Cedar Park Metal Gates is the Texas capital region's trusted expert in made-to-order iron railings, specializing in porch guards, stair rails, deck rails and balcony-height guards in solid bar and tube steel. We offer field-measured, shop-built railings for homes where a wood guard has rotted, wobbled or never met the need.
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Our team provides measuring, fabrication, powder coating and anchoring, delivering a solid guard for homes and a durable rail 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 stair rail to a 32 lf porch guard.
From the stair pitch to the last post anchor, our team handles every run of rail. Serving Cedar Park alongside Round Rock, Georgetown and Leander, we set each railing so it stays tight on the post and the step.
Request a free estimate, and we will measure every run of rail, check the anchors and price the railing before any steel is cut.
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Felicia, Old Town, Georgetown
An older porch whose wobbly wood guard had rotted at the posts
Investment and duration figures are estimates. Your written quote sets the final price and schedule.
Felicia's older porch in Old Town in Georgetown had a wobbly wood guard that had rotted at the posts. We replaced it with a 32 lf porch and stair guard in solid bar steel with a hand-rubbed black finish, anchored into sound framing. The job was an estimated $2,500 to $3,700 and took an estimated 6 to 10 hours on site. The result is a firm rail that looks as if it came with the house.
Most Cedar Park railings are first generation, because the city grew from 26,049 people in 2000 to 77,595 in 2020 and those porches got wood guards that are now about 20 years old. Rot starts at the post base and the anchor, so a rail that looks sound can still move. Buttercup Creek and Twin Creeks porches show it first, and Ranch at Brushy Creek decks are close behind. Round Rock homes in Forest Creek and Chisholm Trail Road are older, so a railing swap often comes with a stair repair. Crystal Falls and Travisso decks in Leander are newer, so most of those orders add a rail where a builder left none.
Iron railing is estimated at $68 to $132 per linear foot for an ornamental stair or balcony guard, and the length, the height, the number of stair angles and the anchor condition move that number most.
Field measured, shop built, installed in one visit after the shop lead time
Center column stair to a loft, deck or upper terrace
Rust treated and recoated rather than replacing sound old iron
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 |
| Steel spiral stair | Est. $1,500 to $5,800 per staircase | Est. 1 to 3 days |
| Old iron blast and recoat | Est. $31 to $48 per linear foot | Est. 1 to 3 days |
A typical 32 lf porch guard lands inside the estimated per-foot range and typically takes one visit, while a short stair rail is often done in a morning. The shop lead time comes first and your quote names it. These railing figures are estimates, and a tight stair angle or a rotted post base can change them; the written quote fixes the final price and the schedule for each run.
Solid bar iron is the best value for a porch guard, cable suits a view deck and glass suits a view you want unbroken. The table lines up the three on estimated price per foot and on what each needs after install.
| Railing 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 railing is a safety part, so the risks are gaps, loose anchors and ends that catch. Before the order, ask the city office for your address which guard height and opening limit applies to a porch or stair.
Steel is the standard railing material, and our steel gate and fence material comparison explains galvanizing and powder coat. For a stair that needs a rail all the way up, see our iron staircases, and for a high second-floor edge see iron balconies.
We measure the run, build the rail 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 railing we have built. Tess's balcony on Lakeway Drive took 24 lf of bronze powder-coated steel, an estimated $1,900 to $2,900 and 6 to 10 hours of work. Owen's spiral on Rollingwood Drive is the stair version of this work, 60 in across with oak treads over an 11 ft rise, an estimated $3,900 to $5,600 in 2 to 3 days. Stuart's 96 lf barrier in Twin Creeks is powder-coated aluminum with a self-closing gate, an estimated $3,100 to $4,100 over 1 to 2 days.
We build iron railings across a 40-mile radius, with rail runs in Georgetown, Lakeway and Rollingwood, and the other towns we cover are listed on the service area page. Airport Road and Wolf Ranch homes in Georgetown are mostly tract porches, while Old Town porches are older and need the post base probed. Lake Austin side and Quinlan Park Road side lots in Steiner Ranch have view decks that favor cable, and University Club side homes have steps cut into slope. Flintrock Falls and Hills of Lakeway owners in The Hills should get association approval for a new rail before we order steel. Brodie Lane side and Slaughter Creek side homes in Shady Hollow date from 1972 on, so their rails are often the original wood. Lime Creek Road and Volente Road lake lots in Volente have docks and steps that call for a galvanized rail. Shirin's 60 lf of old iron on Westlake Drive got a hand repair on two broken scrolls, a zinc prime and a recoat, the route we take with a rusted rail too. Bianca's 5 ft panels on Camp Craft Road in West Lake Hills were racked with the grade, the same way a rail follows a stair.
A railing usually pairs with a spiral stair, a balcony guard, or an iron entry door that matches the same finish. A deck where the view matters more than the rail is a better fit for cable and glass railings.
Iron railing is typically estimated at $68 to $132 per linear foot, and your written quote fixes the price once the runs are measured.
A porch or stair railing is an estimated 5 to 10 hours of install work once the rail is back from the coater, and the written quote names the day.
Yes, we probe the post base first and set the new rail into sound framing.
Yes, the rail is cut to the actual pitch and carries a graspable cap rail along the flight.
The clear gap between pickets stays at no more than 4 inches, so a toddler cannot get a head or a foot through a porch guard.
A porch or stair rail can fall under a city guard rule, so we ask the office for your address and put its answer on your quote.
Request a free estimate, and we will measure every run, 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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