Georgetown Metal Gates is Central Texas's trusted expert in solar gate operators, specializing in panel and battery packages for swing and slide gates. We offer solar panel kits and 24V DC continuous-duty operators sized to the leaf.
Our team provides panel mounting, battery wiring and sensor setup, delivering a gate that runs with no cord and no trench for homes and dependable access for both residential and commercial projects. On every solar gate operators job, workmanship is covered for 3 years across welds, hinge alignment, gate sag and gate travel, and 11 years in business with over 1,412 projects, a 4 ft walk gate to a 200 ft perimeter run, show how we build.
From sizing the battery bank to the last cloudy-week test, our team handles all of it. Serving Georgetown along with Cedar Park, Round Rock, Leander and Steiner Ranch, we power the gate at the end of a long drive without cutting your driveway.
Call us for a free estimate, and we will check your sun, count your daily cycles and send a written quote.
What you can hold us to
Delphine, near the Old Town Overlay, Georgetown
A concrete driveway on soil that moved with the seasons, where the last gate post had leaned
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.
Nadine in Steiner Ranch, in Rocky Ridge, had a gate far from the house where trenching would have cut the driveway. We fitted a solar panel with a dual-battery operator sized to the cycles per day on her 12 ft double leaf, an estimated $2,600 to $3,600 job that took an estimated 6 to 8 hours. There is no trench and no cord, and the gate still runs through cloudy weeks.
Delphine near the Old Town Overlay in Georgetown has a concrete drive on moving soil, where the last post leaned, so we set deeper post footings and ball-bearing hinges with battery backup on her 14 ft double leaf, an estimated $4,600 to $6,400 in an estimated 2 to 3 days.
Solar works when the gate is far from power and the number of daily cycles is modest, which describes many drives around Leander, Volente and Lost Creek. A busy gate on a shaded drive may need the grid, and the table shows how we weigh it.
| Your situation | Best power | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Gate far from the house | Solar with dual batteries | No trench across the drive |
| Few cycles a day, open sky | Single panel | Panel keeps both batteries topped up |
| Heavy traffic or deep shade | Grid power or a bigger panel | Cycles can outrun the sun |
| Existing power at the post | Grid operator | Cheaper than a panel and batteries |
Owners in Rollingwood and West Lake Hills with shaded oak lots usually learn this at the site visit, because a panel that sees four hours of sun cannot feed a busy gate.
Sizing starts with cycles per day, since each open and close draws the batteries down. A family gate cycles a few times a day, while a shared entry cycles far more, and that number sets the panel and the battery pair. Every solar operator still gets photo eyes, edge sensors and a reverse test, and most installations need at least two independent entrapment protection means in each direction plus at least two warning signs under DASMA's guidance. Texas 811 asks for notice before any post hole, and a solar gate saves the trench but not that call. Have your city confirm today's requirements before you commit to a build.
The install runs in this order:
Out in Volente or Lost Creek, where the drive can run a long way, a missed survey is the usual reason a solar gate stalls in winter, so we never skip step one.
A solar operator is priced like an operator retrofit, estimated at $1,800 to $3,800 for each system, and the leaf weight, the panel size and the sensor count move the price most.
Galvanized steel, powder coat, one operator, photo eyes and keypad
Two leaves, two operators, ball-bearing hinges, battery backup
Track set in concrete, chain or rack drive, edge sensors
Counterbalanced carriage, rack-and-pinion drive, no ground track
Hand-built leaf, keyed or electric strike latch
Motor, photo eyes and remotes added to a gate you already own
Video intercom, keypad or phone entry, delivery codes
Galvanized tube, powder coat, rackable panels
Forged pickets and scrollwork, finish to the lot
Self-closing, self-latching gate priced extra
Field-measured, anchored to code height
Thermal break, glass, pivot hardware
Engineered, delivered and set with a hoist
Inspection, lubrication, sensor and limit checks
Investment and duration figures are estimates. Your written quote sets the final price and schedule.
| Scope | Est. price | Est. time on site |
|---|---|---|
| Operator added to a gate you own | Est. $1,800 to $3,800 for one operator system | Est. 4 to 8 hours |
| Recurring gate service plan | Est. $88 to $113 a gate each month | Est. 1 to 3 hours per visit |
Solar gate operators pricing is estimated for the Georgetown area and subject to change. The site visit comes first; the written quote after it sets the final price and the install schedule, and leaf weight, panel size and sensor count decide the figures.
A solar panel is one way to power an operator, so gate operator installation covers the motor side, and gate access control adds the keypad or intercom. If the gate itself is the problem, our automatic driveway gates page covers a full new system, and steel gate installation covers the leaf.
After 11 years and 1,412 projects across a 45-mile radius, we have seen solar gates fail from an undersized panel far more often than from a bad motor. We count cycles first, and the work then carries 3 years of workmanship warranty covering welds, hinge alignment, sag and travel.
We install across a 45-mile radius of the Georgetown shop, including Steiner Ranch, Cedar Park, Round Rock and Leander. Towns beyond these are covered on the service area page.
It is priced like an operator retrofit, estimated at $1,800 to $3,800 for each system, and your written quote fixes the final price.
Most installs take an estimated 4 to 8 hours , and Nadine's Steiner Ranch gate took an estimated 6 to 8 hours.
Yes, a dual-battery operator sized to the cycles per day kept Nadine's gate running through cloudy weeks.
Often yes, if it is a 24V DC unit, and across our 45-mile radius from Georgetown to Lost Creek we check that at the site visit.
Yes, every operator has a manual release, and in Rollingwood or Sunset Valley we size the pair so low batteries are rare.
We confirm at your address whether a Georgetown or Cedar Park fence rule reaches the gate.
Call us for a free estimate on your Georgetown gate, and we will check your sun, test the swing and send a written quote. The 1,412 projects we finished in 11 years include solar operator calls like yours.
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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Where we work
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.
