For wrought iron gates, Round Rock Metal Gates stands as the Capital Area's go-to team, specializing in forged scrolls, cast collars, and solid bar leaves. We offer hand-forged ornament and primed, powder-coated finishes for estate fronts in Barton Creek and West Lake Hills where stamped parts would show.
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Our team provides ornamental iron driveway gates, delivering period detail for homes and durable iron entries for both residential and commercial projects. A forged walk gate and a 14 ft pair with cast collars both sit among the over 1,187 projects we've completed in 12 years in business, each under our 2-year workmanship warranty.
From the scroll layout to the final finish inspection, our team handles every detail. Serving Lakeway, Georgetown, Cedar Park and Round Rock, we match each iron gate to the home it stands in front of.
Request a free estimate, and we will sketch the scroll pattern against your fence line before we forge a single piece.
The short version
Nell, home near Courthouse Square, Georgetown
A rusted pair had lost its scrolls, and the owner wanted real forged work rather than stamped parts.
Investment and duration figures are estimates. Your written quote sets the final price and schedule.
Nell's home near Courthouse Square in Georgetown had a rusted pair that had lost its scrolls, and she wanted real forged work rather than stamped parts. We forged new scrolls, primed every joint before the bronze coat and kept a front fence under Georgetown's 4 ft rule. The 14 ft opening, two 7 ft leaves, in solid bar with forged scrolls and cast collars, bronze finish, came to an estimated $6,400 to $8,000 and took an estimated 2 to 3 days. The pair reads as period iron and carries a finish built for the rust that took the old one.
Forged ornament is heated and hammered, so every scroll differs slightly and holds a thick section; cast parts are poured in a mold and repeat exactly, which suits collars and finials; stamped parts are thin sheet pressed flat and show their hollow back.
| Ornament type | How it is made | Where it fits |
|---|---|---|
| Hand-forged scroll | Bar heated and hammered over a form | Estate fronts and gates seen up close |
| Cast collar or finial | Iron poured in a mold, then finished | Repeating details at joints and post tops |
| Stamped panel | Sheet metal pressed from a die | Low-cost fill that shows its hollow back |
A hand-forged wrought iron fence in Round Rock typically costs an estimated $85 to $130 per linear foot, and a forged driveway pair typically costs an estimated $4,000 to $8,000, with the scroll count and the leaf width moving 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Dual swing estate gate with operators | Est. $4,000 to $8,000 per complete system | Est. 2 to 3 days |
| Hand-forged wrought iron fence | Est. $85 to $130 per linear foot | Est. 3 to 6 days |
| Custom pedestrian entry gate | Est. $600 to $1,500 per gate | Est. 4 to 8 hours |
Treat each range as an estimate that can change once we count scrolls at your opening. After that site visit, a written quote built on the scroll count, the leaf width and your finish carries the final price and the install date for a custom pedestrian entry gate or a full pair.
Water gets under a coat at a weld, a cast collar or a scroll tip, and rust then lifts the paint from inside, which is why we scrape rust and repaint with DTM polyurethane enamel every 3 to 5 years on older iron, typically for an estimated $30 to $50 per linear foot. Where a tube frame sits behind the forged work, it runs in 14-gauge tube for standard leaves, 11-gauge to 3/16 in where a long or tall leaf has to hold its line. Fire-lane gates in Round Rock answer to the Fire Marshal's Emergency Access Controlled Gate Systems Guidelines, published July 2023, so before a forged leaf goes up at a house we ask whether the local fire authority wants a Knox key switch, Opticom receiver or siren sensor on it.
An iron gate moves from a sketch to a hung leaf in four steps, and the ornament is approved before any iron is heated.
An iron gate on a Round Rock lot needs no residential fence permit unless a Historic Overlay applies, which calls for a Certificate of Appropriateness first, and street-facing fences over 4 ft fall under a 2016 ordinance. Georgetown requires a permit and sets a 4 ft front rule, Cedar Park sets its own front setback for wrought iron on large lots, and Lakeway requires a continuous flat top with no spikes. Texas SB 711, effective September 1, 2025, also lets an HOA hold a forged driveway pair 10 ft back where the drive meets a laned road.
Iron needs a washed finish and a touch-up at the first chip, because bare iron starts to rust within weeks. For frames without forged detail, read our steel gate installation page, and for the fence that matches the gate, see our wrought iron fencing page. The Balcones Escarpment splits blackland east from limey loam west, so posts go 24 to 36 in deep and 10 to 12 in wide, poured in 3,000 to 4,000 PSI concrete, checked against the soil found on site.
Round Rock owners choose us because the same crew forges the scrolls, primes the joints and hangs the leaf. Over 1,187 projects in 12 years have taught us where iron rusts first, and a 2-year workmanship warranty on our welds, hinges, footings and operator installation stands behind every one.
We build wrought iron gates across Round Rock and the nearby cities, with most forged work in Georgetown, Cedar Park and Lakeway, plus Leander and The Hills. Forged gates travel up to 35 miles from our shop, which puts Barton Creek and Shady Hollow inside the service radius.
Iron gates often pair with an estate entry gate, a custom driveway gate or a run of iron railings at the house.
A dual swing estate gate with operators is typically an estimated $4,000 to $8,000, and the scrolls we write into your quote settle the final price.
Forged parts are hammered by hand and vary slightly, while cast parts are poured in a mold and repeat exactly.
Keep bare metal covered: the iron gets G90 hot-dip galvanizing or a zinc-phosphate and e-coat base first, then an oven-cured TGIC polyester powder coat at 3 to 5 mils in a color you pick from physical samples.
A dual swing pair takes an estimated 2 to 3 days on site, and a hand-forged wrought iron fence beside it an estimated 3 to 6 days.
Yes, as on Nell's pair near Courthouse Square, we forged new scrolls to match period iron. Phoebe's 42 in walk gate near Old Town also matches the iron fence beside it.
No, not for a residential fence in Round Rock, though a lot inside a Historic Overlay must get its Certificate of Appropriateness before we hang the leaf.
Welds, hinges, footings and operator installation all fall under our 2-year workmanship warranty, whether the job is a pair like Nell's or a walk gate like Phoebe's.
Request a free estimate, and we will sketch the scrolls, 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.
Services
Phone the shop or use the form to set a time for a site measure and a written estimate.
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