Cedar Park Metal Gates is the Texas capital region's trusted expert in Courtyard Entry Gates, specializing in steel gates for limestone and stucco walls, paired leaves for wide openings, and keyed or electric entry. We offer shop-built courtyard gates drawn to the opening you already have, so the wall stays intact.
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Our team provides measuring, fabrication, powder coating and hanging, delivering a front court that stays open to the eye for homes and a controlled walkway for both residential and commercial projects. Backed by 17 years in business and our 18-month workmanship warranty, we've completed over 1,483 projects, from a 42 in walk gate in a stone wall to a pair of 30 in leaves.
From the first wall inspection to the last latch check, our team handles every courtyard gate. Serving Cedar Park alongside Steiner Ranch, Leander and Round Rock, we build each gate in the shop and hang it in one visit whenever the wall allows.
Request a free estimate, and we will measure the opening, inspect the wall and draw the gate before any steel is cut.
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Sylvie, University Club side, Steiner Ranch
A front courtyard wall had an open gap where packages and deer both walked straight to the front door.
Investment and duration figures are estimates. Your written quote sets the final price and schedule.
Sylvie's front courtyard on the University Club side of Steiner Ranch had an open gap where packages and deer both walked straight to the front door. We built a pair of 30 in leaves in a limestone courtyard wall from square bar steel, black powder coat, with a keyed lever on the active leaf and a drop rod on the fixed one. The job took an estimated 4 to 8 hours and sat in an estimated range of $1,500 to $2,400. The court now stays open to the street view and closes with one latch.
A walkway or courtyard entry gate is typically estimated at $650 to $1,450 installed in Cedar Park, and a pair of leaves runs higher because it doubles the hinges and adds a drop rod. A smaller job in the Hills of Lakeway, a 42 in walk gate in a stone wall built in steel with an arched head, sat in an estimated $800 to $1,300.
A single person-sized leaf with a keyed or magnetic latch
Pedestal or column entry device tied to a phone app and resident codes
4 to 6 foot panels on set posts along a yard or perimeter
Investment and duration figures are estimates. Your written quote sets the final price and schedule.
| Job | Est. investment | Est. duration on site |
|---|---|---|
| Walkway or courtyard entry gate | Est. $650 to $1,450 each | Est. 4 to 8 hours |
| Video intercom and keypad entry | Est. $750 to $4,300 | Est. 4 to 8 hours |
| Ornamental tube steel fence line | Est. $52 to $83 per linear foot | Est. 2 to 4 days |
These courtyard figures are estimates, and steel prices can change them, so your written quote sets the final price and the schedule after the measuring visit.
The wall decides the hardware, so we check what is inside it before drawing a hinge, because the pull on the top hinge is what cracks a weak joint.
| Wall type | How we hang the gate | What to watch |
|---|---|---|
| Solid limestone | Hinge plate with through bolts or epoxy anchors set into sound stone | Soft or cracked courses are avoided, even if that shifts a hinge |
| Stucco over block | Anchors into filled block, located by test holes first | Hollow cells do not hold a loaded anchor |
| Stucco over a wood frame | A steel post added behind or beside the column | Often the costliest repair, so we find it early |
| Brick | Anchors into the brick face, kept clear of mortar joints | Older mortar may need repointing first |
A veneer can look like solid stone from the drive and still be only a few inches thick, which is why we inspect before we quote a mounting method on any Lakeway or West Lake Hills front. Where a column cannot carry the leaf, a new post goes in, and our 48-inch gate post footing rule applies with rock bits used wherever a limestone ledge stops the auger.
A courtyard gate frames the front door, so we set the picket layout from where a visitor actually stands. Open leaves in square bar steel, black powder coat, keep the entry visible and let air move through the court. Our standard is no more than 4 inches between pickets on any gate or fence a child can reach, and it still leaves the planting and porch light in sight from a Volente or Rollingwood street.
Center the gate on the door and the walk will read as one straight line, even when the wall opening sits slightly off. Arched tops suit an arched door, and a job in The Hills used steel with an arched head for that reason, while a flat top looks calmer on a modern front in Austin.
Decide how the gate will be answered before we build it, since wiring is far easier to run before the leaf goes up.
If the home has an HOA in Pflugerville, Georgetown or Shady Hollow, send the drawing to the architectural committee before anyone orders steel, because approval timing can set your schedule.
The most common mistake is hanging a heavy leaf on a thin veneer, then watching the latch stop catching within a couple of years. Old walls also lean on sloped Volente and Rollingwood lots, so we check the width at three heights and scribe the frame to suit. A leaf that opens toward a step or planter can only travel part of the way, and a bottom rail set to clear the highest point of the leaf arc, with drainage kept open under the gate, keeps it moving on an uneven court.
Most courtyards take a walk gate sized for people, and our pedestrian entry gates page covers side-yard and walkway versions of the same work. A drive-through court needs custom driveway gates, a scrolled look points to wrought iron gates, and gate access control covers keypads in depth. If the wall stops short of the lot line, an ornamental tube steel fence line at an estimated $52 to $83 per linear foot can finish the run. Apartment and office courtyards in Round Rock get the same wall checks, and a walk gate there often ties into a call box.
You get one crew from the first measure to the final latch check, the lead welder checks each frame against the scale drawing before coating, and the written quote names the anchoring method.
We hang courtyard gates throughout the 40-mile radius around Cedar Park, including stone fronts in Lakeway, Steiner Ranch and West Lake Hills. Stucco fronts in Leander get a test hole first, so we know what sits behind the finish.
Owners planning a courtyard gate often add iron railings on the entry steps or horizontal slat gates along the drive so the metalwork matches across the front of the house.
A single gate is typically estimated at $650 to $1,450 installed, and our Steiner Ranch pair sat in an estimated $1,500 to $2,400.
Most courtyard gates take an estimated 4 to 8 hours on site after shop fabrication, plus a day if a stucco column needs a hidden steel post.
Usually, yes, and if the stone is a thin veneer or a soft course, we move the hinge or add a steel post instead of trusting the face.
A closed gate with narrow picket gaps helps a lot, as the University Club side job showed. The surrounding wall has to be continuous too, because deer will find the lowest open point around a court.
Yes, when it is fitted with an electric strike and a video intercom wired before the leaf is hung.
It should relate to the door without copying it, so we match the finish color and top shape and let the pickets stay simple.
Request a free estimate, and we will measure at three heights, check the wall and send a written quote with a scale drawing.
Start to finish
An estimator walks the opening, reads the grade and marks where the leaf or the slide run has to clear.
Steel gets cut only after you sign off on a scaled drawing that names the tube, the coating and the opener.
Our Cedar Park welders build it, the steel goes for galvanizing and powder coat, and it ships finished.
Posts cure, the leaf goes up, the opener gets wired, and you watch each photo eye and edge stop the gate.
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