Leander Metal Gates is the Austin metro's top-rated team for electric gate repair, specializing in control boards, low-voltage wiring and surge protection. We offer keypad and loop detector repair plus battery backup swaps.
Our team provides fault tracing and grounding in Silverado, delivering a gate that answers the remote and the keypad again for homes and ranches, for both residential and commercial projects. A 2-year workmanship warranty and 14 years in business back over 1,127 projects, and they run from a dead walk gate keypad to a 20 ft pair at a ranch entry.
From meter readings at the transformer to the final cycle test, our team handles every detail. Serving Leander, together with Cedar Park, Georgetown and Lakeway, we trace the power and signal path before any part gets replaced.
Call today for a free estimate. We test the supply, the board and the safety loop first, and only then give you a quote.
Numbers first
Ruth, Volente Road, Volente
A dead keypad and blown board after a hilltop storm, with a motor that still tested good
Investment and duration figures are estimates. Your written quote sets the final price and schedule.
Ruth's keypad went dead after a hilltop storm in Volente, and the control board had blown while the motor stayed good. We replaced the board and the transformer, added surge protection and grounded the pedestal, and the job was an estimated $850 to $1,650 and took an estimated 4 to 8 hours on site. The original motor stayed in service, so Ruth paid for a board and not a whole operator.
An electric gate on Brodie Lane has a power path and a signal path, and most no-response calls break one of the two. Power runs from a Rough Hollow house through a transformer to the board and battery, and signal runs from the keypad, remote or loop to the board.
A Travisso or Bryson gate that opens from the car but not the keypad has a signal fault, and a gate that does nothing at all has a power fault. At Crystal Falls and Northline entries we start with a meter at the transformer, because a weak supply mimics a bad board. Splitting power from signal first on Red Bud Trail saves a board swap that did not need to happen.
A control board, transformer and surge repair is estimated at $850 to $1,650 and typically takes 4 to 8 hours, as Ruth's did. Replacing a keypad or intercom is roughly $1,400 to $4,400, usually 4 to 8 hours. A replacement operator on a gate whose board is past saving is estimated at $1,850 to $3,600.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Control board, transformer and surge | Est. $850 to $1,650 per gate | Est. 4 to 8 hours |
| Intercom, keypad or phone entry | Est. $1,400 to $4,400 per system | Est. 4 to 8 hours |
| Operator added to a manual gate | Est. $1,850 to $3,600 per operator system | Est. 4 to 8 hours |
| Walk-through entry gate | Est. $700 to $1,400 per gate | Est. 4 to 8 hours |
| Scheduled gate service plan | Est. $89 to $112 per gate per month | Est. 1 to 3 hours |
Most electrical faults we trace in Leander land in the lower half of the estimated $850 to $1,650 range, because a board is cheaper than a motor.
Treat each price here as an estimate for Leander, subject to change. Your written quote after the site visit at Flintrock sets the final price and the repair schedule, and it depends on the part, the wire run and how much of the system a surge reached.
The board is the cheap part and the motor is the expensive part on Westlake Drive, so we repair the board when the motor and gearbox are sound. The table sets out the call.
| Fault | Usual fix | Est. cost | Best when |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dead keypad, motor runs | Replace the keypad or its wire | Est. $1,400 to $4,400 for a full keypad system | The board is sound |
| Blown board after a storm | New board, transformer and surge | Est. $850 to $1,650 for Ruth's gate | The motor still turns |
| Board and gearbox both gone | New operator on the old pad | Est. $1,850 to $3,600 | The unit is discontinued |
Hill lots along Lohmans Crossing take direct and induced strikes, and a gate pedestal with no ground is a lightning rod. Volente, Lakeway and West Lake Hills gates take the most, and Steiner Ranch and The Hills pedestals sit high enough to be hit. Surge protection at Twin Creeks on both the power and the signal line, plus a proper ground rod, keeps a strike from reaching the board.
A transformer is the first casualty, and a weak battery is the second. A fresh battery in Old Town lasts about as long as it did new, but one that sat dead through a summer in a hot enclosure is gone. We load-test every battery and replace it before it strands the gate.
A gate on Chisholm Trail Road that lost power also lost its safety checks, so we test every photo eye and edge before we leave. Round Rock's published guidelines want a Knox key switch on the gate and an acceptance test from the Fire Marshal's Office before it returns to service, so check the full text with them. Leander's fire department adopted a Knox-Box ordinance, and the Fire Marshal's Office can say if your entry needs Knox hardware. A repair that disables the manual release or the key switch is not finished.
We match the board to the operator on your pad at The Bluffs, re-test the photo eyes and edges and run sealed conduit on every buried run. The cable matters as much as the board in Berry Creek, because water in an open splice kills more gates than lightning does. When the leaf itself needs work on Lakeway Drive, our automatic gate repair page covers hinges and tracks, and a worn motor is on gate opener repair.
We repair electric gates across a 35-mile radius, and most calls come from Georgetown, Cedar Park and Lakeway, plus our service area page for the rest. Round Rock and Rollingwood entries are mostly keypad and loop faults. Sunset Valley lots are small, so the wire runs are short. Volente is where Ruth's storm-hit board came from.
Our lead welder handles the leaf on University Club Drive and our installer reads the board, so the person who tests the supply is the one who writes the quote. After 14 years and 1,127 projects, we know which fault is a connector, which is a board and which is the whole operator. Ruth's Volente Road gate is the model we hold each electrical repair to.
Electrical faults on Hurst Creek Road often connect to gate access control when the keypad is the failure, and to solar gate operators when a far gate has no reliable power. Hank's Lime Creek Road solar install in Volente and Naomi's Forest Creek entry in Round Rock show the two sides.
A board and surge repair is typically estimated at $850 to $1,650, and your written quote sets the final price.
Most electrical repairs typically take an estimated 4 to 8 hours on site, once the part is in hand.
Either the supply is down or the board has failed, and we meter the transformer first, as with Ruth's gate on Volente Road.
Yes, on Andice Road acreage a strike often kills the board and the transformer while the motor survives, so we replace the board and add surge protection.
Repair the board in Northline when the motor and gearbox are sound, and replace the operator when the unit is discontinued.
Yes, we repair keypads, intercoms and loop detectors around Round Rock and Cedar Park, and we test the reverse afterward.
It can, so we confirm any Knox hardware the Fire Marshal's Office asks for before we close the work.
Operator makers warrant motors and control boards for 1 to 5 years, and our 2-year workmanship warranty adds weld integrity, post plumb, hinge alignment and gate sag.
Free estimates start with a test of the supply, the board and the safety loop, and an itemized quote follows.
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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