Leander Metal Gates is the metro's trusted expert in estate entry gates, specializing in dual swing gates, custom driveway gates, and wrought iron gates. We offer iron balconies and iron railings, including a hand-forged iron fence built in our own shop for hillside homes.
Our team provides intercom, keypad or phone entry and gate operator installation, delivering footings, operators and finishes for both residential and commercial projects. After 14 years in business, with a 2-year workmanship warranty on weld integrity, post plumb, hinge alignment and gate sag, we have completed 1,127 projects, and they run from one walk gate up to a multi-lane community entry.
From a pivot or hinged iron front door to a stair or balcony guard, our team handles every detail. Serving West Lake Hills, together with Steiner Ranch, Lakeway and The Hills, we size each gate to the stone and scale of the house behind it.
Book a free estimate, and our West Lake Hills location manager will walk the lot, measure the opening and sketch the gate before anything is ordered.
Beatrice, Westlake Drive, West Lake Hills
A long stone wall entry where the columns had to match old stone and hide the operators
Harriet, Red Bud Trail, West Lake Hills
Two upstairs French doors looking at the hills, with stone veneer that could not carry an anchor
Investment and duration figures are estimates. Your written quote sets the final price and schedule.
Numbers first
Beatrice on Westlake Drive had a long stone wall at the entry, and the new columns had to match it and hide the operators. We rebuilt columns on new footings with buried operators and recessed lights, a 20 ft pair between 24 inch columns, at an estimated $6,300 to $7,950 and typically 2 to 3 days.
Harriet on Red Bud Trail had two upstairs French doors looking at the hills, with stone veneer that could not carry an anchor. We fitted forged-look steel with a Juliet panel across 22 linear ft, through-bolted plates sealed against water, an estimated $1,800 to $2,800 project with an estimated install of 6 to 10 hours.
West Lake Hills was incorporated in 1953 by Emmett Shelton, and the city still covers only about 3.6 square miles of large, low-density lots in Travis County. Big lots mean long approaches and wide openings, so a gate here, like the 20 ft pair, 24 inch columns we built on Westlake Drive, is often a feature of the house, and we draw it at the scale of the drive.
The fence rules are the part to check first. Fence rules in West Lake Hills depend on the zoning district of your lot, so check with the city about your address before you plan a height or a material, and we will build to whatever it confirms.
Stone is the second pattern. A stone column or a veneer wall changes how a gate is anchored, as on a long wall entry where the columns had to match old stone and hide the operators, so we choose between rebuilt columns on new footings and through-bolted plates into the framing behind the veneer.
Expect roughly $4,300 to $7,900, estimated, for a two-leaf automated swing entry in West Lake Hills, with the opening width, the columns and the operator driving the price.
| West Lake Hills 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 |
| Operator added to a manual gate | Est. $1,850 to $3,600 per operator | Est. 4 to 8 hours |
| Stair or balcony guard | Est. $66 to $134 per linear foot | Est. 5 to 10 hours |
| Walk-through entry gate | Est. $700 to $1,400 per gate installed | Est. 4 to 8 hours |
| Hand-forged iron fence | Est. $86 to $129 per linear foot | Est. 2 to 4 days |
Columns on a hillside typically push a job toward the top of its range because new footings take longer than a bolt-on post. We pour belled concrete piers 36 inches or deeper, and what the auger hits at each post decides the depth and rebar.
Read every price here as an estimate for West Lake Hills, subject to change. We confirm the final price and the install date in a quote after we visit the site.
Most owners start with estate entry gates for the drive and iron balconies for upper floors, with powder-coated tube steel as the frame behind both. Finishing goes blast first, zinc primer second and polyester powder last, cured in the oven, and a touch-up kit stays on site for later scratches.
The process runs in four steps. First, we walk the lot and measure the opening, the columns and the fall of the drive, 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 leaf against the stone. Third, we fabricate the leaves in our shop and set the footings, burying operators where the columns allow. The leaves hang on sealed ball-bearing hinges rated well past their finished weight, with a greasable option on heavy pairs. Fourth, our crew hangs the pair and wires the operator, then tests its monitored photo eyes and edges on each entrapment zone at handover.
The same crew that measures a West Lake Hills lot builds and installs the gate, so the masonry and the steel meet where the drawing said they would. Our West Lake Hills location manager books the install date and keeps the columns, footings and operators on one schedule. The operator carries its maker's own warranty, and each gate adds our 2-year workmanship warranty on weld integrity, post plumb, hinge alignment and gate sag.
We work across West Lake Hills, and our crews cross into Lakeway homes, Steiner Ranch properties and The Hills estates the same week. Every other city we cover is listed on the gate service area page.
West Lake Hills owners often pair a new entry with gate operator installation for buried arms, or add iron railings along the stairs. Stone entries here also suit courtyard entry gates.
Roughly $4,300 to $7,900, estimated, covers a two-leaf entry here, and the final price goes in writing once the opening is measured.
Fence rules depend on the zoning district of your lot, so check with the city about your address first.
Yes, either rebuilt columns on new footings or plates bolted into the framing behind the veneer.
Most installs take an estimated 2 to 3 days on site once the drawing is approved.
Yes, buried operators and recessed lights keep machinery out of sight from the road.
Yes, through-bolted plates into the framing behind the veneer, each sealed against water.
Contact us today, and we will walk your West Lake Hills lot, measure the opening and hand you a free written, itemized quote.
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Location manager covering West Lake Hills
Runs the schedule for West Lake Hills from the first site measure to the final safety test.
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