Cedar Park Metal Gates is the Texas capital region's trusted expert in iron balconies, specializing in second-floor balcony guards, juliet balconies, and iron rails set on wood or steel framing. We offer field-measured, shop-built balcony guards for homes where a wood guard has loosened at the anchors or split in the sun.
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Our team provides measuring, fabrication, powder coating and anchoring, delivering a solid guard for homes and a durable edge 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 6 ft juliet rail to a 24 lf second-floor balcony.
From the rim probe to the final bolt torque, our team handles the whole balcony edge. Serving Cedar Park alongside Round Rock, Georgetown and Leander, we set each balcony guard so it stays tight on the framing and clean against the view.
Request a free estimate, and we will measure the balcony edge, probe the framing and price the guard before any steel is cut.
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Tess, Lakeway Drive, Lakeway
A second-floor balcony with a view of the water and a wood guard failing at the anchors
Investment and duration figures are estimates. Your written quote sets the final price and schedule.
Tess's second-floor balcony on Lakeway Drive in Lakeway looks toward the water, and the wood guard was failing at the anchors. We built a 24 lf steel guard with a bronze powder coat and side-mounted it into new blocking with sealed anchors, so water stays out of the wall. The job was an estimated $1,900 to $2,900 and took an estimated 6 to 10 hours on site. The guard keeps the view open and no longer moves when someone leans on it.
A balcony guard fails at the anchor before it fails anywhere else, because rain finds the bolt holes and rots the framing behind the post. A wood guard hides that rot until the day it moves. Buttercup Creek and Twin Creeks homes in Cedar Park have second-floor decks from the 2000s, and those decks are now about 20 years old. The city grew from 26,049 people in 2000 to 77,595 in 2020, so many homes now share the same age and the same anchor risk. Rough Hollow and Lakeway Drive balconies in Lakeway get more sun and wind, and Lake Austin side balconies in Steiner Ranch face the weather off the ridge.
A balcony guard here is estimated at $68 to $132 per linear foot for an ornamental stair or balcony guard, and the length, the height, the corner count and the framing condition move that number most.
Field measured, shop built, installed in one visit after the shop lead time
Rust treated and recoated rather than replacing sound old iron
Center column stair to a loft, deck or upper terrace
Investment and duration figures are estimates. Your written quote sets the final price and schedule.
| Job | Est. investment | Est. duration on site |
|---|---|---|
| Ornamental stair or balcony guard | Est. $68 to $132 per linear foot | Est. 5 to 10 hours |
| Old iron blast and recoat | Est. $31 to $48 per linear foot | Est. 1 to 3 days |
| Steel spiral stair | Est. $1,500 to $5,800 per staircase | Est. 1 to 3 days |
A typical 24 lf balcony guard lands inside the estimated per-foot range and typically takes one visit, while a short juliet rail is often done in a morning. These per-foot figures are estimates, and an extra corner or a soft rim can change them once the framing is probed; the written quote fixes the final price and the schedule for your balcony.
Iron is the best value for a balcony guard, cable suits a water view and glass suits a view you want unbroken. The table sets iron beside cable and glass on installed price per foot and on what each asks of you later.
| Guard type | Est. installed price | Upkeep |
|---|---|---|
| Ornamental iron or steel | Est. $68 to $132 per linear foot | Touch up chips with zinc primer |
| Stainless cable | Est. $75 to $260 per linear foot | Re-tension the cable every few years |
| Frameless glass | Est. $150 to $850 per linear foot | Wipe the glass |
A balcony guard is a safety part, so the risks are anchors, gaps and height. Before you order, ask the building office for your address what guard height and opening limit it enforces today.
Steel is the standard balcony material, and our steel gate and fence material comparison explains galvanizing and powder coat. For a stair that meets the balcony, see our iron staircases, and for the porch and deck rails see iron railings.
We measure the edge, build the guard and set the anchors ourselves, so the crew that probes your framing is the crew that bolts the post. After 17 years and over 1,483 projects, the 18-month workmanship warranty has covered welds and anchors on every balcony we have built. Balconies in Rollingwood and West Lake Hills get the same crew and the same frame probe. Felicia's 32 lf porch and stair guard in Old Town is square bar with a hand-rubbed black finish, an estimated $2,500 to $3,700 over 6 to 10 hours. A stair can come next to a guard, and Owen's 60 in steel spiral on Rollingwood Drive climbs an 11 ft rise on oak treads for an estimated $3,900 to $5,600 over 2 to 3 days. For the front door, Ravi's steel and insulated-glass pivot on Hatley Drive fills a 48 in by 108 in opening at an estimated $8,800 to $13,500 over 1 to 2 days.
We build iron balcony guards across a 40-mile radius, with guards in Lakeway, Steiner Ranch and West Lake Hills, and every other town we cover is listed on the service area page. Old Town, Wolf Ranch and Airport Road homes in Georgetown often have porch balconies, while Crystal Falls, Travisso and Mason Hills homes in Leander have second-floor balconies from the 2000s. Forest Creek and Chisholm Trail Road homes in Round Rock are older, so the framing behind the guard is probed first. Quinlan Park Road side and University Club side lots in Steiner Ranch sit on slope, and Steiner Ranch also lived through the 2011 Labor Day fire that destroyed 23 homes, which is one more reason owners choose a metal guard over wood. In The Hills, Flintrock Falls and Hills of Lakeway owners need their association sign-off on a balcony guard before steel is ordered. Brodie Lane side and Slaughter Creek side homes in Shady Hollow date from 1972 on, so original wood guards are common there. Lime Creek Road and Volente Road lake lots in Volente call for a galvanized guard. Stuart's deck in Twin Creeks shows the anchor work on another railing job, with 96 lf of barrier core-drilled into the deck. Shirin's Westlake Drive iron had rust at the collars, so we blast and zinc prime old iron before any recoat. Paige's arched walk gate at Hills of Lakeway came from the same shop, an estimated $800 to $1,300 over 4 to 8 hours. Bianca's 180 lf on Camp Craft Road in West Lake Hills was racked with the grade, the same measuring we do on a sloped deck edge.
A balcony guard usually pairs with a matching staircase, a railing for the steps, or an iron entry door that shares the same finish.
An iron balcony guard is typically estimated at $68 to $132 per linear foot, and your written quote fixes the price once the framing has been probed.
Setting a balcony guard is an estimated 5 to 10 hours of install work once the steel is back from the coater, and the written quote gives your date.
Yes, we probe the rim and posts first and anchor the new guard into sound framing.
Each post gets a flashing detail and a sealed bolt hole so water does not follow the bolt into the framing.
We hold the clear gap between pickets to no more than 4 inches, which keeps a toddler on the right side of the edge.
Whether a balcony guard needs a permit depends on your city, so we ask that office about your address and put the answer on your quote.
Request a free estimate, and we will measure the edge, probe the framing and write a quote that names every post and rail.
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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