Cedar Park Metal Gates is the Texas capital region's trusted expert for gate operator installation, specializing in linear swing operators, slide gate drives and the photo eyes and edges that make them safe. We offer operator retrofits for 1990s swing leaves and manual slide gates, plus battery backup and remote kits for the whole family.
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Our team provides hinge checks, post bracing and clean wiring, delivering an automatic gate from the one you already own 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 leaf on an acreage drive to paired leaves on a long estate entry.
From the bracket welds and the control board to the photo eyes and the reverse test, our team handles every detail. Serving Cedar Park, Round Rock and Lakeway, we check the gate first, so the operator we set moves a leaf that is square, plumb and ready for the load.
Request a free estimate, and we will test your gate by hand and tell you whether it can take an operator today.
What you can hold us to
Noor, Flintrock Falls, The Hills
A manual gate a homeowner had grown tired of opening in the rain
Investment and duration figures are estimates. Your written quote sets the final price and schedule.
Noor's gate in The Hills, at Flintrock Falls, was a manual gate she had grown tired of opening in the rain. We set a linear operator, photo eyes and edges on one leaf of a 1990s gate. The job was an estimated $2,300 to $3,500 and took an estimated 4 to 8 hours on site. Noor now opens the leaf from the car and the edge stops it on contact.
Swing operators suit hinged leaves, slide drives suit gates on a track, and cantilever drives suit gates that roll clear of the ground. The table sets the three side by side.
| Gate type | Operator style | Weak spot | What we check first |
|---|---|---|---|
| Single or double swing | Linear arm or underground | Sagging leaves and loose posts | Hinges, latch and post lean |
| Track slide | Rack drive | Debris in the track | Wheels, track and rack alignment |
| Trackless cantilever | Chain or rack drive | Heavy carriage, long tail | Carriage bearings and frame |
On Lakeway and Steiner Ranch slopes, a swing gate often needs a stop and a ground ramp before any operator goes on. In Georgetown and Round Rock, where drives run flat, a slide gate with rack drive is often the cleaner retrofit.
Motor, photo eyes, edges and remotes fitted to a sound leaf
A leaf on a V-track where the drive is flat and has side room for the open gate
Two leaves on heavy hinges for a wide drive with level swing room behind the gate
Investment and duration figures are estimates. Your written quote sets the final price and schedule.
Bolting an operator onto a gate you have is an estimated $1,900 to $3,700 and an estimated 4 to 8 hours on site. Leaf weight, leaf count and wire length decide where in that range you land.
| Job | Est. investment | Est. duration on site |
|---|---|---|
| Operator added to an existing gate | Est. $1,900 to $3,700 per gate | Est. 4 to 8 hours |
| Track slide gate with rack drive | Est. $1,700 to $4,800 per gate | Est. 2 to 3 days |
| Double leaf swing entry with operators | Est. $4,200 to $7,800 per entry | Est. 2 to 3 days |
A track slide gate with rack drive runs an estimated $1,700 to $4,800, while a double leaf swing entry with operators sits near an estimated $4,200 to $7,800 when the leaves are new. A light single leaf with a standard kit sits at the low end, and a heavy pair with edges and a keypad sits near the top.
These are estimates and are subject to change once we find a leaning post or a hinge that needs replacing first. The written quote we hand you after the hand test sets the final price and the schedule.
Every gate operator we set gets photo eyes and edges, and we trip each one until the leaf reverses. A hardwired 120V operator needs an electrical permit, and we confirm the permit steps with the city before the work starts. An automated Round Rock gate needs a city-approved Knox key switch and a passed Fire Marshal acceptance test before it runs (confirm current text with the city). Crystal Falls and Travisso gates sit under the Leander Fire Marshal's Knox Box guidelines, so confirm those as well. For a Cedar Park address, we call the fire department that covers the street before ordering.
A 1990s leaf with worn hinges, a bent frame or a post that leans will fight any operator. We test the swing by hand, then replace hinges, add a stop or brace a post before a motor goes on. Buttercup Creek and Twin Creeks gates built on the first wave of Cedar Park growth, from 26,049 residents in 2000 to 77,595 in 2020, are now reaching first replacement. If a gate is past saving, our gate replacement page covers the next step.
Brackets and pedestals come in powder-coated aluminum or hot-dip galvanized steel, matched to your steel gate posts. Low-voltage wire goes in conduit rather than hanging off the post, since rodents chew exposed runs, as on Wes's gate in Steiner Ranch. Operator boxes are chosen to shed heat.
Our owner has watched 17 years of Cedar Park gates age, and the 1,483 projects behind that show up in the leaves we leave moving. Every install carries our 18-month workmanship warranty on the work we do, and the operator carries the manufacturer's own parts cover, often 1 to 5 years for motors and boards. Our lead welder repairs the frame on the spot, so customers in Old Town and Wolf Ranch get one crew for the metal and the motor.
We set operators across a 40-mile radius of Cedar Park, with many going to The Hills and Lakeway drives, and slide gate retrofits along Round Rock streets. Shady Hollow, Steiner Ranch and West Lake Hills owners get the same equipment list. See every town we reach on the service area page. Cora's new linear pair on the Slaughter Creek side of Shady Hollow replaced 18-year-old units and added battery backup and new photo eyes. Clint's operators on Volente Road are DC units on sealed batteries, an estimated $2,100 to $3,200 over 4 to 8 hours, because power was 400 ft away. Cole's Crystal Falls leaves run on ball-bearing hinges with linear operators and a loop detector. Maribel's soft-stop operators in Rough Hollow move a flat-top pair between limestone columns. Hollis chose an articulated arm for his 16 ft leaf in Buttercup Creek, with a keypad at car window height. Jerome's single leaf on Andice Road in Georgetown has a solar operator, a long-range remote and an exit sensor in the road base.
An operator works best with the right power and entry device, so see solar gate operators for drives with no power nearby, gate access control for keypads and intercoms, and electric gate repair for gates already automated that have stopped.
Adding an operator to an existing gate is an estimated $1,900 to $3,700, and the hinge and post condition decide where you land.
Often yes, once the hinges and posts pass a hand test, and Noor's 1990s leaf had its hinges checked first.
A typical install is an estimated 4 to 8 hours, and the day is set on your quote.
Most operators last about 10 to 15 years when someone checks them once a year.
Photo eyes and edges, tested after setup, and the leaf stops when an edge is touched.
A hardwired 120V operator needs an electrical permit, and a solar gate on a Volente Road drive may not; we confirm the steps first.
Request a free estimate and we will swing your gate by hand, look up the fire access rule for your city and price the operator that fits.
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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