Georgetown Metal Gates is Central Texas's trusted expert in cable and glass railings, specializing in tensioned stainless cable, tempered glass panels, and powder-coated steel posts. We offer deck guards and balcony guards, each measured after the structure is ready.
Our team provides measuring, welding, finish coating and cable tensioning, delivering railings that keep a view open for homes and sturdy guards for both residential and commercial projects. Customers get 3 years of workmanship warranty covering welds from a shop with 11 years in business and over 1,412 projects, a 22 ft balcony and Juliet rail to a 42 ft cable railing on a rear deck.
From the first site measure to the cable check at handover, our team handles every step. Serving Georgetown along with Steiner Ranch, Cedar Park, Round Rock and West Lake Hills, we fit the railing to the deck or balcony you already have.
Call us for a free estimate and we will measure your deck and compare cable and glass for your view.
What you can hold us to
Imogen, Rocky Ridge, Steiner Ranch
A hillside deck with a canyon view behind a picket railing that broke up the sightline from the living room.
Investment and duration figures are estimates. Your written quote sets the final price and schedule.
Imogen's hillside deck in the Rocky Ridge area of Steiner Ranch had a canyon view behind a picket railing that broke up the sightline from the living room. We replaced it with 42 ft of cable railing on powder-coated steel posts, with intermediate posts close enough to hold tension across the longest run. The project took an estimated 2 to 3 days and sat in an estimated range of $4,800 to $7,400. The canyon now shows from the living room.
Cable railing is typically estimated at $75 to $260 a linear foot in Georgetown, and glass railing is typically estimated at $150 to $850 a linear foot. Post material and fittings drive the cable price, while panel size and the mounting method drive the glass price.
Steel or aluminum posts, stainless cable, tensioners and end fittings
Frameless or post-mounted tempered glass, measured once the structure is ready
Investment and duration figures are estimates. Your written quote sets the final price and schedule.
| Scope | Est. price | Est. time on site |
|---|---|---|
| Stainless cable railing run | Est. $75 to $260 a linear foot | Est. 1 to 3 days |
| Glass panel railing run | Est. $150 to $850 a linear foot | Est. 1 to 3 days |
| Iron railing for comparison | Est. $65 to $135 a linear foot | Est. 5 to 10 hours |
Read these per-foot numbers as estimates that can change with run length. The written quote after we measure sets the final price and the schedule.
Cable suits a view you look through at a distance, and glass suits a view you want to see with nothing in the way.
| Option | Look | What to weigh |
|---|---|---|
| Stainless cable | Slim, open lines | Tension needs checking as the cables settle |
| Tempered glass | Clear, unbroken view | Highest cost, and it shows water spots and dust |
| Iron pickets | Traditional, many patterns | Pickets break up the view from a seated height |
Cable only works as a guard while it stays tight, because a loose cable can spread enough for a child to push through. Intermediate posts cut the length of each run, which limits how far a cable can flex. Our end posts are stiffer than the rest, since they carry the pull of every cable. At handover we check each cable by hand at the middle of its span, and then we show you how to retighten them.
Glass needs a different kind of care, because the panel gets measured after the structure is finished. Rules for guards depend on the building and the city, so we confirm what applies to your property before we draw the layout.
The first step is a site measure of the deck or balcony, because the longest run sets the post count before any steel is ordered. Next we check what the posts will fasten to, and we open up a trim board where the framing behind it is unknown. We then weld and coat the posts in the shop, so the stainless cable railing run goes up only after the finish has cured. Glass waits longer, since a glass panel railing run is measured once the deck is finished and the posts are set. On install day we set the posts, run the cable or fit the panels, and check the guard from a seated height in your living room as well as from the deck.
Imogen's 42 ft cable railing is the view job on this page, and three steel jobs taught us the rest. Percival's 22 ft balcony and Juliet rail off Westlake Drive in West Lake Hills had failed where it was anchored into stone, so we set the new anchors into the structure and sealed them against water. Mateo's 40 ft stair and porch railing in Canyon Glen was cleared with the Steiner Ranch association before we set a post, and a view railing there takes the same step. Valentina's 9 ft rise straight stair with landing off Lost Creek Boulevard hugs the wall, so a guard on a stair like that has to follow the slope on every run.
Our iron railings page covers stairs where pickets make more sense, as on Mateo's 40 ft stair and porch railing, and iron balconies covers guards built as part of a new balcony.
Our lead welder builds the posts in the Georgetown shop and returns to set the cable tension on site. Across 1,412 projects, we have found the anchor sets how long a railing lasts, so we fasten posts to the structure and never to trim.
We install cable and glass railings across a 45-mile radius, including Steiner Ranch, Volente and Lost Creek. Volente lakeside homes ask about water views, while Lost Creek decks often sit above a green hillside. Steiner Ranch owners file an Architectural Modification Application with the association before a visible change like this.
Owners adding a view railing often also update iron staircases, or add a custom entry door to match the new metal.
Glass panels, estimated at $150 to $850 a linear foot against $75 to $260 for cable, so Imogen's 42 ft cable deck sat at an estimated $4,800 to $7,400.
Most cable or glass railings need an estimated 1 to 3 days on site, depending on the number of posts and panels, and Imogen's 42 ft cable railing took an estimated 2 to 3 days.
Cables settle after install, so we retighten them at handover and show you how to keep them tight with the tensioners.
Yes, because frameless or post-mounted tempered glass shows water spots and dust, and it needs regular washing to keep the view clear.
Usually yes, as on Imogen's 42 ft cable railing on a rear deck, because we can often reuse the deck structure.
Yes, because the cable can follow the rake of a stair, and we tension it along the slope the same way we do on a flat deck.
Yes, and many owners put glass on the side facing the best view and cable on the sides where the budget matters more.
Call us for a free estimate, and we will measure your deck or balcony in Georgetown, Steiner Ranch, Cedar Park or Round Rock and send a written quote.
Start to finish
We measure the deck or balcony and every run, because the longest run sets the post count.
You approve a scaled drawing that names the post layout, the cable or glass and the coating before steel is cut.
Posts are welded in our shop and powder coated, and glass is measured once the structure is ready.
We set the posts, run the cable or fit the panels, then check every run with you from the deck and from inside.
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Call us or send the form, and we will book a site measure and a written estimate.
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