GATE SAFETY · MIDLOTHIAN
Gate Safety Devices (UL 325) in Midlothian, TX
Photo eyes, safety edges and warning signs fitted to automatic gates so the operator meets UL 325 — on new installs and on operators already running. 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.
Photo eyes
Non-contact beams across the opening and along the swing or slide path, mounted on posts where a vehicle will not clip them.
Safety edges
Contact edges on the leading or trailing edge of the gate that stop it on touch.
Warning signs
The placards UL 325 calls for, set where they can be seen from both sides of the gate.
Retrofits on older operators
Devices added to an operator that was installed without them, or that someone jumpered out.
BASED IN CORSICANA, TEXAS — 32.0954° N, 96.4689° W
Why people call about this.
The remotes stopped working
Current operators check their external sensors every cycle. A missing or failed sensor drops the gate to hold-to-run, and remotes quit.
Kids, dogs or stock use the drive
A swinging leaf can pin anything against a post or wall. The sensors are what make it stop.
Somebody bypassed the sensors
Jumpering out a safety device to get a gate running is a real hazard, and the standard prohibits it.
MIDLOTHIAN, TX
Gate Safety Devices (UL 325) 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 Safety Devices (UL 325) — 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.