Georgetown Metal Gates is Central Texas's trusted expert in iron staircases, specializing in spiral staircases, straight steel stairs, and welded stair railings. We offer templated treads, wood or steel steps, and rails that match the rest of your ironwork.
Our team provides measuring, welding, finish coating and installation, delivering a stair that saves floor space for homes and a durable exterior route for both residential and commercial projects. The shop's history is 11 years and over 1,412 projects, from a 4 ft walk gate in a stucco side-yard wall to a 9 ft rise straight stair with landing, and the workmanship warranty runs 3 years on welds, hinge alignment, gate sag and gate travel.
From the floor-to-floor measurement to the last tread weld, our team handles the job from start to finish. Serving Georgetown and neighboring Leander, Cedar Park and Round Rock, we build stairs that feel solid on the first step and on the thousandth.
Call us for a free estimate and we will measure your rise, check the landing, and quote the staircase in writing.
What you can hold us to
Valentina, off Lost Creek Boulevard, Lost Creek
A deck that needed a second exit without taking up yard space
Investment and duration figures are estimates. Your written quote sets the final price and schedule.
Valentina's home in Lost Creek needed a way up to a second-floor deck without giving up the patio below. We built a 9 ft rise straight stair with a landing in welded steel for the home in Lost Creek, templated at the deck edge, run along the wall, finished in a dark powder coat, and set on a concrete footing. The estimated cost was $2,800 to $5,200 and the install typically took 2 to 4 days, quick work for a 9 ft rise stair in the Austin hills.
A spiral staircase in Georgetown is generally estimated at $1,300 to $6,000, and the range is wide because rise, tread material, diameter and railing style all move the price. A small exterior stair with one landing in Cedar Park sits near the low end, while Valentina's 9 ft rise straight stair with a landing in Lost Creek came in at an estimated $2,800 to $5,200.
Engineered, delivered and set with a hoist
Field-measured, anchored to code height
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Spiral staircase | Est. $1,300 to $6,000 | Est. 1 to 14 days |
| Stair or balcony rail in iron | Est. $65 to $135 a linear foot | Est. 5 to 10 hours |
| Cable railing | Est. $75 to $260 a linear foot | Est. 1 to 3 days |
| Glass railing | Est. $150 to $850 a linear foot | Est. 1 to 3 days |
Estimates only: the iron staircases figures for Georgetown are subject to change. Your written quote after we measure sets the final price and the schedule, and rise, landings and footing work move it most.
A spiral turns around a center post and needs a small footprint, while a straight stair needs a longer run but feels easier on the feet. Most owners in Round Rock and Cedar Park choose by the space they have, not the look they want, and Valentina's 9 ft rise straight stair in Lost Creek runs flat along the wall, so it takes almost no yard.
| Style | Best for | What to weigh |
|---|---|---|
| Spiral | Decks, lofts and tight corners | Narrow treads and a steep climb for carrying furniture |
| Straight | Long walls and wide entries | Needs the most floor length for its rise |
| Switchback with landing | Tall rises in a small footprint | The landing needs its own posts and footing |
A stair is built twice, first as a template and then in steel. We measure the finished floor to finished floor height, which was 9 ft at Valentina's deck, lay out the rise of each step, and mark the center post or stringer positions on site. Then the parts are cut and welded in our Georgetown shop, so the joints are made on a bench instead of on a ladder, and a 9 ft rise stair typically takes 2 to 4 days from drawing to install. On install day we lift the stair, level the first tread, anchor to the deck or footing, and weld or bolt the railing in place.
Across 1,412 projects, the common mistakes are a footing that is too shallow, a rise that changes from step to step, and an open end that a child can fall through. We hold posts 24 to 36 inches deep in concrete on exterior stairs in Georgetown and Round Rock, and every baluster gap stays at 3.5 to 3.875 inches clear. Rise and run limits depend on the building and the city, so confirm the current rules with your city before you build. Our drawing is checked against what they say, whether the stair goes in Georgetown, Leander or Lost Creek.
Match the stair to the ironwork around it, as Mateo did with the 40 ft stair and porch railing in Canyon Glen, since a home's rails and a new spiral should share one finish. Our iron railings page covers the guard that rides the stair, and our steel gate material guide explains galvanizing and powder coat in more detail. Percival's 22 ft balcony and Juliet rail on Westlake Drive carries the same powder-coated steel upstairs.
Our lead welder builds every staircase in the Georgetown shop and sets it on site in Cedar Park, Round Rock or Lost Creek, so the person who cut the steel is the person who stands beside you when the first tread goes in. Across 1,412 projects over 11 years, the stairs that last were the ones with the best footing and the cleanest welds, and our 3-year workmanship warranty covers those welds.
We install stairs across a 45-mile radius, including Cedar Park, Round Rock and Leander. Hillside owners in Steiner Ranch and Lost Creek ask for exterior spirals most, usually with a 9 ft rise to a deck. West Lake Hills and Rollingwood owners ask for stairs that fit tight terraces with a 22 ft run beside them. Volente owners ask about lakeside decks, where a powder coat 3 to 5 mils thick resists the damp. Serenada and Sunset Valley owners ask about deed restrictions, and every town is listed on our service area page.
Owners with a new stair often add iron balconies, a custom entry door, or a matching wrought iron fence.
A spiral staircase is estimated at $1,300 to $6,000 depending on rise and finish, and the written quote we hand you is the final price.
Spiral stairs are estimated at 1 to 14 days depending on the build, and Valentina's 9 ft rise straight stair typically took 2 to 4 days.
Yes, because the steel is galvanized and powder coated, and the stair sits on a concrete footing, the same footing Valentina's straight stair stands on in Lost Creek.
Each stair we build keeps its baluster gaps to 3.5 to 3.875 inches clear.
Yes, since we weld the stair and the railing from the same steel, we can match the finials and finish of a railing we built earlier in Steiner Ranch or Cedar Park.
Yes, exterior stairs need posts 24 to 36 inches deep in concrete, sized to the soil on your lot, which differs between west Leander rock and east Round Rock clay.
Call us for a free estimate, and we will measure your stair in Georgetown, Lost Creek or Cedar Park and send a written quote.
Start to finish
We measure the opening, the grade and the swing or slide path before anything is drawn.
You approve a scaled drawing, the metal, the finish and the operator before steel is cut.
The gate is welded in our shop, then galvanized and powder coated before it leaves for your property.
We set the posts, hang the gate, wire the operator and test every photo eye and safety edge with you.
Services
Call us or send the form, and we will book a site measure and a written estimate.
Calls only, we do not receive text messages.
