Cedar Park Metal Gates is the Texas capital region's trusted expert in security driveway gates, specializing in climb-resistant picket layouts, protected hinges and shrouded locks. We offer security swing gates and slide gates for homes that need a harder entry.
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Our team provides gap checks, top detail selection and lock protection, delivering a gate that is hard to defeat for homes and a firm perimeter 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 plain single leaf to a full perimeter with access control.
From the first picket gap to the last lock shroud, our team handles every detail. Serving Cedar Park alongside Lakeway, Leander and Round Rock, we design each gate around how a person would actually try to get over, through or around it.
Request a free estimate, and we will walk the line, mark the weak points and price a harder gate before any steel is cut.
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Joelle, Lohmans Crossing side, Lakeway
A homeowner wanting a harder gate to climb, without the spear tops the city no longer allows
Investment and duration figures are estimates. Your written quote sets the final price and schedule.
Joelle is a homeowner in Lakeway on the Lohmans Crossing side who wanted a harder gate to climb, without the spear tops the city no longer allows. We used tight vertical pickets with no mid rail foothold, hinge caps and a shrouded lock. The 8 ft single leaf in square tube with a flat top rail was an estimated $3,500 to $4,800 and took an estimated 1 to 2 days. It is harder to climb, compliant at the top, and quiet in daily use.
A secure gate is built from small decisions: how far apart the pickets sit, whether a rail gives a foothold, what the top looks like, and whether the hinge and lock can be reached. No gate stops a determined person, but a good one makes the attempt slow, loud and obvious.
An entry close to the street puts climb resistance ahead of distance. On a longer, more private drive the lock and the operator release carry more of the load.
A security driveway gate is estimated at $2,700 to $4,900 for a single swing leaf with an operator, and the picket layout, the lock hardware and the access control move that number most. Access control is priced on its own line below. Garrett's 18 ft leaf in galvanized steel with black powder coat, built in Round Rock, ran an estimated $2,900 to $4,400 over 2 to 3 days. Cole's satin black pair in Crystal Falls, two 8 ft leaves with a loop detector on the exit side, ran an estimated $4,600 to $6,400. Maribel in Rough Hollow paid an estimated $6,400 to $7,900 over 2 to 3 days for a 16 ft pair between limestone columns. Yvonne in Volente paid an estimated $7,100 to $9,400 over 3 to 4 days for a 20 ft cantilever with rock-bored footings. Emmett in Steiner Ranch paid an estimated $5,100 to $7,000 over 2 to 3 days for reinforced footings through rock. Anton in Leander paid an estimated $4,300 to $5,900 over 2 to 3 days for galvanized tube steel.
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
Pedestal or column entry device tied to a phone app and resident codes
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 |
| Video intercom and keypad entry | Est. $750 to $4,300 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 |
A tube steel single swing drive gate with operator typically takes 1 to 2 days, and a trackless cantilever gate typically takes 2 to 4 days. Adding a video intercom and keypad costs an estimated $750 to $4,300 and about 4 to 8 hours on site. A walk gate beside the drive adds an estimated $650 to $1,450. These security gate figures are estimates, and the picket layout, the lock hardware and the access control can change them; the written quote fixes the final price and the schedule once the line is walked.
Climbing and squeezing are the two easiest ways past a gate, and both come down to geometry. The table shows what we check.
| Weak point | What goes wrong | Our fix |
|---|---|---|
| Mid rail | Gives a foothold for climbing | Tight vertical pickets with no mid rail foothold |
| Picket gap | A child or pet squeezes through | We hold no more than 4 inches between pickets |
| Top rail | Easy to grip and swing over | Flat top with an inward detail |
| Bottom gap | Space to crawl under | Clearance set to the arc with drainage kept open |
The top detail is also a code question. Spear tops are no longer allowed in some cities, and Lakeway adopted a continuous flat-top rule in 2019, so we choose the top against the local rule and confirm current text with the city.
Most forced entries go after the hardware, not the pickets. We fit hinge caps so a pin cannot be driven out, shroud the lock, and cover the operator release so it cannot be pulled from outside. Rough Hollow and Hills of Lakeway owners often add a pedestrian gate for a walkway or courtyard entry with its own keyed or magnetic latch, typically 4 to 8 hours. A video intercom and keypad entry keeps visitors from needing a remote.
A harder gate must still open for the fire department and stop safely on a person. Before we leave, each gate has its photo eyes and edges tripped until it reverses. Expect a Round Rock gate to need a city-approved Knox key switch plus an acceptance test, and a Lakeway one to need a key switch for Travis County ESD #6; check current text with the city. For a Cedar Park address, the fire department that covers your street gets the question and its answer goes on your quote.
Tube steel gives a security gate its stiffness, and our steel gate material comparison explains galvanizing and powder coat. For a gate that logs and screens visitors, see gate access control and intercoms.
We walk the line the way a person would try to cross it, set the hardware ourselves and test the lock before we leave. In 17 years and over 1,483 projects, the 18-month workmanship warranty has covered welds, hinge set, footings and gate travel on every security gate.
We install security gates across a 40-mile radius, with jobs in Lakeway, Leander and Round Rock, and the other towns we cover are listed on the service area page. Lakeway and Leander single leaves typically take 1 to 2 days, and Round Rock and Georgetown pairs typically take 2 to 3 days. A cantilever frame in Steiner Ranch or Volente typically takes 2 to 4 days. Plans in West Lake Hills and Rollingwood are final only after a setback and visibility check. In Shady Hollow and The Hills, fire and association approvals come before the order. Joelle's 8 ft leaf on the Lohmans Crossing side in Lakeway has tight vertical pickets, hinge caps and a shrouded lock. Gina's Airport Road yard in Georgetown pairs the same thinking with 320 lf of tight pickets and no climb rail on the outside. Sunita on the Lake Austin side of Steiner Ranch gave landscapers, deliveries and teen drivers timed codes, with a phone log. Lorna's Chisholm Trail Road yard in Round Rock added a Knox key switch to a 26 ft cantilever. Desmond's Travisso entry in Leander gives visitors codes through a directory.
A security gate often pairs with a solar gate operator where power is far away, gate operator retrofits for a gate you already own, or custom driveway gates when the look matters too.
The hardware, not the pickets: hinge pins, the lock and the operator release, which is why we fit hinge caps and shroud the lock, and a single swing security system is an estimated $2,700 to $4,900 in your written quote.
Most security gates take an estimated 1 to 2 days on site, and your written quote sets the schedule.
We use tight vertical pickets with no mid rail foothold and a flat top that suits local code.
Yes, a key switch or strobe sensor gives fire crews access, and we confirm the requirement before the gate is ordered.
Yes, hinge caps and a shrouded lock on the operator release keep the hardware out of reach.
Yes, a keypad and video intercom on an existing gate is an estimated $750 to $4,300.
Request a free estimate, and we will walk the line, mark the weak points and write a quote that names every part of the gate.
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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