Leander Metal Gates is the metro's trusted expert in driveway gates, specializing in horizontal slat gates, automatic driveway gates, and dual swing gates. We offer gate access control and gate operator installation within 35 miles of Leander, for drives that climb from the street to the house.
Our team provides custom driveway gates and courtyard entry gates, delivering footings, operators and finishes for both residential and commercial projects. In 14 years in business we have finished 1,127 projects, from a single walk gate to a multi-lane community entry, and each one carries a 2-year workmanship warranty on weld integrity, post plumb, hinge alignment and gate sag.
From a keypad on a shielded pedestal to a 16 ft slat pair between stucco piers, our team handles every detail. Serving Bee Cave, together with Lakeway, West Lake Hills and Steiner Ranch, we plan the gate, the operator and every light on the piers as one entry.
Book a free estimate, and our Bee Cave location manager will walk the drive, measure the climb and mark each light before anything is ordered.
Marisol, Spanish Oaks, Bee Cave
A paver drive between pale stucco piers where the old pier lanterns threw light up into the trees and across the street.
Teodoro, Falconhead, Bee Cave
A drive that climbed 11 inches across the opening over shallow rock, with no way for a fire truck to get through if the power failed.
Investment and duration figures are estimates. Your written quote sets the final price and schedule.
Numbers first
Marisol in Spanish Oaks had a paver drive between pale stucco piers, and the old pier lanterns threw light up into the trees and across the street. We built a 16 ft horizontal slat pair in dark bronze powder coat with 3/4 inch gaps and swapped the lanterns for fully shielded downlights, an estimated $7,200 to $10,900 project that typically took 3 to 5 days.
Teodoro in Falconhead had a drive that climbed 11 inches across the opening over shallow rock, and no way for a fire truck to get in if the power failed. We hung a 14 ft galvanized pair with a charcoal coat on rise-and-run hinges, set on core-drilled piers, and added a battery backup and a Knox key switch where Lake Travis Fire Rescue asked, at an estimated $4,800 to $6,900 and typically 2 to 3 days.
Bee Cave is a Travis County city incorporated in 1987, and most of it is hilly, with ground running from about 875 to 1,025 feet, so a gate here rarely sits on flat concrete. We read the fall of the drive at both posts and use racked panels on gentle ground and stepped sections on steep lots, with rise-and-run hinges for a drive that climbs, as on Teodoro's pair.
Bee Cave became an International Dark-Sky Community in April 2023 after the city adopted an outdoor lighting ordinance in 2022. The city's residential lighting guide says fixtures shall be fully shielded and caps total outdoor light at 25,000 lumens per net acre, so pier lights, keypad lights and any strobe on the gate count toward that budget. We pick shielded fixtures aimed down at the drive, as on Marisol's Spanish Oaks entry, list each one on the drawing and ask you to confirm the current code with the city before we order.
Lake Travis Fire Rescue serves Bee Cave, and much of the area sits in the wildland urban interface, so we ask the department what it wants at your entry, usually a Knox key switch, siren sensor or strobe, confirmed before the drawing is signed. Fence height and permit rules for your exact lot are a question for the city, and we build to whatever it confirms.
Plan on roughly $4,300 to $7,900, estimated, for a two-leaf automated swing entry in Bee Cave, with the width, the climb of the drive and the operator moving the price most.
| Bee Cave job | Est. investment | Est. time on site |
|---|---|---|
| Two-leaf automated swing entry | Est. $4,300 to $7,900 per complete system | Est. 2 to 3 days |
| Horizontal slat panel run | Est. $90 to $140 per linear foot | Est. 3 to 5 days |
| One-leaf automated swing gate | Est. $2,600 to $4,800 per complete system | Est. 1 to 2 days |
| Operator added to a manual gate | Est. $1,850 to $3,600 per operator system | Est. 4 to 8 hours |
| Walk-through entry gate | Est. $700 to $1,400 per gate installed | Est. 4 to 8 hours |
Shallow rock tends to push a Bee Cave job toward the top of its range, because a pier that has to be core-drilled takes longer than one the auger finishes alone. On the Falconhead drive we set belled concrete piers 36 inches or deeper, with depth and rebar decided by what the auger hits at each post.
Treat every number above as an estimate for Bee Cave, subject to change, with the final price and install date in a written quote after we measure the site.
Many Bee Cave owners choose horizontal slat gates for a modern stucco or limestone house, and automatic driveway gates in galvanized steel for a long climbing drive. The frame starts as 11-gauge tube with 14-gauge infill and moves up a size once a leaf runs past 14 feet. Every leaf is blasted, zinc primed and finished in polyester powder cured in the oven, and a touch-up kit stays on site for later scratches.
First, we measure the opening and the climb at each post, then set the clearance from the high point of the drive arc, usually 2 to 4 inches. Second, you approve a scaled drawing that shows the leaves, the operator and every light fixture with its shielding. Third, we fabricate in our shop while the crew pours the piers. Fourth, the crew hangs the leaves on sealed ball-bearing hinges rated well past the finished leaf weight, with a greasable option on heavy pairs, then wires the operator with monitored photo eyes and edges wired for each entrapment zone, with the reverse on contact tested at handover.
One crew measures, builds and installs your Bee Cave gate, so the lights, the slats and the operator end up where the drawing put them. Our Bee Cave location manager books the date and keeps the piers, the fire switch and the lighting plan on one schedule. The operator keeps its maker's own warranty, and after 14 years each gate still carries our 2-year workmanship warranty covering weld integrity, post plumb, hinge alignment and gate sag.
Our crews work across Bee Cave and reach gate projects in Lakeway, West Lake Hills entries and The Hills homes in the same week, with Dripping Springs ranch gates a short drive west. The full list of cities is on the areas we serve page.
Bee Cave owners often add gate access control with a keypad on a shielded pedestal, or gate operator installation on a gate that already hangs true, and a courtyard behind the drive suits our courtyard entry gates.
A two-leaf automated entry runs roughly $4,300 to $7,900, estimated, and the written price follows a site visit.
Yes, the city's lighting guide calls for fully shielded fixtures and a lumen limit per net acre, so we plan gate lights to it.
Yes, a battery backup and a Knox key switch placed where Lake Travis Fire Rescue asks keep the entry passable.
Yes, rise-and-run hinges lift the leaf as it opens, so it clears the climb on every cycle.
Most automated entries take an estimated 2 to 3 days on site once the drawing is approved.
Height and permit rules depend on your lot, so check with the city for your address before you plan a run.
Call us today, and we will measure your Bee Cave drive, plan the lights to the city's rules and hand you a free written, itemized quote.
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