Leander Metal Gates is the metro's trusted expert in ranch entry gates, specializing in solar gate operators, automatic driveway gates, and estate entry gates. We offer cable and glass railings and wrought iron fencing for Hill Country homes set back from the road on acreage.
Our team provides gate access control and gate service contracts, delivering footings, operators and finishes for both residential and commercial projects. We have spent 14 years in business and finished 1,127 projects, from one walk gate to a multi-lane community entry, and every gate carries a 2-year workmanship warranty on weld integrity, post plumb, hinge alignment and gate sag.
From a solar ranch gate on a caliche road to a glass guard on a limestone terrace, our team handles every detail. Serving Dripping Springs, together with Bee Cave, West Lake Hills and Lakeway, we plan the power, the posts and the lighting before the steel is cut.
Book a free estimate, and our Dripping Springs location manager will walk the entry, find the sun and measure the posts before anything is ordered.
Graham, Caliterra, Dripping Springs
A limestone terrace above a wooded slope where a solid parapet hid the hills from the seating.
Hollis, Headwaters, Dripping Springs
An acreage entry off a caliche road where the owner wanted the gate to open by remote without running power from the house or adding a pole light.
Investment and duration figures are estimates. Your written quote sets the final price and schedule.
Numbers first
Hollis in Headwaters had an acreage entry off a caliche road and wanted the gate to open by remote without running power from the house or adding a pole light. We built a 16 ft single pipe-frame ranch leaf with steel bar infill on 6 inch posts, with a solar operator facing the south sky and reflective post markers in place of a light, an estimated $3,500 to $4,800 job that typically took 1 to 2 days.
Graham in Caliterra had a limestone terrace above a wooded slope, and a solid parapet hid the hills from the seating. We fitted 38 linear ft of tempered glass panels on slim steel posts cored into the limestone, with a steel top rail and low shielded step lights below the rail line, at an estimated $6,400 to $10,900 and typically 1 to 3 days.
Dripping Springs sits in Hays County, not Travis or Williamson, so the permit route for a gate or fence runs through a different county and city office than our jobs around Leander. The city was incorporated in 1981, sits at about 1,168 feet, and most of it drains southwest toward Onion Creek, so we confirm the office, the setback and any drainage path across the entry for your exact address before we draw Hollis-style posts or a fence run.
Lighting comes next. In 2014 Dripping Springs became the first International Dark Sky Community in Texas, and its outdoor lighting rules in Article 24.06 cover shielding, brightness and color, and total lumen output. Any pier light, keypad light or strobe on a Dripping Springs gate is planned to those rules before it is ordered, and for an acreage entry like the Headwaters job we often use reflective markers and a lit keypad in place of a pole light.
Power is the third question on a long lot. We fit battery backup and a manual release on every operator, plus solar sizing for gates beyond the reach of a power run, so a gate set far from the house still opens through a cloudy week and by hand when it must.
Expect roughly $2,600 to $4,800, estimated, for a one-leaf automated swing gate in Dripping Springs, with the leaf length, the power source and the post footing setting most of the price.
| Dripping Springs job | Est. investment | Est. time on site |
|---|---|---|
| One-leaf automated swing gate | Est. $2,600 to $4,800 per complete system | Est. 1 to 2 days |
| Two-leaf automated swing entry | Est. $4,300 to $7,900 per complete system | Est. 2 to 3 days |
| Operator added to a manual gate | Est. $1,850 to $3,600 per operator system | Est. 4 to 8 hours |
| Glass balcony guard | Est. $155 to $845 per linear foot | Est. 1 to 3 days |
| Open-view steel fence line | Est. $51 to $84 per linear foot | Est. 2 to 4 days |
A long ranch leaf or a terrace guard on limestone tends to sit near the top of its range, because cored posts and heavier frames add shop and site hours. For Graham's Caliterra guard we cored each post into the stone; for a gate we set belled concrete piers 36 inches or deeper, with depth and rebar decided by what the auger hits at each post.
Read each figure as an estimate for Dripping Springs, subject to change, and the final price and install date come in a written quote after we visit.
Acreage owners in Dripping Springs usually start with ranch entry gates in pipe and bar steel, while hillside homes add cable and glass railings on terraces facing the view. Our tube schedule is 11-gauge frame tube with 14-gauge infill as the starting point, moved up a size when a leaf runs past 14 feet, as on the 16 ft Headwaters leaf. The finish follows our coating order, blast, zinc primer, then polyester powder cured in the oven, with touch-up kits left on site for later scratches. Near a pool or a walkway, our shop spec keeps openings under 4 inches on anything near a pool or a walkway, drawn and measured before the coat goes on.
The job moves in four steps. First, we walk the entry, check where the panel will see the south sky and measure the swing against the drive. Second, you approve a drawing that shows the leaf, the operator, the panel and any light with its shielding. Third, we fabricate in our shop and pick the drive from articulated arm, linear or pad-mounted slide operators, selected from leaf weight, column depth and daily cycles. Fourth, the crew sets the posts, hangs the leaf and tests the monitored photo eyes and edges wired for each entrapment zone, with the reverse on contact tested at handover.
One crew walks your Dripping Springs entry, builds the gate and installs it, so the panel, the posts and the lights sit where the drawing placed them. Our Dripping Springs location manager books the install and keeps the permit check, the footings and the operator on one schedule. Beyond the operator maker's own coverage, we stand behind weld integrity, post plumb, hinge alignment and gate sag for 2 years on every Dripping Springs gate.
Crews heading east on US 290 work in Dripping Springs and in Bee Cave homes, Sunset Valley properties and West Lake Hills estates, with Lakeway driveway gates close by. See every city we cover on our service area list.
Dripping Springs owners often pair a ranch gate with solar gate operators and a keypad, or book gate service contracts for a gate far from the house. A stretch of frontage suits our wrought iron fencing.
A one-leaf automated swing gate runs roughly $2,600 to $4,800, estimated, and the written price follows a site visit.
Yes, a solar operator with battery backup runs a gate with no power line, as on Hollis's Headwaters entry.
Yes, Article 24.06 covers shielding, brightness, color and total lumens, so we plan every gate light to it.
Dripping Springs is in Hays County, so we confirm the city or county office for your exact address first.
A single automated ranch leaf usually takes an estimated 1 to 2 days on site.
Yes, we core each post into the stone and seal it, as on the Caliterra terrace guard.
Call us today, and we will walk your Dripping Springs entry, plan the power and lighting and give you a free written, itemized quote.
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