Leander Metal Gates is the metro's trusted expert in security fencing, specializing in commercial gates, gate operator installation, and security gates. We offer electric gate repair and driveway gate installation, including a track-mounted slide gate and a scheduled gate service plan built and serviced by one crew.
Our team provides intercom, keypad or phone entry and iron railings, delivering footings, operators and finishes for both residential and commercial projects. Our record is 14 years in business and 1,127 completed projects, from one walk gate to a multi-lane community entry, all under a 2-year workmanship warranty on weld integrity, post plumb, hinge alignment and gate sag.
From a simple walk-through entry gate to an open-view steel fence line, our team handles each detail the same way. Serving Sunset Valley and neighboring Rollingwood, West Lake Hills and Lakeway, we plan around loading hours and neighbors.
Book a free estimate, and our Sunset Valley location manager will walk the site, check the gate and sketch the work before anything is ordered.
Corinne, Pillow Road, Sunset Valley
An older manual gate worth keeping, with a pinch point that could catch a hand
Calvin, Brodie Lane, Sunset Valley
A retail back lot with repeated after-hours climbing, and a loading dock that had to keep running
Investment and duration figures are estimates. Your written quote sets the final price and schedule.
Numbers first
Corinne on Pillow Road had an older manual gate worth keeping, with a pinch point that could trap a hand or a bumper. We rehung it on new hinges, added infill at the pinch point and fitted an arm operator with photo eyes and edge on an older 12 ft steel leaf, an estimated $2,200 to $3,400 job that typically took 4 to 8 hours.
Calvin on Brodie Lane had a retail back lot with repeated after-hours climbing, and a loading dock that had to keep running. We staged anti-climb steel panels, 300 linear ft at 6 ft, around dock hours, an estimated $18,200 to $24,600 project that typically took 3 to 4 days, and nobody has climbed the line since.
Sunset Valley is a small city surrounded by Austin, incorporated in 1954, with about 683 people on 1.4 square miles. A 1998 firefighting agreement with Austin covers the area, so ask the fire department what it wants at an entry, such as a Knox key switch, siren sensor or strobe, before we sign a drawing.
The ground is the second check. Part of the city sits on the Edwards Aquifer recharge zone, so check with the city about footing and drilling rules for your address before we plan deep piers, and we will build to what it confirms.
Commercial lots are the third pattern. A retail back lot with repeated after-hours climbing needs height, narrow pickets and open sight lines from the road, while a distribution yard whose floor track kept failing under loaded trailers needs a trackless cantilever slide gate and the work staged around its hours.
An operator added to a manual gate in Sunset Valley is estimated at roughly $1,850 to $3,600, and the leaf weight, the safety devices and the daily cycles move the price most.
| Sunset Valley job | Est. investment | Est. time on site |
|---|---|---|
| Operator added to a manual gate | Est. $1,850 to $3,600 per operator | Est. 4 to 8 hours |
| One-leaf automated swing gate | Est. $2,600 to $4,800 per complete system | Est. 1 to 2 days |
| Open-view steel fence line | Est. $51 to $84 per linear foot | Est. 2 to 4 days |
| Strip and recoat old iron | Est. $32 to $49 per linear foot | Est. 2 to 4 days |
| Scheduled gate service plan | Est. $89 to $112 per gate per month | Est. 1 to 3 hours per visit |
Long runs typically cost less per foot, while staged work around dock hours adds days, and battery backup and a manual release on every operator, plus solar sizing for gates beyond the reach of a power run, are part of the price. Footings, where the city allows deep piers, are belled concrete piers 36 inches or deeper, with depth and rebar decided by what the auger hits at each post.
Prices for Sunset Valley are estimates and subject to change, because the written quote after the site visit is what sets the final price and the install schedule.
Most owners start with security fencing for the lot line and commercial gates for the dock and the drive, with heavy steel tube and pipe as the frame behind both. Coating goes on in this order: blast, zinc primer, then polyester powder cured in the oven, and we leave touch-up kits on site for any later scratches.
The process runs in four steps. First, we walk the site, test any operator and measure the run, then set the clearance from the high point of the drive arc, usually 2 to 4 inches. Second, you approve a scaled drawing with openings at our shop spec of under 4 inches on anything near a walkway, measured again before the coat goes on, and we confirm footing rules with the city. Third, we fabricate the panels in our shop and stage the install around your hours. Fourth, our crew sets the run, then tests any operator, with monitored photo eyes and edges wired for each entrapment zone, at handover.
The same crew that tests a Sunset Valley gate retrofits it, so the safety devices are wired by the people who hung the leaf. Our Sunset Valley location manager books the install around deliveries and keeps the footing question on one page. A 2-year workmanship warranty on weld integrity, post plumb, hinge alignment and gate sag comes with each gate, and the operator keeps its maker's own warranty.
We work across Sunset Valley, and our crews cross into Rollingwood homes, West Lake Hills estates and Lakeway properties the same week. The gate service area page lists every city we work in.
Sunset Valley owners often pair a retrofit with gate service contracts for scheduled visits, or add gate access control for an intercom, keypad or phone entry.
A Sunset Valley retrofit is estimated at roughly $1,850 to $3,600, and your written quote sets the final price once we test the gate.
Yes, rehang it on new hinges, add infill at any pinch point, then fit the monitored safety devices.
Check with the city about footing and drilling rules for your address, because part of the city sits on the Edwards Aquifer recharge zone.
Plan on an estimated 4 to 8 hours on site once the parts arrive.
Yes, staged panels around dock hours, with a narrow-picket rail and open sight lines from the road.
Ask the fire department before we order, because a gate across a fire route may need a Knox key switch.
Contact us today, and we will walk your Sunset Valley site, check the gate and hand you a free written, itemized quote.
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Location manager covering Sunset Valley
Runs the schedule for Sunset Valley from the first site measure to the final safety test.
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