Cedar Park Metal Gates is the Texas capital region's trusted expert for putting in driveway gates, specializing in site surveys, utility locates, and rock-bored footings. We offer post line layout and permit paperwork for drives where the ground, not the gate, is the hard part.
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Our team provides survey, footing design and approval tracking, delivering posts that stay plumb for homes and a clean install schedule 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 single post pair to reinforced footings through limestone.
From the first stake to the last backfill, our team handles every detail. Serving Cedar Park together with Leander, Lakeway and Georgetown, we treat the installation as site work first, because a good gate hung on a bad footing fails within a season.
Ask for a free estimate, and we will walk the drive, mark the post line and price the footings before any hole is dug.
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Emmett, University Club side, Steiner Ranch
A drive with a sprinkler main and low-voltage lines right where the posts wanted to go
Investment and duration figures are estimates. Your written quote sets the final price and schedule.
Emmett has a drive in Steiner Ranch on the University Club side, with a sprinkler main and low-voltage lines right where the posts wanted to go. We ran a survey and utility locates first, adjusted the post line, bored the footings through rock and had the association sign-off in hand. The one leaf on two new posts, set through rock around buried utilities on new reinforced footings, was an estimated $5,100 to $7,000 and took an estimated 2 to 3 days. The posts sit in solid ground with nothing cut and no rework.
Installing a driveway gate is mostly work in the ground: finding what is buried, setting the post line, boring and pouring the footings, and letting the concrete cure before any leaf is hung.
Flat lots are often easy to bore. Lime Creek Road drives in Volente hit limestone ledge, so the footing plan changes lot by lot.
The labor to install sits inside the price of the gate system, so a single swing system is an estimated $2,700 to $4,900, and the ground under the posts moves that number most. Footings through rock, long conduit runs and column work are written on their own lines of your quote. Garrett in Round Rock paid an estimated $2,900 to $4,400 over 2 to 3 days for an 18 ft leaf on a new concrete strip. Yvonne's 20 ft cantilever on a sloped Volente gravel drive was an estimated $7,100 to $9,400 and 3 to 4 days. Cole in Crystal Falls paid an estimated $4,600 to $6,400 over 2 to 3 days for two 8 ft leaves and a loop detector. Maribel in Rough Hollow paid an estimated $6,400 to $7,900 over 2 to 3 days for a 16 ft opening between limestone columns. Jerome on Andice Road acreage in Georgetown paid an estimated $3,400 to $4,700 over 1 to 2 days for a 16 ft leaf with solar power.
One leaf, one operator, keypad and remotes, for a narrow suburban drive
Two leaves on heavy hinges for a wide drive with level swing room behind the gate
Motor, photo eyes, edges and remotes fitted to a sound leaf
A single person-sized leaf with a keyed or magnetic latch
Roller carriages and a counterbalance tail for sloped drives and heavy use
Investment and duration figures are estimates. Your written quote sets the final price and schedule.
| Job | Est. investment | Est. duration on site |
|---|---|---|
| Tube steel single swing drive gate with operator | Est. $2,700 to $4,900 per complete system | Est. 1 to 2 days |
| Double leaf swing entry with operators | Est. $4,200 to $7,800 per complete system | Est. 2 to 3 days |
| Operator added to an existing gate | Est. $1,900 to $3,700 per system | Est. 4 to 8 hours |
| Walkway or courtyard entry gate | Est. $650 to $1,450 per gate installed | Est. 4 to 8 hours |
| Trackless cantilever gate | Est. $6,200 to $9,800 per complete system | Est. 2 to 4 days |
Hanging a tube steel single swing gate with operator is an estimated 1 to 2 days, and a double leaf swing entry is an estimated 2 to 3 days. Bolting an operator to a gate you already own is an estimated $1,900 to $3,700 and about 4 to 8 hours, while a walkway gate next to the drive is an estimated $650 to $1,450. Rock, conduit length and column work can change any of these estimates, and the written quote you get once the post line is marked sets the final price and the schedule.
The choice between a manual and an automatic gate changes the site work more than the steel. The table shows what each one asks of the ground.
| Question | Manual gate | Automatic gate |
|---|---|---|
| Power | None | Conduit run or solar panel |
| Footings | Sized to the leaf | Sized to the leaf plus operator thrust |
| Safety gear | Latch and stops | Photo eyes, edges and a release |
| Fire access | Often a lock the crew can cut | Key switch or strobe sensor |
Adding an operator later is possible, and bolting one on later costs an estimated $1,900 to $3,700, but running conduit is cheaper before the footings are poured. If you may automate someday, we set the conduit now.
Buried lines are the biggest risk on a Cedar Park drive. A sprinkler main, low-voltage lighting, a gas line or a water service can sit exactly where a post wants to go, and a bored hole through any of them is an expensive mistake. We shoot the grade, call for utility locates and mark the post line before the auger turns. On Emmett's drive in Steiner Ranch a sprinkler main ran right where the posts wanted to go, so we ran locates first and adjusted the post line.
A footing is a hole sized to the post, bored below the frost-free depth we use and poured in one go. Limestone ledges stop a standard auger, so we bring rock bits and plan extra time. Yvonne's Lime Creek Road footings were rock-bored into the ledge. Maribel's stone columns in Rough Hollow were tied to deep footings, with the leaf pair bolted in. Concrete needs time to cure before a heavy leaf is hung, so we schedule the footing day and the hang day apart.
Codes and approvals decide where the posts can go, so we check them before the plan is final, and you should confirm current text with the city. In Cedar Park, fences not over 8 ft are exempt from a building permit, which you should confirm with the city. Round Rock asks for a Knox key switch and a Fire Marshal acceptance test, and Lakeway asks for a key switch for Travis County ESD #6. West Lake Hills code 22.03.173 sets setbacks of 20 ft under 0.75 acre and 30 ft at 0.75 acre or more, and Rollingwood Sec. 107-34 asks for 15 ft from the curb. In The Hills the association and the Village both sign off before work starts, and part of Shady Hollow falls inside the City of Austin under Austin Fire. We write each approval on the quote and keep the paperwork with the job.
Posts and leaves are chosen together, and our steel gate material comparison explains galvanizing and powder coat. For the arm that moves the leaf, see gate operator installation.
We survey, bore, pour and hang with one crew, so the person who marks the post line is the person who checks the leaf. In 17 years and over 1,483 projects, the 18-month workmanship warranty has covered welds, hinge set, footings and gate travel on every install.
We install gates across a 40-mile radius, with jobs in Leander, Lakeway and Georgetown, and the full list is on our service area page. A single leaf in Leander or Georgetown is an estimated 1 to 2 days, and a pair in Lakeway or Round Rock is an estimated 2 to 3 days. Footings through rock in Steiner Ranch and Volente stretch to an estimated 2 to 4 days. Before a West Lake Hills or Rollingwood plan is final, the setback and sight lines get checked. In Shady Hollow and The Hills, fire and association approvals have to come through before we order steel. Yvonne's job in Volente ran an estimated 3 to 4 days with footings rock-bored into the ledge. Hollis's 16 ft leaf on a Buttercup Creek corner lot left room for guest parking, an estimated $3,100 to $4,300. Beckett's first post in Great Hills had sagged, so we set a new steel post for his 14 ft leaf and measured a large oak before digging. Ignacio's existing masonry columns at Ranch at Brushy Creek took new hinge plates for a steel leaf.
Installation often pairs with automatic driveway gates for push-button entry, a dual swing gate for a wide drive, or sliding gates when the drive is short.
A single swing system is estimated at $2,700 to $4,900, and the footings through rock or long conduit runs are what push it up; your written quote has the final figure.
A single swing install occupies the drive for an estimated 1 to 2 days, and the dates go in your quote.
It depends on the city and the height, so confirm current text with the city, and check your association before we start.
We set 48 inches for gate posts and 36 inches for fence posts, with rock bits where limestone stops the auger.
Yes, we call for locates and mark the post line before any hole is bored.
Yes, adding the operator later is an estimated $1,900 to $3,700, and we lay conduit now if you plan to automate.
Ask for a free estimate, and we will walk the drive, mark the post line and write a quote that names every footing and approval.
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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