GATE POSTS · ENNIS
Gate Posts & Footings in Ennis, 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 Ennis — Prairie View, Stonewyck Farms, Christian Meadows and the surrounding area.
SCOPE
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.
ENNIS, TX
Gate Posts & Footings in Ennis: what’s different here.
Ennis is a railroad town of about 20,000 people (2020 census) in eastern Ellis County, 35 miles south of Dallas on I-45, founded by the Houston and Texas Central Railroad in 1871 and settled heavily by Czech and Slovak families. It is the Official Bluebonnet City of Texas and is growing, with new subdivisions on the edge of town and acre-plus homesites out in the county. The City of Ennis code FAQ says fences under 8 feet do not need a permit, but asks owners to call the Inspections Department (972-875-6442) first to confirm setbacks; HOA guidelines still apply in the newer subdivisions, and Texas811 locates are needed before any post holes.
Gates & Operators in Ennis
Out on Ennis acreage the drive gate usually sits at the road with the power up at the house, so it is often a wide double-swing or slide gate sized for a stock trailer or equipment and run by a solar operator, while gates in the newer subdivisions are closer to the house and simpler to wire.
The ground
Ennis sits on Blackland Prairie clay (the Kachina Prairie preserve in town protects a remnant of it), which swells in a wet spring and cracks open in August, so post depth and concrete matter more than the boards on top.
Homes and lots
Older frame houses on the streets around downtown, newer HOA subdivisions such as Prairie View, Stonewyck Farms and Christian Meadows, and acre-plus homesites off SH-34, US-287 and the county roads toward Lake Bardwell.
Neighborhoods we work in
- Prairie View
- Stonewyck Farms
- Christian Meadows
- The Hollow
- Older streets near downtown Ennis
- Lake Bardwell area
- SH-34 & US-287 acreage
- I-45 corridor toward Rice
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.