GATE POSTS · MIDLOTHIAN
Gate Posts & Footings in Midlothian, 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 Midlothian — Lawson Farms, Villages of Walnut Grove, Massey 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.
MIDLOTHIAN, TX
Gate Posts & Footings in Midlothian: what’s different here.
Midlothian is a fast-growing city in northwest Ellis County, about 25 miles southwest of Dallas where US-67 meets US-287, up from 35,125 people at the 2020 census to an estimated 41,000 in 2023. It is the center of the North Texas cement industry, with three cement plants and a steel mill, and new master-planned subdivisions have spread across the prairie around the older downtown, with Joe Pool Lake to the northwest. The City of Midlothian requires a fence permit with a site plan showing property lines, easements, right-of-way and existing buildings (Building Inspections, 215 N. 8th Street, 972-775-7161), master-planned subdivisions typically add HOA guidelines, and Texas811 locates come before any digging.
Gates & Operators in Midlothian
Midlothian drive gates are mostly side-yard gates on subdivision lots that need HOA approval and enough width for a trailer, plus entrances on larger lots at the edge of town, and gate posts set in shallow rock have to be socketed into it rather than sat on top so a heavy gate stays plumb.
The ground
The Austin Chalk escarpment runs north to south through Midlothian, so depending on the side of town a post hole can hit shallow limestone within a couple of feet or go down through heavy clay, and rock often has to be augered or broken to reach full depth.
Homes and lots
Mostly newer single-family subdivisions such as Lawson Farms, Villages of Walnut Grove, Massey Meadows and Hawkins Meadow, a smaller stock of older homes near downtown, and larger lots and acreage on the edges of town.
Neighborhoods we work in
- Lawson Farms
- Villages of Walnut Grove
- Massey Meadows
- Hawkins Meadow
- Dove Creek
- Somercrest
- Historic downtown Midlothian
- US-67 & US-287 corridors
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.