Automatic Driveway Gates
Automatic driveway gates in Austin designed as one system: gate, operator, photo eyes, exit loop and keypad, set up to UL 325. Call for a free on-site measure.
Gate and Ironwork Services in Austin, From the Drive to the Front Door
Austin Metal Gates delivers gate and ironwork services in Austin, TX, and is Travis County's leading shop for owners who want the entry, the fence line and the stair to match, specializing in swing and slide driveway gates, cantilever gates for sloped drives and ranch entries for acreage. We offer operator installation and UL 325 retrofits.
- Free on-site measure
- Shop drawings you approve
- Operators set up to UL 325
- One written price
Every gate, fence and ironwork service we offer
Our team provides iron fencing, pool barriers, railings and staircases, delivering steel that is drawn, built and hung by one company for both residential and commercial projects. We weld every frame in our own shop from drawings you sign, and the people who hang it are the ones who measured your opening, so nothing gets lost between the tape measure and the welder.
From keeping every opening in a frame inside the limit ASTM F2200 sets to a finished run of fence, entry and railing across a whole property, our team handles every detail. Serving Austin, Sunset Valley, Shady Hollow and Lakeway, we quote every service against the property it is going onto.
Why Austin Metal Gates
How We Work
No stock panels cut down to fit, and no handoffs. The crew that measures your opening builds and installs the gate.
Measured on siteThe opening, the slope and the ground, measured where the gate will hang
Shop drawings firstYou approve the drawings and finish before any steel is cut
Welded in our own shopFrames fabricated and finished to your drawings, not ordered from a catalogue
Set up to UL 325Every operator installed with its safety devices tested before we leave
Every service
All Gate, Fence and Ironwork Services
Custom Driveway Gate Fabrication
Custom driveway gates in Austin, drawn to your design, welded in our shop, then galvanized and powder coated. Call to book a free on-site measure.
Sliding & Rolling Gates
Sliding and rolling gates in Austin on a level V-track, with side clearance and UL 325 safety planned before any steel is cut. Call for a free on-site measure.
Cantilever Gates
Cantilever gates in Austin that slide with no ground track, hung on rollers and a counterbalance tail for sloped drives and gravel. Call for a free measure.
Dual Swing Gates
Dual swing gates in Austin: two leaves that part in the middle, hung on sized hinge posts and planned around your driveway's slope. Call for a free measure.
Estate Entry Gates & Columns
Estate entry gates in Austin with stone columns, lit caps and a setback that lets a car stop off the street. Call to book a free on-site measure.
Ranch & Acreage Entry Gates
Ranch entry gates in Austin for acreage: long spans, arched rails, wing fencing and solar power far from the house. Call to book a free on-site measure.
Gate Access Control & Intercoms
Gate access control in Austin: keypads, cellular and app entry, video intercoms, exit loops and fire department key switches. Call for a free site survey.
Solar Gate Operators
Solar gate openers in Austin sized to your gate: panel wattage, battery capacity and a daily power budget for Central Texas sun. No trench. Call for a visit.
Gate Operator Installation & UL 325 Retrofits
Gate operator installation and UL 325 retrofits in Austin: new operators on existing gates, monitored photo eyes, edges, loops and ASTM F2200 upgrades. Call us.
Wrought Iron Fencing
Ornamental iron and steel fence runs for Austin homes, galvanized and powder coated, built to local spike and setback rules. Call for a free on-site measure.
Pool Safety Fencing
Code-compliant pool barriers in Austin: 48 inch minimum, self-closing, self-latching gates, picket spacing drawn to code. Call to book a free on-site measure.
Iron Railings
Iron stair, deck and porch railings in Austin, built to the code's guard height and baluster spacing and welded in our own shop. Call for a free measure.
Iron & Spiral Staircases
Mono-stringer, floating tread and spiral staircases in Austin, fabricated in structural steel with wood or stone treads. Call for a free on-site measure.
Iron Balconies & Juliet Balconies
Iron balcony guards and Juliet balconies for upper floors in Austin, anchored into masonry or framing and built in our own shop. Call for a free measure.
Custom Iron Entry Doors
Custom iron front doors for Austin homes: thermally broken frames, insulated low-E glass, operable glass panels and sealed thresholds. Call for a free measure.
Commercial Gates & Slide Gate Systems
Commercial slide and cantilever gate systems in Austin for GCs, developers and facility managers: site survey, shop drawings, fire access. Call for a bid.
HOA, Gated Community & Multifamily Entry Systems
HOA, gated community and multifamily entry systems in Austin: entry and exit lanes, resident credentials, visitor call boxes, board-ready bids. Call us.
Commercial Security & Perimeter Fencing
Commercial security and perimeter fencing in Austin: anti-climb mesh, steel palisade, yard and campus fence lines with matching gates. Call to request a bid.
Gate Maintenance & Service Contracts
Scheduled gate maintenance contracts in Austin for HOAs, apartments and commercial sites: operator servicing, UL 325 inspection, board-ready records. Call.
Automatic Gate Repair
Automatic gate repair in Austin: sagging leaves, worn hinges, rollers and track, stops and misaligned safety devices, plus welded repairs. Call us.
Electric Gate Repair
Electric gate repair in Austin: dead gates, transformers, control boards, surge damage, batteries, solar charging, keypads, loops and intercoms. Call us.
Gate Opener Repair & Replacement
Gate opener repair in Austin: motors, gearboxes, arms, chain and rack drives, limit settings and manual release, plus honest repair or replace advice. Call us.
Gate Replacement & Upgrades
Gate replacement in Austin: a new steel or iron gate hung on your existing posts, with upgrade paths to automatic or sliding. Call for a free on-site measure.
Custom Pedestrian Gates
Custom walk gates for side yards, gardens and courtyards in Austin, matched to your fence and fitted with the right latch. Call to book a free measure.
Steel Gate Installation
Steel gate installation in Austin: tube frames, wall thickness, galvanizing and powder coat explained, built to your opening. Call for a free on-site measure.
Security Gate Installation
Security gate installation in Austin for homes and small businesses: anti-climb design, real locks, access control and fire access. Call to book a measure.
Which Driveway Gate Fits Your Drive
The first decision on most gate projects is how the gate moves, and the drive usually makes that decision for you. Here is how the five driveway options differ, at a glance.
Dual swing and single swing gates
A swing gate hangs on hinges and arcs across the drive, so it needs a clear, reasonably level path on the side it opens toward. Two leaves meeting in the middle keep each one shorter and lighter, which suits a wide opening with room behind the gate line. Swing gates carry the most traditional look and take arched tops and ornamental detail well.
Sliding and rolling gates
A slide gate travels sideways along the fence line, so it needs clear run-back beside the opening rather than swing room in front of it. It is the usual answer where cars stop close to the gate, where the drive climbs steeply, or where the opening is too wide for hinged leaves.
Cantilever gates
A cantilever gate is a slide gate with no track across the drive. It rides on rollers mounted beside the opening and reaches out over the gap the way a cantilevered beam does, carrying its load back to the fixed support. With nothing on the ground in the drive, it suits sloped approaches and loose surfaces.
Estate entry gates
Estate entries pair the gate with masonry or steel columns, often with a pedestrian gate beside them, and are drawn as one composition with the house and the fence.
Ranch and acreage entry gates
On acreage the entry sits at the end of a long drive and often far from power, so ranch gates lean toward wide openings, simple strong frames and solar operators.
Gate Automation, Operators and Access Control
Any of those gates can be automated. We install new operators, and we retrofit older openers that predate current entrapment protection so they meet UL 325, including the two independent means of protection the standard asks for wherever someone could be caught. Each operator is matched to its UL 325 class, which is set by where the gate is used: a family home, a public-facing commercial site, an industrial yard or a restricted, guarded facility.
Solar gate operators run from a panel and a battery, the same stand-alone arrangement used anywhere a grid connection is impractical, with a charge controller protecting the battery from over-charging and deep discharge. That makes them a natural fit for ranch entries and for drives where trenching a power line would tear up finished landscaping.
Access control ranges from a single keypad on a post to intercoms, video entry and fob or card readers with an entry log for a community or business. The right level depends on how many people use the gate and whether you need to know who came through.
Iron Fencing for Homes, Pools and Commercial Sites
Wrought iron style fencing carries the gate's design along the property line, with pickets, rails and posts built to the same profile as the entry. Because genuine wrought iron has not been produced at scale since the 1970s, these fences are fabricated in steel and protected with galvanizing, powder coat or both.
Pool fencing is a safety barrier first. Its gates need to close and latch on their own, and some towns tie pool fences to a specific edition of the building code, which we confirm at quote time.
Commercial security and perimeter fencing is about height, visibility and controlled points of entry, drawn to the site plan and coordinated with the gates and access control that run through it.
Railings, Staircases, Balconies and Iron Entry Doors
The same shop builds the ironwork closer to the house. Railings run along stairs, porches and terraces, with balusters spaced to suit the style of the rail. A balustrade is the full row of balusters under a handrail, and on a stair that whole assembly is what most people call the banister.
- Iron railings for interior and exterior stairs, landings, porches and terraces.
- Straight staircases and spiral staircases in steel.
- Balconies and Juliet balconies, drawn to the opening and the wall they fix to.
- Custom iron entry doors that can echo the gate at the end of the drive.
Ironwork like this is measured on site, drawn, and only then fabricated, exactly like a gate.
Commercial, HOA and Multifamily Entry Systems
Commercial and community work is bought differently, so we run it differently. A property manager, HOA board or general contractor gets a site survey, scaled shop drawings and submittals for review, phasing that keeps residents and deliveries moving while the entry is rebuilt, and fire and police access coordinated with the local fire district.
Slide gate systems for business sites, gated community entrances with resident and guest access, and multifamily entries all sit in this group. Operators here are chosen for their UL 325 class and for duty cycle, because a community entry cycles far more often in a day than a house gate does in a week.
Gate maintenance contracts keep high-cycle entries inspected, adjusted and tested on a set schedule, so a worn part or a failed safety sensor is found on a planned visit instead of by the residents stuck outside.
What Drives the Price of Gate and Ironwork Services
No two of these services price the same way, and we will not guess at a number before seeing the property. The drivers are consistent, though:
- Driveway gates: width, leaf count, swing versus slide versus cantilever, the slope of the drive, and the weight of the frame.
- Automation: operator class and duty cycle, power at the gate or a solar setup, safety devices, and the access control you want.
- Fencing: length of the run, height, picket spacing and top style, terrain, and the gates set within the line.
- Ironwork: straight or curved work, the number of treads or the length of a balcony, what it mounts into, and ornamental detail.
- Every job: galvanizing, powder coat or both, columns and footings, and any HOA, POA or city approval.
The free on-site visit turns those into a written, itemized quote, one line per choice.
The process
From Site Visit to a Gate That Runs
Four steps, and nothing is fabricated until you have signed off on the drawings and the price.
Free site visit
We measure the opening, the slope and where power can reach, and talk through style, automation and access.
Drawings and a written price
You get scaled drawings for your approval and for any HOA or city review, with one written price.
Fabricated in our shop
Steel is cut and welded to the approved drawings, then galvanized, powder coated or both.
Installed and tested
Columns and posts set, gate hung, operator set up to UL 325 and every safety device tested with you.
Questions
Questions About Our Services
Which gate works best on a sloped driveway?
A swing leaf can hit a drive that rises in its path, so steep approaches usually call for a slide or cantilever gate. A cantilever gate has no track on the ground, which helps where the drive is uneven. We confirm the choice after measuring the grade.
Can you automate a gate someone else built?
Often, yes. We first check the frame against ASTM F2200, including its openings, edges and balance, because an operator added to a gate that fails those points is a safety problem. If the gate is sound, we fit an operator and safety devices set up to UL 325.
Can you build the fence and the gate as one job?
Yes, and it is usually the better way. Designing both together keeps the picket profile, post spacing and finish consistent, and it means one set of drawings goes to your association or city.
What does a quote for gate or ironwork services include?
It lists the design, materials, finish, operator, access control, safety devices, footings and any approval work as separate lines, along with the written warranty terms. Nothing is priced until we have seen the site.
How soon can fabrication start?
Fabrication starts once you sign the shop drawings and any association or city approval is in hand. Finish choices add steps, so we set out the full schedule in writing with the quote.
Do you take on HOA and commercial entry projects?
Yes. Boards, property managers and general contractors get a site survey, scaled drawings and submittals, a phasing plan that keeps the entry usable, and coordinated fire access. Maintenance contracts are available for entries that run all day.
What warranty comes with your work?
Every gate, fence and ironwork job carries a written warranty, and the terms are in your quote before you commit.
Is the site visit free?
Yes. We measure, look at power and ground conditions, talk through the options, and send a written quote afterward, with no obligation.
Free site visit
Talk to us about your project
Free on-site measure across Austin and the west side. We call you back to set a time.
Calls only, we do not receive text messages.