GATE POSTS · ATHENS
Gate Posts & Footings in Athens, TX
Heavy steel gate posts set in concrete footings sized for the gate’s weight and the clay — new posts, and failed posts dug out and reset. 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.
Hinge and latch posts
Heavy-wall steel pipe or square tube sized to the gate’s width and weight.
Deep concrete footings
Dug to depth for this soil and poured wide enough to resist the gate’s pull.
Failed posts dug out and reset
Old concrete broken out and a new post and footing set in its place.
Operator and keypad posts
Mounting posts and pads for the operator, keypad and photo eyes.
BASED IN CORSICANA, TEXAS — 32.0954° N, 96.4689° W
Why people call about this.
The hinge post leans
You can see it from the road, and the gate has started dragging or will not latch.
A bigger gate is going up
A new drive gate or an operator puts more load on the post than the old one ever carried.
The post was hit
A trailer or a truck catches the post, and the footing cracks underneath it.
ATHENS, TX
Gate Posts & Footings 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.
Gates & Operators in Athens
Inside Athens city limits a drive gate in a side or rear fence needs an approved drive approach and curb cut, so the gate width is planned around the concrete, while lake and wooded acreage properties outside town usually want a solar operator at a gate set back under the trees.
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
RELATED WORK
Often goes with this.
QUESTIONS
Gate Posts & Footings — things people ask.
CORSICANA, TEXAS — 32.0954° N, 96.4689° W
CALL FOR A FREE ESTIMATE.
Send a few photos and the address. Cesar will come look at it and give you a straight number — free.