Leander Metal Gates is the metro's trusted expert in iron balconies, specializing in Juliet balconies, walk-out balcony rails and forged-look steel guards. We offer window-front panels and full-width balcony guards for upper floors and for terraces above a drop.
Our team provides layout, anchoring and powder-coat finishing for residential and commercial buildings. The company has worked for 14 years, backs its work with a 2-year workmanship warranty and has completed over 1,127 projects, from a single bedroom window to a 300 ft retail walkway.
From drawing the first panel to sealing the last anchor, our team handles each balcony. Serving Leander and neighboring Georgetown, Cedar Park and Round Rock, each guard is made to stay fixed to the wall and shed the weather.
Call today for a free estimate, and we will measure the openings, find what the anchors will bite into and give you a price by the foot before any steel is cut.
Numbers first
A Juliet balcony in Steiner Ranch or The Hills is a guard across a door or window that opens onto air, with no floor to stand on, while a walk-out balcony has a platform and a rail all round. The choice decides the load in Cedar Park and Georgetown alike, because a Juliet panel only has to stop a fall, and a walk-out carries people.
Most of what we install in Leander is the Juliet kind, because recent homes here often have tall upper windows facing a yard or a view. West Lake Hills and The Hills homes more often want a full walk-out.
A walk-out on a hillside terrace in Steiner Ranch or Lakeway needs posts that stand on something, so the footing plan comes first: belled concrete piers 36 inches or deeper, with depth and rebar decided by what the auger hits at each post. A Juliet in Cedar Park or Round Rock needs no footing at all, only a good fix to the wall on each side of the opening.
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.
Harriet's home on Red Bud Trail in West Lake Hills, a short drive from Lakeway, needed 22 linear ft of forged-look steel with a Juliet panel across two openings. The stone veneer on the wall could not carry an anchor, which is common in West Lake Hills, so we through-bolted plates into the framing behind the stone and sealed each one against water. The job for Harriet was an estimated $1,800 to $2,800 and took an estimated 6 to 10 hours, which sits inside the typical stair or balcony guard window.
The risk on a balcony is not the rail but the holes behind it. Every anchor is a hole in the wall, and water follows a hole. We seal each plate, set it so the water runs away from the fastener, and anchor into framing, not into veneer or stucco alone, as we did on Red Bud Trail. A stone wall in West Lake Hills or Sunset Valley hides the framing, so we probe for it before the drawing is signed, and a stucco wall in Georgetown gets a sealed collar around each fastener.
Leander sits in both Williamson and Travis Counties, so the side of the county line can change who reviews a guard at height. Check the height and opening rules with the city in Round Rock or Sunset Valley; our shop spec keeps openings under 4 inches, drawn and measured before the coat goes on.
A stair or balcony guard is priced by the linear foot at an estimated $66 to $134, typically 5 to 10 hours on site. Hand-forged scrollwork for a formal balcony in Lakeway or West Lake Hills costs more, at an estimated $86 to $129 per linear foot and typically 3 to 6 days.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Stair or balcony guard | Est. $66 to $134 per linear foot | Est. 5 to 10 hours |
| Hand-forged iron work | Est. $86 to $129 per linear foot | Est. 3 to 6 days |
| Strip and recoat old iron | Est. $32 to $49 per linear foot | Est. 1 to 3 days |
A single Juliet panel sits near the bottom of the estimated $66 to $134 range, while a long walk-out with a curved front sits near the top. Stone, stucco or brick walls add anchor time, and an old guard that is sound can be stripped and recoated at an estimated $32 to $49 per linear foot instead of replaced. These prices are estimates for Leander and are subject to change with the wall, the anchors and the length, and a guard that runs 6 to 10 hours or less rarely needs a second visit. Your written quote after the measure, whether the home is in Georgetown or Volente, sets the final price and the install schedule.
Forged-look steel gives the traditional scroll at an estimated $66 to $134 per foot, flat-bar steel gives a modern line, and true hand-forged iron at an estimated $86 to $129 per foot is the showpiece. The table shows where each belongs.
| Balcony style | Est. price per foot | Best use | Finish care |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forged-look steel Juliet | Est. $66 to $134 | Tall windows and doors | Touch-up kit, repaint on scratches |
| Flat-bar steel guard | Est. $66 to $134 | Modern walk-out balconies | Touch-up kit |
| Hand-forged iron | Est. $86 to $129 | Formal or period homes | Re-coat when the finish dulls |
Steel that is welded and powder-coated resists rust better than bare iron, which matters on a wall that sees rain in Georgetown or Round Rock. The coating goes on in order: blast, zinc primer, then polyester powder cured in the oven, with touch-up kits left on site for later scratches, and a balcony in Volente or The Hills gets the same sequence. A balcony in Lakeway or Steiner Ranch often needs matching iron railings on the stair that leads to it, and for a stair itself see iron staircases.
A terrace above a pool in Bryson or Volente often needs the guard and a pool barrier fence together, estimated at $31 to $45 per linear foot and typically 1 to 3 days, while the stair that reaches a balcony door can take a walk-through gate, estimated at $700 to $1,400 and typically 4 to 8 hours. A long open-view steel fence line along the same terrace edge in Rollingwood or Sunset Valley is estimated at $51 to $84 per linear foot and typically 2 to 4 days.
We build balconies across a 35-mile radius, with most of the work in Cedar Park, Georgetown and Round Rock. Many Leander homes were built after 2000, so a Juliet is usually added to an upper window that has no guard at all. Lakeway, Steiner Ranch and Volente balconies face water and views and are measured on the first visit. Our service area page names every other city we reach.
We find the framing and drill the plates ourselves across Cedar Park and Round Rock, so the person who sealed the anchor is the person who stands behind it. After 1,127 projects over 14 years, we know where a veneer wall in Steiner Ranch or Lakeway will hold and where it will not. The workmanship warranty runs 2 years on welds and fit.
See iron railings, iron staircases and custom iron entry doors.
A balcony guard is estimated at $66 to $134 per linear foot, and a single Juliet panel in Cedar Park or Round Rock falls near the low end.
A balcony guard typically takes an estimated 5 to 10 hours on site, and Harriet's 22 feet on Red Bud Trail fell in that range.
Not into the veneer alone, as the 22 ft job on Red Bud Trail showed, so on a West Lake Hills or Sunset Valley wall we through-bolt plates into the framing behind it and seal each one.
A Juliet is a guard across an opening, like the panel across two openings in West Lake Hills, and a walk-out has a platform that people stand on.
They will not if each plate is sealed and set so the water runs away from the fastener, as on the 22 feet of guard we built for Harriet in West Lake Hills.
Often the city wants to see it, whether the home is in Leander, Cedar Park or Lakeway, and we confirm the requirement before the drawing is signed.
Call for a free estimate, and we will measure the openings in Leander, Cedar Park or Georgetown, find the framing and write the price by the foot.
The order of work
We tape the opening, check the wall or slab and read the town rules before anyone prices steel.
You sign one scaled sheet listing size, coating and spacing, and that sheet doubles as your review board packet.
Each piece is welded in the shop and coated before delivery, so no grinding or spray paint happens at your home.
Anchors go in, the piece is fixed in place, and we check plumb and spacing with you standing there.
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