Leander Metal Gates is the metro's trusted expert in driveway gates, specializing in custom driveway gates, estate entry gates, and dual swing gates. We offer solar gate operators and gate service contracts for neighborhoods where the lake wind and the hills test every hinge.
Our team provides gate access control and iron railings, delivering footings, operators and finishes for both residential and commercial projects. Our 14 years in business and 1,127 completed projects, from one walk gate to a multi-lane community entry, all come with a 2-year workmanship warranty on weld integrity, post plumb, hinge alignment and gate sag.
From a walk-through entry gate to a scheduled gate service plan, our team handles every detail. Serving Lakeway plus nearby West Lake Hills, The Hills and Steiner Ranch, we draw each gate to the neighborhood's own review book.
Book a free estimate, and our Lakeway location manager will walk the drive, measure the fall and sketch the gate before anything is ordered.
Anders, Rough Hollow, Lakeway
An owner who brought a photo of a Hill Country gate and wanted the pattern drawn from the live oaks on the lot
Wesley, Lakeway Drive, Lakeway
A drive that fell 14 inches across the opening, with a gas line marked right beside one post
Investment and duration figures are estimates. Your written quote sets the final price and schedule.
Numbers first
Anders in Rough Hollow arrived with a photo of a Hill Country gate and asked for a pattern taken from the live oaks on his lot. We built an 18 ft pair with arched top in tube steel with laser-cut oak leaf panels, an estimated $5,800 to $7,700 job that typically took 2 to 3 days, and the HOA approved the first submittal.
Wesley on Lakeway Drive had a drive that fell 14 inches across the opening, with a gas line marked right beside one post. We moved one post 18 inches, regraded the apron and sleeved conduit under it, an estimated $5,000 to $6,900 job that typically took 2 to 3 days.
A Lakeway gate starts with the neighborhood, because the city grew out of a resort community from 1962 built around the Lakeway Inn and many streets answer to an owners association. Ask your association for its gate rules before we draw anything, and we will draw a flat top, spear, arched or anti-climb rail to that book and your security goal.
The city fence ordinance is the second check. Fence height rules in Lakeway can differ by lot and by neighborhood, so check with the city about your address before you plan a tall run, and we will build to whatever it confirms.
Lake Travis Fire Rescue covers the area around Hurst Creek and the rest of the city, so we ask the department what it wants at your entry. That usually means a Knox key switch, siren sensor or strobe as the local fire marshal asks, confirmed before the drawing is signed.
A two-leaf automated swing entry in Lakeway is estimated at roughly $4,300 to $7,900, and the opening width, the slope, the art in the leaf and the operator move the price most.
| Lakeway 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 | Est. 4 to 8 hours |
| Scheduled gate service plan | Est. $89 to $112 per gate per month | Est. 1 to 3 hours per visit |
| Open-view steel fence line | Est. $51 to $84 per linear foot | Est. 2 to 4 days |
Sloped and decorative drives typically sit toward the top of each range because the grading and the drawing take longer. Footings are belled concrete piers 36 inches or deeper, with depth and rebar decided by what the auger hits at each post. Every price here is an estimate that stays subject to change, and the written quote you receive after our visit sets the final price and the install schedule.
Most owners start with custom driveway gates for the main drive and wrought iron gates when the street wants a traditional look. The coating order is blast, zinc primer, then polyester powder cured in the oven, with touch-up kits left on site for later scratches, so a trimmed hedge or a bumped leaf never leaves bare steel.
The process runs in four steps. First, we walk the drive and measure the fall and the clearance, usually 2 to 4 inches from the high point of the drive arc, so a crowned slab never drags the leaf. Second, you approve a scaled drawing, and your association reviews it before steel is ordered. Third, we fabricate the leaves in our shop and set the posts. Fourth, our crew hangs the pair and wires the operator, then tests the monitored photo eyes and edges for each entrapment zone at handover.
The same crew that measures a Lakeway drive builds and installs the gate, so the drawing the association approved is the gate that arrives. Our Lakeway location manager books the review paperwork alongside the install date. Every gate carries our 2-year workmanship warranty, and the operator carries its maker's own warranty.
We work across Lakeway, from the streets near the Lakeway Inn to the hills around Hurst Creek, and our crews cross into Steiner Ranch homes, The Hills properties and West Lake Hills estates the same week. Our full list of cities is on the gate service area page.
Lakeway property managers often pair a new entry with gate service contracts for quarterly checks, or add gate access control for an intercom, keypad or phone entry. Lake-view decks here often take cable and glass railings too.
Plan on roughly $4,300 to $7,900 as an estimate for a two-leaf Lakeway entry, with the final price set by your written quote after we measure the opening.
Ask your association for its written rules first, then we draw the gate to that book before steel is ordered.
Check with the city about your address before you plan a tall run, because the rules can differ by lot.
Most installs take an estimated 2 to 3 days on site once the drawing and approval are done.
Yes, racked panels on gentle ground and stepped sections on steep lots, with rise-and-run hinges for a drive that climbs.
Yes, quarterly visits cover hinge lube, force checks, a safety device test and a shared service log.
Contact us today, and we will walk your Lakeway drive, measure the fall and hand you a free written, itemized quote.
Your local contact
Names, photos and stories are on our about page.
Location manager covering Lakeway
Runs the schedule for Lakeway from the first site measure to the final safety test.
Call us or send the form, and we will book a site measure and a written estimate.
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