Georgetown Metal Gates is Central Texas's trusted team in fire-lane gates and street-yard iron fence, specializing in trackless cantilever gates, automated dual swing gates, and hand-wrought forged iron fence. We offer galvanized steel fabrication and continuous-duty gate operators throughout Round Rock.
Our team provides field-measured layouts and monitored safety sensors, delivering gates built for homes and secure entries for both residential and commercial projects. In Round Rock, workmanship on every install is warrantied for 3 years across welds, hinge alignment, gate sag and gate travel, after 11 years of work and over 1,412 projects that include a single walk gate in a stucco wall and a 26 ft cantilever across a loading entrance.
From reading the street yard height at the lot line to wiring the fire department's switch into the operator, our team handles every step. Serving Round Rock and neighboring Cedar Park, Leander and Georgetown, we draw each gate to the city rule on the lot and the traffic at the entry.
Book a free estimate, and our Round Rock location manager comes out to walk your entry and your fence line with you.
Gideon, Old Town, Round Rock
A front yard where the street yard height limit for solid fence was too short, and the owners wanted a taller run
Harriet, near Old Settlers Park, Round Rock
A shared truck entrance on a fire lane where the gate needed the fire department's switch and sensor
Investment and duration figures are estimates. Your written quote sets the final price and schedule.
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Gideon had a front yard in Old Town where the street yard height limit for solid fence was too short, and the owners wanted a taller run. We built 110 ft of ornamental steel in black powder coat, an open-picket design that follows the city's iron allowance, an estimated $6,600 to $8,800 project that typically took 3 to 4 days on site. The run reads as a fence from the street and as a screen from the porch.
Harriet manages a shared truck entrance near Old Settlers Park on a fire lane, where the gate needed the fire department's switch and sensor. We hung a 26 ft cantilever across the loading entrance in galvanized steel with powder coat, an estimated $7,400 to $9,800 job that typically took 3 to 4 days. The leaf opens clear of the lane, and the fire switch was tested before we left.
Round Rock treats iron differently from solid fence in the street yard, and that rule decides which fence we draw. The city's Code Enforcement page says fences in the street yard may be no taller than three feet, with 6 feet for wrought iron. Gideon's Old Town run is the example: the owners wanted height, and an open iron design is the version that can have it.
That is why a street yard near Old Settlers Park usually gets hand-wrought forged iron fence or a welded ornamental fence with open pickets. Confirm the current wording with Code Enforcement at 512-341-3329 before we fabricate.
A gate across a fire lane needs a Knox key switch or Opticom receiver, as the fire marshal requires, so we read the spec before we draw. The Fire Department guidelines, updated July 2023, call for a city approved Knox key switch and a motor whose drive gear disengages on power failure.
The same guidelines require Opticom IR receivers that hold an automatic gate open for the set time, a fire lane width of 20 or 26 feet that the gate never narrows, and Fire Marshal testing before the gate runs. On Harriet's loading entrance the job ended at that acceptance test, not at power-on.
The city also says a building permit is not required for residential fences, which keeps a house fence simple. Gate operator wiring and a fire-lane entry are separate, so confirm with the city for your address.
An automated two-leaf swing entry in Round Rock is typically estimated at $4,000 to $8,000 and a trackless cantilever at $6,000 to $10,000, and the opening width, the fire lane spec and the power run move the price most. Round Rock owners ask for these jobs most, so the table prices them as estimates.
| Round Rock job | Est. investment | Est. time on site |
|---|---|---|
| Automated two-leaf swing entry | Est. $4,000 to $8,000 for each system | Est. 2 to 3 days |
| Cantilever gate with no floor track | Est. $6,000 to $10,000 for each system | Est. 2 to 4 days |
| Welded ornamental fence | Est. $50 to $85 a linear foot | Est. 2 to 4 days |
| Hand-wrought forged iron fence | Est. $85 to $130 a linear foot | Est. 3 to 6 days |
| Operator added to a gate you own | Est. $1,800 to $3,800 for one operator system | Est. 4 to 8 hours |
An operator retrofit on a Round Rock gate you already own is typically estimated at $1,800 to $3,800 and takes 4 to 8 hours. An ornamental walk-through gate in a side-yard wall is typically estimated at $600 to $1,500 and takes 4 to 8 hours, and a single-leaf swing gate with operator comes in around an estimated $2,500 to $5,000 and takes 1 to 2 days. An automated track-guided slide gate is typically estimated at $1,500 to $5,000 and takes 2 to 3 days.
Gideon's fence landed in the upper half of the ornamental range once the 110 ft run and the corner returns were added, and Harriet's cantilever landed in the upper half of the cantilever range because of the fire switch and the sensors.
These figures are estimates for Round Rock and are subject to change. Once we have visited your Round Rock property, a written quote fixes the price and the start date.
Most Round Rock owners choose cantilever gates for fire-lane and loading entries, swing gates for home drives, and wrought iron fencing along the street yard. Each Round Rock steel gate is built in galvanized steel with a black powder coat and hung on ball-bearing barrel hinges sized to the leaf weight.
The install runs in four steps. First, our estimator walks the entry and reads the street yard line and any fire lane. Second, you approve the drawing. Third comes fabrication: galvanized steel and powder coat built in our shop, with posts set 24 to 36 inches deep in concrete, sized to the soil on the lot. Fourth, installation day ends with the gate hung, a 24V DC continuous-duty operator sized to the leaf mounted, and monitored photo eyes plus edge sensors checked on every automatic gate with a live reverse test. A free Texas811 marking visit comes first on every Round Rock job, ahead of digging.
The crew that measures your entry builds and installs the gate, so the fire lane width we read on day one is the width the leaf is cut to, in galvanized steel with gate catchers and positive travel stops on every swing and slide leaf. Our Round Rock location manager also runs our commercial gate schedules, so a loading entrance and a family driveway get the same safety testing.
We work the whole Round Rock grid, from Old Town and the Brushy Creek streets to the lots near Old Settlers Park and Dell Diamond. Neighbors can see our work in Cedar Park, Leander and Pflugerville, and the full list sits on our service area page.
Round Rock jobs often pair a new gate with gate operator installation on a gate you already own, sliding gates for a narrow drive, or pool fencing behind the house, and apartment managers ask about multifamily gate access.
The city says the street yard limit is three feet, with 6 feet for wrought iron, so an open iron design is how Gideon's Old Town run got its height; confirm with Code Enforcement.
Typical estimates run $4,000 to $8,000 for a dual swing gate and $6,000 to $10,000 for a cantilever, and the written quote sets the final price after we measure the entry.
A city approved Knox key switch, photo eyes, edge sensors and Fire Marshal testing, as in Harriet's cantilever on the loading entrance.
The city says a building permit is not required for residential fences, but confirm with the city for your address.
A cantilever typically takes an estimated 3 to 4 days on site, and an operator retrofit an estimated 4 to 8 hours.
Yes, both fall inside our weekly Georgetown route.
Contact us today, and our crew will walk your entry, read the city rule and hand you a free written quote.
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