Leander Metal Gates is Leander's trusted expert for gate access control, specializing in phone-app entry, coded keypads and cellular video intercoms. We offer visitor codes that expire and call lists that ring two phones.
Our team provides loop and exit sensor wiring, delivering a gate that answers itself for homes and a logged entry record for both residential and commercial projects. Our work spans 14 years in business and over 1,127 projects under a 2-year workmanship warranty, whether that is one keypad on a pedestal or a directory panel at a shared entry.
From pulling low-voltage cable through the conduit to teaching a courier code to your phone, our team handles every detail. Serving Leander as well as neighboring Cedar Park, Georgetown and Round Rock, we wire entry so the right visitor gets in and no one has to walk down to the street to see who rang.
Call today for a free estimate, and we will check your operator, your cell signal and your wire run before we recommend a panel.
Numbers first
Naomi, Forest Creek, Round Rock
A home office owner fielding a dozen couriers a week and tired of walking down to the gate
Investment and duration figures are estimates. Your written quote sets the final price and schedule.
Naomi's home office in Forest Creek, Round Rock, drew a dozen couriers a week, so we installed a cellular video intercom on a steel pedestal with two phones on the call list. On site it came to an estimated 4 to 8 hours at an estimated $1,700 to $3,400. We chose one-time courier codes and a logged visitor list, and deliveries now get answered from a phone while each code expires by itself.
Four things decide who gets through: a code, a call, a phone credential or a remote. A code suits family and regular crews, a call suits strangers, a phone credential suits people you trust daily, and a remote suits the car. Across 1,127 projects, the households that skip the call option are the ones who regret it.
In Cedar Park and beyond, a one-time code is the answer for couriers, because it opens the gate once and then dies. A recurring code belongs to the pool cleaner or the lawn crew in Georgetown, and you can end it from your phone the day the arrangement ends. Most newer Leander homes start with a simple keypad on a belled pier 36 inches or deeper, and we add the video call after the first month of deliveries shows how much traffic the entry really sees.
Budget an estimated $1,400 to $4,400 for a keypad, intercom or phone-entry system, which typically takes 4 to 8 hours to install. A coded keypad alone sits at the low end for a West Lake Hills home, and a cellular video intercom with a call list and courier codes sits higher. An operator added to a manual gate is roughly $1,850 to $3,600 when the gate has no motor yet. Adding a walk-through entry gate next to the drive runs roughly $700 to $1,400 and usually 4 to 8 hours.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| One-leaf automated swing gate | Est. $2,600 to $4,800 per complete system | Est. 1 to 2 days |
| Scheduled gate service plan | Est. $89 to $112 per gate per month | Est. 1 to 3 hours |
Most Leander installs we do are a keypad or a video intercom added to a gate that already has an operator, and those land in the lower half of the estimated $1,400 to $4,400 range.
Treat every figure here as a Leander estimate that is subject to change. The wire run, your choice of panel and the operator's input board shape the written quote we send after the site visit, which carries the final price and the install schedule.
A keypad fits a quiet household, a video intercom fits a home with steady deliveries, and phone entry fits a Lakeway family that wants no hardware at the street. The table sets out what each costs and what it needs.
| Entry method | Est. complete system | Best for | What it needs |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coded keypad | Est. $700 to $1,400 | Family and regular crews | Low-voltage cable to the operator |
| Phone-app credentials | Est. $1,400 to $3,400 | Families who want no hardware at the street | A cell signal and the operator's input board |
| Cellular video intercom | Est. $1,700 to $3,400 | Frequent couriers and callers | Power at the pedestal and a signal |
| Video panel with directory | Est. $3,400 to $4,400 | Shared entries with several homes | Conduit to each unit and a plan for repairs |
Fire access comes first, because a locked gate must still let the engine in, and our Knox key switch, siren sensor or strobe is confirmed before the drawing is signed. Round Rock's published gate guidelines call for a city-approved Knox key switch and an acceptance test by the Fire Marshal's Office, so confirm the full text with them and we schedule the test into the install. Leander's fire department adopted a Knox-Box ordinance that lists gates among the barriers it covers, so ask the Fire Marshal's Office what your entry needs before the panel is ordered.
A call box also has to work when the power does not, and the battery backup and manual release on every operator we fit cover that. Every system we install runs from the operator's battery backup and falls back to a manual release, so a long outage never strands a car at the gate.
Low-voltage cable and a clean ground matter more than the panel brand from Steiner Ranch to Volente, and most failures we are called to fix start in a wire run. A pedestal is welded from the same 11-gauge frame tube as our steel gates, blasted, primed in zinc and powder coated in the oven, with touch-up kits left on site. See electric gate repair for what we do when a board or a transformer fails, and gate operator installation for the motor side.
We install entry systems across a 35-mile radius from Leander, each under our 2-year workmanship warranty, with most panels set in Cedar Park, Georgetown and Round Rock, plus our service area page for the rest. Steiner Ranch and Lakeway pedestals sit on sloped lots, so we set the conduit and a belled pier 36 inches deep before the slab is poured. West Lake Hills and The Hills entries often need two phones on the call list, one for each adult in the house. Volente calls start with a signal check, since the lake hills block a weak cell signal. Rollingwood and Sunset Valley panels get the same wiring plan we used in Forest Creek. Leander is one of the newest-built cities in the metro, so many of our panels here go onto a recent home in a master-planned subdivision that already has an operator.
Our lead welder sets the pedestal and our installer wires the panel, so the person who walked your Rollingwood drive is the one who pulls the cable. After 14 years, 1,127 projects and a 35-mile service radius, we know how a cellular video intercom behaves on a pedestal at the end of a long drive. Naomi's Forest Creek install in Round Rock is the model we hold each new panel to.
Entry control, like Naomi's in Forest Creek, often pairs with solar gate operators when the gate sits far from a power run, and with automatic gate repair when a leaf binds before the panel can open it. Hank's solar operator on Lime Creek Road in Volente shows a far gate that needed no trench, and Ruth's rebuilt keypad on Volente Road shows what a storm does to a board.
A keypad, intercom or phone-entry system is typically estimated at $1,400 to $4,400, and your written quote sets the final price.
Most entry systems in The Hills typically take 4 to 8 hours on site, once the operator and the cable run are ready.
Yes, a one-time courier code opens the gate once and then expires, which is how Naomi's Forest Creek entry works.
Yes, in Round Rock or Leander, if the operator has an input board and the leaf rolls true, because we wire the panel to that board and test the photo eyes at handover.
Yes, we confirm what the local Fire Marshal asks for, including a Knox key switch, before the drawing is signed.
The gate runs from its battery backup and opens by the manual release on every operator, so a short outage never traps a car.
Yes. Lakeway and Steiner Ranch panels are installed the same way as Cedar Park and Georgetown ones, all inside roughly 35 miles of Leander.
For 2 years our workmanship warranty stands behind weld integrity, post plumb, hinge alignment and gate sag, while makers warrant their motors and control boards 1 to 5 years.
Request a free estimate in Sunset Valley or anywhere nearby, and we will check the operator, the signal and the wire run, then write an itemized quote.
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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