foot over an estimated 2 to 4 days.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Single swing driveway gate with operator | Est. $2,500 to $5,000 per complete system | Est. 1 to 2 days |
| Dual swing estate gate with operators | Est. $4,000 to $8,000 per complete system | Est. 2 to 3 days |
| Ornamental steel fence to match the gate | Est. $50 to $85 per linear foot | Est. 2 to 4 days |
Every range here is an estimate and subject to change, since no two slopes load a leaf alike. We walk the drive, then leaf width, frame gauge and slope decide the written quote that carries your final price and install schedule.
A steel gate fails first at the weld and the cut edge, so on a Georgetown drive those are the parts we plan around. A thin frame sags on its hinge side and drags on the pavement, and bare steel at a cut starts to rust under the paint if the zinc was ground away. Heavier tube and a coat applied after welding answer both, and we seal every cut before the topcoat. A 12 ft single swing on a steep grade, built from 11-gauge tube, zinc-phosphate base, black powder coat, is the build we reach for on a slope. Fire access is its own risk: Round Rock's Fire Marshal published Emergency Access Controlled Gate Systems Guidelines in July 2023 for fire-lane gates, so on a house we send the access details to your fire authority, as we did for Rudy's steep drive.
A steel gate moves from a site visit to a hung leaf in four steps, and each one is checked before the next begins.
No residential fence permit is required for a steel gate in Round Rock, but a Historic Overlay lot must first hold a Certificate of Appropriateness, and a 2016 ordinance governs any street-facing fence over 4 ft. An HOA in Cedar Park or Leander may require a driveway gate set back 10 ft where the driveway meets a laned road under Texas SB 711, effective September 1, 2025. Lakeway bans flat tops with spikes, so we read the rule for your city before we draw.
Steel is the frame for most of our gates, and the finish decides how long it looks new. For hand-forged scrolls and cast collars, read our wrought iron gates page, and for the motor that drives a heavy leaf, see our automatic driveway gates page. A steel leaf is heavy, so from Steiner Ranch to Shady Hollow we test the soil on site, blackland east of the Balcones Escarpment or limey loam west, before any footing goes in.
Round Rock owners choose us because the same crew welds the frame, coats the leaf and hangs it on the drive. Over 1,187 projects in 12 years have taught us where a steel gate sags and what the soil does to a post. A 2-year workmanship warranty on our welds, hinges, footings and operator installation stands behind each one.
We install steel gates across Round Rock and the nearby cities, with most heavy-leaf work in Cedar Park, Leander and Georgetown, plus Lakeway and The Hills. A 35 mile service radius from the shop also covers Steiner Ranch, West Lake Hills, Barton Creek and Shady Hollow.
A steel gate often pairs with a custom driveway gate, a sliding gate where the drive is short or a run of wrought iron fencing along the front.
Typically an estimated $2,500 to $5,000 for a single swing steel gate with an operator, and frame gauge plus grade decide where your written quote lands.
Steel holds a long or steep leaf in line, while aluminum suits light leaves, which is why Rudy's steep drive in The Hills got heavier steel.
Most Cedar Park and Leander steel swing gates take an estimated 1 to 2 days on site.
Rust protection starts below the paint: G90 hot-dip galvanizing or a zinc-phosphate and e-coat base goes on before any color, and the top layer is TGIC polyester powder coat at 3 to 5 mils, oven cured, picked from physical samples.
14-gauge tube for standard leaves, 11-gauge to 3/16 in where a long or tall leaf has to hold its line.
No, the city asks for no residential fence permit, though a Historic Overlay lot must get a Certificate of Appropriateness before work starts.
A steel gate in Round Rock or Georgetown carries the same 2-year workmanship warranty on our welds, hinges, footings and operator installation.
Request a free estimate, and we will shoot the grade, measure the opening 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.
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