Georgetown Metal Gates is Central Texas's trusted team in hillside railings and solar-powered gates, specializing in iron stair and balcony railing, automated swing gates, and powder-coated steel fabrication. We offer galvanized steel gates and continuous-duty gate operators.
Our team provides field-measured layouts and monitored safety sensors, delivering gates and rails that sit right on a slope for homes and secure entries for both residential and commercial projects. Steiner Ranch installs get 3 years of workmanship warranty covering welds, hinge alignment, sag and travel; we have finished over 1,412 projects across 11 years in business, running from a single walk gate in a stucco wall to a 26 ft cantilever across a loading entrance.
From measuring a stair run on the hill to filing the design with the association, our team handles every step. Serving Steiner Ranch along with Lake Travis, West Lake Hills and Leander, we draw each rail and gate to the slope of the lot and the review it has to pass.
Book a free estimate, and our Steiner Ranch location manager comes out to walk your stair, your gate and your fence line with you.
Mateo, Canyon Glen, Steiner Ranch
A hillside entry stair with a loose, low pipe rail that the owner wanted replaced before a family visit
Nadine, Rocky Ridge, Steiner Ranch
A gate far from the house where trenching power would have meant cutting the driveway
Investment and duration figures are estimates. Your written quote sets the final price and schedule.
What you can hold us to
Mateo has a hillside entry stair in Canyon Glen with a loose, low pipe rail that he wanted replaced before a family visit. We built 40 ft of stair and porch railing in powder-coated steel, an estimated $3,100 to $4,800 project that typically took 6 to 9 hours on site. The new rail sits on the stair line in powder-coated steel, on posts set 24 to 36 inches deep in concrete, sized to the soil on the lot.
Nadine lives in Rocky Ridge and has a gate far from the house, where trenching power would have meant cutting the driveway. We kept her 12 ft double leaf and fitted a solar operator with dual-battery backup, an estimated $2,600 to $3,600 job that typically took 6 to 8 hours. The driveway stayed uncut, and the operator runs on a solar panel with dual-battery backup where trenching power is not practical.
Steiner Ranch designs go to an association before they go to a shop, because two associations hold the covenants. A neighborhood firewise page says SRMA covenants cover the back of Steiner plus Canyon Glen, while SRROA covers the front of Steiner, Chaparral, Hancock Hill, Mesa North, Plateau, Rocky Ridge, Summit and Valley at Eastridge. Confirm which association holds your address before a drawing goes in.
The same page says an Architectural Modification Application is mandatory, with a variance form if needed. For Mateo's Canyon Glen stair and Nadine's Rocky Ridge gate, the first step was working out which association the address sits in, then filing before fabrication.
Steiner Ranch is unincorporated Travis County, so fence material near the house is a real wildfire question here. A 15-year report on the 2011 Steiner Ranch fire says it destroyed 23 residences and that about 10,000 people evacuated while crews tried to get in. The firewise page links NFPA and IBHS fence fact sheets for the material question, and we use steel, not wood, on anything that runs next to the house.
Travis County approved emergency-only Route B, Flat Top Ranch Road to Montview Drive, in July 2019, according to a report from the next year. Emergency access is a live question here, so we raise a manual release on a private gate and ask you to check any gate rule with the county.
Solar operators on existing gates in Steiner Ranch run an estimated $1,800 to $3,800 and stair or balcony rail in iron an estimated $65 to $135 a linear foot; the slope and the power run move the price most. Each row is a job we set often near Steiner Ranch, and each price shown is an estimate.
| Steiner Ranch job | Est. investment | Est. time on site |
|---|---|---|
| Stair or balcony rail in iron | Est. $65 to $135 a linear foot | Est. 5 to 10 hours |
| Operator added to a gate you own | Est. $1,800 to $3,800 for one operator system | Est. 4 to 8 hours |
| Single-leaf swing gate with operator | Est. $2,500 to $5,000 for each system | Est. 1 to 2 days |
| Hand-wrought forged iron fence | Est. $85 to $130 a linear foot | Est. 3 to 6 days |
| Ornamental walk-through gate | Est. $600 to $1,500 for each gate | Est. 4 to 8 hours |
Expect 2 to 4 days and an estimated $50 to $85 a linear foot for welded ornamental fence, and 2 to 3 days and an estimated $1,500 to $5,000 for an automated track-guided slide gate.
Mateo's railing landed in the middle of the stair or balcony rail in iron range, and Nadine's solar retrofit landed in the upper half of the operator added to a gate you own range.
These figures are estimates for Steiner Ranch and are subject to change. The quote you receive after we see the Steiner Ranch site is the only place the final price and schedule are fixed.
Most Steiner Ranch owners choose iron stair railing for a hillside entry and gate operator installation for a gate they already own, with wrought iron fencing along the lot line and cable railings for a canyon view on the deck. Every steel rail is built in powder-coated steel, with a multi-stage wash, zinc-phosphate primer and electrostatic polyester powder coat, 3 to 5 mils thick.
The install runs in four steps. First, our estimator walks the stair or the drive and measures the slope. Second, you approve the drawing and we help you file it with the association. Third, we fabricate the piece in our shop in galvanized steel, powder coat, with posts set 24 to 36 inches deep in concrete, sized to the soil on the lot. Fourth, the crew hangs the gate or sets the rail, mounts one of our 24V DC continuous-duty operators sized to the leaf, and tests monitored photo eyes plus edge sensors on every automatic gate, with a reverse test before we leave. Texas811 locates buried lines at no charge, and that step precedes post holes on Steiner Ranch lots.
The crew that measures your stair builds and installs the rail, so the slope we read on day one is the slope the steel is cut to, in galvanized steel under a black powder coat. Our Steiner Ranch location manager also runs our commercial gate schedules, so a hillside rail and a loading entrance get the same safety testing.
We work the whole Steiner Ranch grid, from Canyon Glen and Hancock Hill to Rocky Ridge and the streets off Quinlan Park Road. Neighbors can see our work in Leander, Cedar Park and Austin, and the full list sits on our service area page.
Steiner Ranch jobs often pair a new rail with automatic driveway gates at the street, or a gate operator installation on a gate you already own.
A neighborhood firewise page says an Architectural Modification Application is mandatory, so confirm which association covers your address before we fabricate.
For iron stair railing, the typical estimate is $65 to $135 a linear foot, and the written quote sets the final price once the stair is measured.
Yes, as with Nadine's Rocky Ridge gate, where a solar operator saved cutting the driveway.
Steel, because of the area's wildfire history; the firewise page links NFPA and IBHS fact sheets, and we confirm the details with you.
A stair railing typically takes an estimated 6 to 9 hours on site, and a solar operator retrofit an estimated 6 to 8 hours.
Yes, we drive to both as part of the weekly run out of the Georgetown shop.
Contact us today, and our crew will walk your stair and your gate, read the covenant and hand you a free written quote.
Your local contact
Names, photos and stories are on our about page.
Location manager covering Steiner Ranch
Runs the Steiner Ranch schedule from the first site measure to the final safety test.
Call us or send the form, and we will book a site measure and a written estimate.
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