Georgetown Metal Gates is Central Texas's trusted expert in pedestrian entry gates, specializing in steel walk gates, keyed and keypad latches, and walk gates cut to match an existing driveway gate. We offer side yard gates, front walk gates and people entries that sit apart from a vehicle gate.
Our team provides welding and powder coat prep under one roof, so homes get walk gates that suit the house and both residential and commercial owners get shared entries that hold up to daily use. The shop has 11 years in business and over 1,412 projects behind it, from a 4 ft walk gate to a 200 ft perimeter run, and each pedestrian entry gates job is warrantied for 3 years of workmanship on welds, hinge alignment, gate sag and gate travel.
From 24 to 36 inch post footings to a ball-bearing hinge and a latch that catches every time, our team handles the job from start to finish. Serving Georgetown and neighboring Serenada, Cedar Park, Round Rock and Leander, we make the gate your family, guests and delivery drivers will really use.
Phone us for a free estimate. Before any drawing, we measure the walk and look at how your driveway gate travels.
What you can hold us to
Aurelio, Sun City Texas, Georgetown
A side yard walk gate that the owner needed approved by both the Modifications Committee and the city before anything was built
Investment and duration figures are estimates. Your written quote sets the final price and schedule.
Aurelio's home in Sun City Texas needed a 4 ft walk gate in a stucco side-yard wall, and both the Modifications Committee and the city had to approve it before anything was built. We drew an open picket walk gate in powder-coated steel with a keyed latch to match the committee's submission; the estimated $850 to $1,200 job took an estimated 5 to 7 hours. Both approvals came first, and the install ran with no change orders.
People get their own way in through a pedestrian entry gate, so a visitor with a package never needs a large gate opened. It belongs in three places:
Gideon's 110 ft ornamental steel run in Round Rock Old Town had its walk opening cut into the same open picket line; the estimated $6,600 to $8,800 job took an estimated 3 to 4 days.
A walk gate beside a motorized gate gets its own opening, since the Door and Access Systems Manufacturers Association states that vehicular gate operators belong on vehicular gates only, never on pedestrian gates. Separate pedestrian access is required wherever people are likely to walk in, so we quote the walk gate as its own manual leaf with its own latch and never tie it to the driveway operator. We treat the gate, the fence and the sensors as one job, so the adjacent fence is part of the same scope.
In Georgetown, the unified development code caps front yard fences at 4 ft and asks for at least 50 percent transparency, which is why a front walk gate is drawn as open pickets. Perimeter gates in Sun City usually need the Modifications Committee and a city permit, and Neighborhood 38 requires gates to common or drainage areas to open inward to the owner's property. Texas 811 must be notified before anyone digs a post hole.
Because a walk gate puts its entire weight on a single post, the footing and the frame determine whether it sags. Here is the sequence we follow:
The Blackland clay east of I-35 holds water and moves, while the limestone shelf to the west stops a hole short, so we check the ground on site before we quote the footing.
For a side yard, a keyed latch works; for a front walk with regular visitors, a keypad latch; and for a gate that sits far from the door, a gate access control and intercom system.
A walk gate that forms part of a pool barrier follows firmer rules. Texas Health and Safety Code 757.004 says a pool yard gate must close and latch on its own, have hardware that can lock, and swing outward, away from the pool yard, with the latch at least 60 inches above the ground except under listed conditions. Section 757.003 requires an enclosure at least 48 inches tall with a 4 inch sphere limit under it. Our pool fencing uses pool code aluminum, estimated at $30 to $45 a linear foot.
Quinn in Rollingwood and Octavia off Bee Cave Road both matched a walk gate to an existing driveway leaf, one 14 ft and one 16 ft, so we draw each walk gate to follow the leaf already standing.
| Gate type | Best for | Finish | Est. price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Custom steel walk gate | Side yards, front walks, next to the drive gate | Galvanized, then powder-coated | Est. $600 to $1,500 for each gate |
| Welded ornamental fence with a matching walk gate | A whole front or side run | Galvanized, then powder coat | Est. $50 to $85 a linear foot |
| Aluminum pool fence, self-closing gate | Barriers around a backyard pool | Powder-coated aluminum | Est. $30 to $45 a linear foot |
Installed, a custom pedestrian entry gate typically runs an estimated $600 to $1,500 for each gate, with new posts, the pattern and the latch moving the price most.
Hand-built leaf, keyed or electric strike latch
Galvanized tube, powder coat, rackable panels
Self-closing, self-latching gate priced extra
Forged pickets and scrollwork, finish to the lot
Investment and duration figures are estimates. Your written quote sets the final price and schedule.
| Scope | Est. price | Est. time on site |
|---|---|---|
| Custom pedestrian walk gate | Est. $600 to $1,500 for each gate | Est. 4 to 8 hours |
| Welded ornamental fence beside the gate | Est. $50 to $85 a linear foot | Est. 2 to 4 days |
| Pool-safe fence with a self-closing gate | Est. $30 to $45 a linear foot | Est. 1 to 3 days |
| Hand-wrought forged iron fence run | Est. $85 to $130 a linear foot | Est. 3 to 6 days |
Every pedestrian gate price is an estimate and may change. After we measure the walk, the written quote sets the final price and the schedule.
A powder-coated galvanized steel walk gate is our standard, because it can match almost any existing steel gate, and our steel gate installation page covers the full range of leaves it can match. The finial is chosen per lot and per city rule, from spear, triad, flare, fleur-de-lis or flat-top, and when a driveway gate is already there, the powder coat color is copied from it.
A small gate gets the full fabrication treatment here, with the same shop welds as Delphine's 14 ft double leaf near the Old Town Overlay and Kasper's 18 ft double leaf in Serenada Country Estates. After 11 years and 1,412 projects, the pattern holds from Williams Drive to Lost Creek Boulevard: when a small gate sags, the footing is almost always the problem, not the hinge. Ulysses off Lost Creek Boulevard did not know which deed restriction applied, so we pulled the section's restrictions before drawing his 12 ft double leaf, and a walk gate gets the same check.
Our pedestrian entry gates reach a 45-mile radius of the Georgetown shop, including Cedar Park walk gates, Round Rock side yard gates, Leander entries and Serenada acreage lots. The service area page also lists Steiner Ranch, West Lake Hills, Rollingwood, Volente, Lost Creek and Sunset Valley.
On the same property, a walk gate often pairs with an automatic driveway gate, with ornamental iron fencing along the front, or, where staff need access apart from the vehicle lanes, with commercial gate systems. A walled front garden usually calls for a courtyard entry gate instead.
Expect an estimated $600 to $1,500 for each gate for a custom steel walk gate, and the written quote confirms it after the walk is measured.
Yes. For Delphine's 14 ft double swing gate near the Old Town Overlay, we copied the open picket pattern and black powder coat onto her walk gate, and any gate inside our 45-mile radius gets the same treatment.
A vehicle operator is never meant for pedestrians, so we recommend a walk gate; Kasper's 18 ft double swing in Serenada Country Estates keeps a separate walk opening beside the leaves.
Yes. A keypad latch or video intercom works with a code, the same access control work done for Cyrus on Williams Drive in an estimated 5 to 7 hour retrofit.
Hanging one finished gate needs an estimated 4 to 8 hours on site.
Usually yes. Perimeter work in Sun City takes the Modifications Committee and a city permit, and we draw to both before building.
Phone us for a free estimate. We will measure your walk in Georgetown, Sun City Texas or the Williams Drive corridor 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.
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