Georgetown Metal Gates is Central Texas's trusted expert in automated driveway gates, specializing in two-leaf swing entries, pool code fences, and shielded pillar lighting. We offer galvanized steel leaves on limestone pillars and powder-coated aluminum pool runs.
Our team provides HOA-ready drawings, delivering entries that pass review and stay dark at night for both residential and commercial projects. Bee Cave work carries 3 years of workmanship warranty for welds, hinge alignment, gate sag and gate travel, and you also get the experience of 11 years in business and over 1,412 projects, the smallest a single walk gate in a stucco wall and the largest a 26 ft cantilever across a loading entrance.
From the HOA packet to the last photocell test, our team handles every Bee Cave entry, gate, fence and fixtures alike. Serving Bee Cave and neighboring Lakeway, West Lake Hills and Rollingwood, our location manager writes the gate, the fence and every light fixture into one packet.
Book a free estimate, and we will draw your gate and its lighting so the HOA sees one complete plan.
Cordelia, off Hamilton Pool Road, Bee Cave
A new entry where the owner wanted lanterns on the pillars and the HOA asked how the lights would meet the dark sky rules.
Ignatius, near State Highway 71, Bee Cave
A backyard pool with a chain-link run the HOA wanted replaced before the owners listed the house.
Investment and duration figures are estimates. Your written quote sets the final price and schedule.
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Cordelia wanted lanterns on her new entry off Hamilton Pool Road, and her HOA asked how they would meet the dark sky rules. We built a 16 ft two-leaf swing entry with pillar lanterns, in galvanized steel, powder coat, limestone pillars, and specified fully shielded 3000K pillar lights on a photocell, all written into the HOA packet. Cordelia's job was estimated at $5,600 to $7,400 and typically ran 2 to 3 days.
Ignatius had a chain-link run around his pool near State Highway 71, and the HOA wanted it gone before the house was listed. We replaced it with a 110 ft pool fence with a self-closing gate, self-latching too, in a color from the HOA list. Ignatius's project was estimated at $3,500 to $4,800 and typically took 2 to 3 days on site. Ignatius's pool area passed the HOA review, and the backyard now photographs cleanly for the listing.
Cordelia's Hamilton Pool Road entry was mostly a lighting question, while Ignatius's pool fence near State Highway 71 had no lights at all and turned on the HOA color list.
Bee Cave became the state's 7th DarkSky Community in April 2023, so gate lighting here is a compliance item, not decoration. The city's residential lighting guide caps every fixture at 3,000 Kelvin and requires all of it to be fully shielded, which means no bare bulbs aimed outward from a pillar cap.
The same guide requires controls that shut outdoor lights off when there is enough daylight, and it limits total outdoor output on a home lot to 25,000 lumens per net acre. On Cordelia's entry the 3000K pillar lanterns run on a photocell, and we count their lumens with the house's other fixtures.
The city's building permit list includes fences over 7 ft tall, so most residential fences and gates in Bee Cave sit below that trigger. The same page tells owners to check with their HOA, because deed restrictions can apply even when no city permit is needed.
For Ignatius's 110 ft pool fence with a self-closing gate, we prepared a drawing with height, picket spacing and a finish color from the HOA list, which is what most architectural committees ask to see. If your plans include a fence over 7 ft or other work on the city's permit list, we flag it at the first visit so it is filed before fabrication.
A two-leaf automated swing entry in Bee Cave is generally estimated at $4,000 to $8,000 for the full system, and a pool code aluminum fence at $30 to $45 a linear foot. The table lists the Bee Cave jobs we quote most.
| Bee Cave job | Est. investment | Est. time on site |
|---|---|---|
| Automated dual swing driveway gate | Est. $4,000 to $8,000 for the full system | Est. 2 to 3 days |
| Pool code aluminum fence | Est. $30 to $45 a linear foot, self-closing gate extra | Est. 1 to 3 days |
| Iron fence sandblast, rust treatment and powder coat | Est. $30 to $50 a linear foot | Est. 1 to 3 days |
| Adding a gate opener to the gate you already own | Est. $1,800 to $3,800, operator and controls | Est. half a day to one day |
| Decorative pedestrian walk gate | Est. $600 to $1,500 for each gate installed | Est. 4 to 8 hours |
Cordelia's entry landed in the middle of the dual swing range because the pillars were already part of her plan. Ignatius's 110 ft run priced out near the top of the per-foot pool fence range once the self-closing gate was added.
Owners with an older manual gate often start with an opener retrofit at an estimated $1,800 to $3,800 before replacing the leaves. Every figure here is an estimate and is subject to change; your Bee Cave site visit and written quote set the final price and schedule.
Bee Cave owners most often ask for dual swing gates at the drive and pool fencing out back. Gate frames are G90 hot-dip galvanized steel tube, finished in electrostatic polyester powder coat 3 to 5 mils thick over a zinc-phosphate primer. Leaves hang on ball-bearing barrel hinges sized to the leaf weight, with gate catchers and positive travel stops on every swing and slide leaf. Pool fence pickets keep 3.5 to 3.875 inches of clear space, and a 24V DC continuous-duty operator with monitored photo eyes and edge sensors runs the driveway leaves.
A Bee Cave job runs in five steps, with the HOA packet done before anything is ordered. First we visit, measure the drive and note the HOA and any city permit trigger. Second we draw the gate, fence and fixtures with cut sheets for the committee. Third, once approved, the shop fabricates and powder coats the leaves. Fourth, posts are set 24 to 36 inches deep in concrete after the free Texas811 marking. Fifth, the crew hangs the gate, wires the operator and lights, and tests photo eyes, edge sensors and the photocell before handing over the remotes.
Bee Cave owners hire us because the drawing the HOA approved is the gate that gets installed, lights included. Our Georgetown welders build every leaf in our own shop, and 1,412 finished projects include pillar entries, pool fences and hillside drives. On a long drive off Hamilton Pool Road, where running power to the gate is hard, a solar operator with dual-battery backup keeps the entry working through an outage.
We cover the streets off Hamilton Pool Road and State Highway 71, from the Hill Country Galleria to the homes around Bee Cave Central Park. Nearby, see our Lakeway iron fences and private gates, Rollingwood gate installers and Lost Creek driveway gates, or browse every area we serve.
A new Bee Cave entry often gets gate access control at the keypad post, or a solar gate operator where the drive is long.
The city lists fences over 7 ft tall among work that needs a permit, so most residential fences fall below it, but your HOA may still need to approve.
Yes, if every fixture is fully shielded, 3,000 Kelvin or warmer, and on a control that turns it off in daylight, as on Cordelia's entry off Hamilton Pool Road.
Most committees ask for height, picket spacing, finish color and fixture cut sheets; we prepare that packet with the drawing.
A dual swing entry is typically estimated at $4,000 to $8,000 for the full system, and the written quote after the visit sets the exact price.
A pool code aluminum fence typically takes an estimated 1 to 3 days on site.
Yes, an opener retrofit with photo eyes and a remote is typically estimated at $1,800 to $3,800.
Call us today, and our crew will draw your Bee Cave gate, fence and lighting for the HOA and give you a free written quote.
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