Georgetown Metal Gates is Central Texas's trusted expert in custom driveway gates, specializing in ornamental steel fencing, automatic gate operators, and hand-forged iron work. We offer ground-track sliding gates and trackless cantilever gates.
Call us for a free estimate, and we will measure your opening and check the rules for your street before anyone draws a gate.
Our team provides welding and powder coat prep in our own shop, so homes get gates that suit the house and both residential and commercial projects get entries that work every day. In 11 years we have finished over 1,412 projects, from a 4 ft walk gate to a 200 ft perimeter run, and a 3-year workmanship warranty that covers welds, hinge alignment, gate sag and gate travel follows each one.
From post footings that respect limestone and clay to the entrapment test at handover, our team handles every step. Serving Georgetown and neighboring Cedar Park, Round Rock, Leander and Serenada, we keep the same crew on your gate from the first tape measure to the last remote programmed.
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
Bernadette, Old Town Overlay, Georgetown
A corner lot where the old wood fence blocked the view down both streets
Cyrus, Williams Drive corridor, Georgetown
A manual gate the owners hand-dragged open every morning and wanted to automate without replacing
Delphine, near the Old Town Overlay, Georgetown
A concrete driveway on soil that moved with the seasons, where the last gate post had leaned
Investment and duration figures are estimates. Your written quote sets the final price and schedule.
Delphine's concrete driveway near the San Gabriel River sits on soil that moves with the seasons, and her last gate post had leaned. On a 14 ft double leaf, we set deeper footings and hung the pair on ball-bearing hinges with battery backup; the estimated $4,600 to $6,400 job took an estimated 2 to 3 days.
Cyrus on the Williams Drive corridor dragged his 12 ft steel gate open by hand every morning. We kept the gate and added a continuous-duty operator, photo eyes on both sides and a keypad, an estimated $2,100 to $3,200 retrofit finished in an estimated 5 to 7 hours.
Bernadette's corner lot in the Old Town Overlay had a wood fence that blocked the view down both streets. We replaced it with 60 ft of hand-forged wrought iron, kept open and low near the corner, an estimated $5,600 to $7,200 job over an estimated 4 to 5 days.
Aurelio in Sun City Texas needed a 4 ft walk gate approved by both his Modifications Committee and the city before anything was built, an estimated $850 to $1,200 job done in an estimated 5 to 7 hours. Every case study, with its estimated numbers, is on our gate projects page.
What you can hold us to
Tubular steel with hot-dip galvanizing and powder coat is the gate we build most, because it takes impact and heat well and carries the longest warranty. The table compares what we fabricate by estimated cost and upkeep.
| Material | Est. installed price | Upkeep |
|---|---|---|
| Ornamental tubular steel, galvanized and powder coated | Est. $50 to $85 a linear foot | Annual wash and touch-up of chips |
| Hand-forged wrought iron | Est. $85 to $130 a linear foot | Scrape and repaint every 3 to 5 years |
| Pool code aluminum | Est. $30 to $45 a linear foot | A hose rinse, never rusts |
Texas sun and hail are the real tests of the finish here, which is why we bake powder coat over galvanized tube instead of spray paint on raw steel.
A Georgetown gate starts with the street, because the city's unified development code limits front yard fences to 4 ft and asks for at least 50 percent transparency, so an open picket design fits where a solid wall fails. The same code allows decorative wrought iron, and it keeps anything over 3 ft and 25 percent solid out of the 25 ft sight triangle where two streets meet. Inside Sun City, perimeter work usually needs the Modifications Committee and a city permit, so we draw to both before fabrication.
Automatic gates also put people at risk if the safety hardware is skipped. Guidance from DASMA, the Door and Access Systems Manufacturers Association, says most installations need at least two independent entrapment protection means in each direction, so an operator is part of a gate-and-fence system, not something bolted onto an old leaf. Texas 811 needs its notice before any post hole is dug, and we put that on the schedule. Confirm current rules with the city before you commit, since codes change.
Our shop builds in several metals and several styles, from steel gate installation and wrought iron gates to custom driveway gate fabrication and automatic driveway gates.
Our owner walks the drive with you before a drawing is made, and the same crew that measures your opening also sets the gate and tests the operator. Every gate we set comes with workmanship coverage for 3 years on welds, hinge alignment, gate sag and gate travel, while operators keep the maker's parts warranty, usually 1 to 5 years on motors and boards. Hardware matters as much as the weld, so we hang every leaf on ball-bearing barrel hinges sized to its weight, drive it with a 24V DC continuous-duty operator sized to the leaf, and fit gate catchers and positive travel stops on every swing and slide leaf. Where the fire marshal requires it, a Knox key switch or Opticom receiver goes on gates across fire lanes, and where trenching power is not practical, a solar panel with dual-battery backup runs the operator. We leave 2 to 3 inches of clearance above lawn grade, and less over paved drives. Meet the team behind the shop, estimator and lead welder included.
We install across a 45-mile radius of the Georgetown shop, from Sun City and the Williams Drive corridor to gates in Cedar Park, Round Rock gate installation, Leander driveway gates and Serenada acreage entries. Every other community we serve, including Steiner Ranch, West Lake Hills, Rollingwood, Volente, Lost Creek and Sunset Valley, is on our service area page.
Owners around Georgetown often combine a new gate with gate access control and intercoms, pedestrian entry gates or ornamental iron fencing, and businesses call us for commercial gate systems.
Call us for a free estimate, and we will measure your opening, check the rules for your street and give you a written, itemized 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.
An ornamental walk-through gate in Georgetown is estimated at $600 to $1,500 installed, while a single-leaf swing gate with operator is estimated at $2,500 to $5,000, with opening width, slope and automation moving the price most. The table lists the five jobs we quote most often, with the install time we typically see once the gate is built.
| Gate type | Est. investment | Est. duration on site |
|---|---|---|
| Ornamental walk-through gate | Est. $600 to $1,500 for each gate installed | Est. 4 to 8 hours |
| Single-leaf swing gate with operator | Est. $2,500 to $5,000 for the full system | Est. 1 to 2 days |
| Automated two-leaf swing entry | Est. $4,000 to $8,000 for the full system | Est. 2 to 3 days |
| Automated track-guided slide gate | Est. $1,500 to $5,000 for the full system | Est. 2 to 3 days |
| Cantilever gate with no floor track | Est. $6,000 to $10,000 for the full system | Est. 2 to 4 days |
Welded ornamental fence beside the gate is typically estimated at $50 to $85 a linear foot, and hand-forged iron runs an estimated $85 to $130 a linear foot. A gravel drive over limestone shelf or Blackland clay usually needs deeper post work, which we price in the written estimate instead of surprising you on install day.
Every figure above is an estimate for a Georgetown property and is subject to change. The written quote you receive after the site visit fixes the final price and the install schedule, shaped by the gate type, the opening width and the slope and soil on your lot.
Meet the team
Names, photos and stories are on our about page.
Owner
Georgetown location manager
Round Rock location manager
Steiner Ranch location manager
Lead Welder and Fabricator
Gate Automation Technician
Estimator and Project Coordinator
Where we work
Installed, a single-leaf swing gate with operator is estimated at $2,500 to $5,000 and a dual swing at $4,000 to $8,000; the final price comes from the written quote after the site visit.
Most automated swing gates take an estimated 1 to 3 days on site, after the gate is built in our shop.
Often yes, because front yard height and transparency limits apply and Sun City adds its Modifications Committee, so we confirm the rules for your address before fabrication.
Steel is better where impact and security matter, while aluminum suits a pool fence because it never rusts.
Yes, our operators run on battery backup and every automatic gate has a manual release.
Yes, our crews work Cedar Park, Round Rock, Leander and Serenada every week, along with the Travis County communities to the south.
Welds, hinge alignment, gate sag and gate travel on every gate fall under our 3-year workmanship warranty, and the operator keeps its maker's parts warranty.
Yes. Plan on an estimated $1,800 to $3,800 for an operator added to a gate you own, and we fit photo eyes and edge sensors with it.
Call us or send the form, and we will book a site measure and a written estimate.
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