Leander Metal Gates is the Austin metro's premier specialist for custom driveway gate fabrication, specializing in laser-cut panels, hand-drawn patterns, and flat or arched tops. We offer scaled approval drawings and shop-welded frames for every design.
Our team provides tube section selection and finish planning, delivering a one-of-a-kind entry for homes and a durable steel frame for both residential and commercial projects. After 14 years in business, with our 2-year workmanship warranty on the work, we've completed over 1,127 projects, and they range from a plain flat-top leaf up to an 18 ft arched pair.
From the first pencil sketch to the last touch-up kit left on site, our team handles every detail. Serving Leander, plus Cedar Park, Georgetown and Round Rock, we shape each gate to suit the home it guards and the posts it hangs from.
Request a free estimate, and we will sketch your pattern, price the steel and tell you the shop time before any metal is cut.
Numbers first
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
Investment and duration figures are estimates. Your written quote sets the final price and schedule.
Anders wanted a gate that lined up with the column caps on his Rough Hollow entry in Lakeway. We built an 18 ft pair with an arched top in tube steel with laser-cut oak leaf panels. The job was an estimated $5,800 to $7,700 and took an estimated 2 to 3 days to hang. We drew the cut panels in a scaled drawing of a welded frame and reviewed it twice before any steel was ordered, and the HOA approved the first submittal.
A custom gate moves through five choices in order: the pattern, the tube sections, the approval drawing, the finish and the shop time. The pattern comes first because it decides how much steel the frame must carry, and a heavy laser-cut panel asks for a stiffer frame than a plain picket.
The approval drawing comes before any cutting. We draw the leaf to scale against the opening, mark the hinge side and the latch side, and send it for your sign-off so the pattern you picture is the pattern we weld.
A custom driveway gate is priced by the steel, the pattern and the hardware behind it. A one-leaf automated swing gate is typically estimated at $2,600 to $4,800, while a two-leaf automated swing entry is typically estimated at $4,300 to $7,900, and a hand-cut pattern moves a leaf toward the top of its range.
A long single leaf with one arm and a keypad, for builder-lot drives with room on one side
A centered pair with two operators, for wide openings and a drive that stays level behind the line
One leaf running on a floor track, for a flat drive with side room and no swing space
A counterbalanced leaf on enclosed carriages, for caliche, crowned drives and heavy daily use
A person-width steel gate with a keyed latch, for walkways, side yards and courtyards
Motor, photo eyes and remotes fitted to a leaf that already hangs true
From a coded keypad to video calling, with visitor and courier codes set up
Welded panels in a 4 to 6 foot height, set on concrete posts with racked or stepped sections
Hammered pickets and collars at 5 to 6 feet, for period homes and estate frontage
Aluminum barrier at the height we confirm with the city, with a self-closing, self-latching gate priced apart
Blast to bare metal, treat rust and refinish, for sound iron with a failed finish
Steel or iron guards measured at the site, anchored to the stringer or the slab
Compact steel or iron spiral, with headroom and landing checked before anything is ordered
Steel or iron door with insulated glass, sized to a new or existing rough opening
Recurring visits for operators, safety devices and hinges, with a written service log
Steel slat panels and matching gate infill, priced by the run once the slat gap and height are set
Stainless cable on steel posts for decks and balconies, tensioned and checked at handover
Tempered glass panels with steel posts or a base shoe, set once the measured panels arrive
Investment and duration figures are estimates. Your written quote sets the final price and schedule.
| Job | Est. investment | Est. duration 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 |
| Trackless cantilever slide gate | Est. $6,300 to $9,700 per complete system | Est. 2 to 4 days |
| Track-mounted slide gate | Est. $1,800 to $4,900 per complete system | Est. 2 to 3 days |
| Walk-through entry gate | Est. $700 to $1,400 per gate | Est. 4 to 8 hours |
A custom pair beside a trackless cantilever slide gate, say on a Berry Creek drive in Georgetown, runs roughly $6,300 to $9,700 and typically takes 2 to 4 days. An operator added to a manual gate is roughly $1,850 to $3,600 and typically takes 4 to 8 hours, which suits a custom leaf you plan to automate later.
Consider every price above an estimate for Leander, subject to change. Once the pattern is approved, the written quote fixes the final price and the schedule, shaped by leaf size, pattern, finish and hardware.
A plain flat-top leaf costs the least, an arched or spear top costs more steel, and a laser-cut panel costs the most shop time.
| Style | Shop effort | Best for | Watch for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flat top with pickets | Lowest | Plain entries and tight budgets | Pickets need spacing for the pool rule |
| Spear or arched top | Moderate | Entries with a curved wall or column caps | Arch height must clear the operator arm |
| Laser-cut panel | Highest | Entries that want a signature pattern | Panel weight raises the hinge load |
| Anti-climb rail | Moderate | Entries near a walkway or a pool | Our shop spec keeps rail gaps under 4 inches |
The most common custom-gate mistake is skipping the drawing, because a pattern that looks right in a sketch can fight the posts, the hinges or the operator once it is welded.
Check three things before you sign: the opening width, the post condition and the operator side. Round Rock publishes gate guidelines that call for a Knox key switch and a Fire Marshal acceptance test before an automatic gate goes into service, so confirm the full text with the Fire Marshal's Office before you order one near Round Rock. For an entry inside Leander, the Fire Marshal's Office can say whether it wants Knox hardware on the gate.
Tube steel is the frame we weld most, and it takes laser-cut oak leaf panels, picket infill and plain flat bar equally well. See steel gate installation for the material choice and wrought iron gates for hand-forged scrollwork.
We fabricate and hang custom gates across a 35-mile radius, with most work in Cedar Park, Georgetown and Lakeway, plus our service area page for the rest. A walk-through entry gate beside a custom pair in Cedar Park or Round Rock is roughly $700 to $1,400 and usually takes 4 to 8 hours. Steiner Ranch and West Lake Hills entries often carry the most detailed patterns. Rollingwood and Sunset Valley lots are tight, so a custom pair there is drawn narrower than the same pattern in Round Rock. Volente and The Hills drives slope toward the lake, so the bottom rail is drawn to follow the grade. Pier depth shifts across Georgetown, with rock and thin soil west of I-35 and clay to the east. Leander is one of the newest-built cities in the metro, so most of our custom gates here are a first gate on a recent home in a master-planned subdivision.
Our lead welder builds every frame in one shop, so the person who drew the pattern is the person who welds it. After 14 years and 1,127 projects, we know how tube steel with laser-cut oak leaf panels behaves on an 18 ft pair with an arched top. Anders's Rough Hollow gate in Lakeway is the benchmark we measure each custom frame against.
A custom frame often pairs with dual swing gates for a wide opening and with estate entry gates when columns are part of the plan. See gate operator installation to automate it. Bradley's galvanized steel pair in Silverado and Sofia's slide in Twin Creeks show the same shop at work in Cedar Park. Owen's sagging leaf on Hatley Drive in Rollingwood was rehung on heavier hinges, the same fix we spec for a heavy custom pair. Marlene's one-leaf automated swing gate in Crystal Falls ran an estimated $3,000 to $4,200, a fair baseline for a plain custom leaf. Hank's solar-powered pair in Volente and Wesley's gate on Lakeway Drive both began as a pencil sketch and an approval drawing. Everett's 20 ft cantilever in Berry Creek shows how a laser-cut panel stays light on carriage rollers. Beatrice's 20 ft pair on Westlake Drive in West Lake Hills shows how a pattern reads against limestone columns. Lindsey's 16 ft pair in Travisso, Leander, is where we learned to cut the bottom rail to follow a sloped drive. For a modern entry, our horizontal slat gates page covers the slat gap.
A one-leaf automated swing gate is typically estimated at $2,600 to $4,800, and a two-leaf automated swing entry is typically estimated at $4,300 to $7,900, with your written quote setting the final price.
A two-leaf automated swing entry typically takes 2 to 3 days on site once the frame is built, and a one-leaf automated swing gate typically takes 1 to 2 days.
We supply a scaled drawing for your submittal, and Anders's Rough Hollow pair was approved on the first submittal.
Yes, because the approval drawing sets the pattern against the column caps and the opening before any steel is cut.
Every frame is blasted, primed in zinc, then coated in polyester powder cured in the oven, with touch-up kits left on site.
Yes, and a two-leaf automated swing entry typically takes 2 to 3 days on site once the frame is ready.
Yes, Cedar Park and Georgetown get the same shop-built frames, within about 35 miles of Leander.
Each custom frame ships with a 2-year workmanship warranty on weld integrity, post plumb, hinge alignment and gate sag.
Request a free estimate, and we will sketch the pattern, price the steel and book the shop time.
The order of work
We tape the opening, shoot the slope and check the HOA or town rules before anyone prices steel.
You sign one scaled sheet listing frame size, coating and operator, and that sheet doubles as your review board packet.
Frames are welded in the shop and coated before delivery, so no grinding or spray paint happens on your drive.
Footings cure, then the leaf is hung and wired, and we run each safety device with you standing there.
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