How much does a deck cost in Athens?

Published cost guides put a pressure-treated wood deck at about $15–$25 per square foot installed. Size, height, stairs, and railings move it most. Cesar gives a free estimate after seeing the job.

Do you work in Athens?

Yes, for the right job. Athens is about 45 miles east of Corsicana on SH-31, and we quote in town, around Lake Athens and on the acreage off US-175 and SH-19.

Do I need a permit to replace a fence in Athens?

Yes. The City of Athens requires a permit for a new fence or a replacement (minor repairs excepted), and on Lake Athens shoreline property the Athens Municipal Water Authority has its own permit process.

Do you build the cover as well?

Yes — and it is cheaper to build the deck and the steel cover together than to add the cover later.

Can you replace the boards on my existing deck?

Usually, but we will check the framing first. New boards on bad framing is money wasted.

DECKS · ATHENS

Decks in Athens, TX

Decks and outdoor living areas built and framed on site, and tied into the fence, cover or rail work around them. We work across Athens — Lake Athens, Oakwood, Southwood and the surrounding area.

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What this service covers.

Only the work we actually do — no padded list. If you are not sure whether your job fits, send a photo and we will tell you straight.

Decks and platforms

Built and framed on site, sized to the door and the grade.

Covered outdoor living

A deck or patio with a steel cover over it, built together rather than added later.

Rails to match

Steel or wood rail built in our shop and set to the deck.

Tied into the fence line

Finished so the deck, the fence and the gate read as one piece of work.

BASED IN CORSICANA, TEXAS — 32.0954° N, 96.4689° W

Why people call about this.

The back door opens onto nothing
A deck is what turns a back door into somewhere you actually go.
The old deck is soft
Soft boards usually mean the framing underneath needs looking at too.
The grade drops away
A deck is the straightforward answer where a patio would need a retaining wall.

ATHENS, TX

Decks in Athens: what’s different here.

Athens is the Henderson County seat, a town of about 12,900 people (2020 census) at the crossing of US-175, SH-31 and SH-19, roughly 60 miles southeast of Dallas. It calls itself the Black-Eyed Pea Capital of the World, is home to Trinity Valley Community College, and has the 1,800-acre Lake Athens on its east side, with Cedar Creek Lake to the northwest. The City of Athens requires a permit for any new or replacement fence (8-foot maximum, smooth side out along a right-of-way, and drive gates in side or rear fences need an approved drive approach and curb cut), and on Lake Athens the Athens Municipal Water Authority separately permits structures built on its shoreline property.

Carports, Decks & Rails in Athens

Around Lake Athens the work is often a boat or RV carport, deck or stair rail on a sloping lot down toward the water, and anything on the Athens Municipal Water Authority’s shoreline property needs the Authority’s own permit with a scaled drawing and a list of neighboring owners.

The ground

Athens sits where East Texas begins: sandy loam over dense clay subsoil, with deeper sands toward the east of the county and pines and hardwoods along the fence lines, so posts dig easily at the top but need concrete deep enough to bear on firm ground below the sand.

Homes and lots

Older bungalows and cottages near downtown, 1960s–1990s ranch houses in established subdivisions such as Southwood, lake homes on Lake Athens including the gated Oakwood community, and wooded acreage out on the county roads.

Neighborhoods we work in

Lake Athens
Oakwood
Southwood
Downtown & the courthouse square
Trinity Valley Community College area
US-175 corridor
SH-19 acreage
SH-31 toward Malakoff & Cedar Creek Lake

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