PRIVACY FENCE · ATHENS
Privacy Fence in Athens, TX
Cedar and wood privacy fence built on posts set in concrete, with the pickets and rails matched to what is already on the property. We work across Athens — Lake Athens, Oakwood, Southwood 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.
Cedar privacy fence
Standard picket, board-on-board, or cap-and-trim, stained or left to weather.
Horizontal cedar in steel
Horizontal slats in a welded steel frame where you want the modern look without the sag.
Full property runs
Long perimeter runs across acreage, set to a string line so it reads straight from the road.
Gates to match
Walk gates and drive gates built into the run so it is one job, not two.
BASED IN CORSICANA, TEXAS — 32.0954° N, 96.4689° W
Why people call about this.
The old fence is leaning
Boards can be replaced; a leaning run is a post problem and only gets worse.
You want the yard closed in
Dogs, kids and a pool all want a fence that actually holds a line.
Boards are rotting at the bottom
Ground contact and sprinkler spray take the bottom of a picket first.
ATHENS, TX
Privacy Fence 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.
Fence in Athens
An Athens fence needs a city permit even for a replacement, has to go smooth side out where it faces a street and stay at 8 feet or under, and on wooded lots the run has to be cleared around pines and hardwood roots, with posts set through the sandy topsoil into the firmer clay below.
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
WHAT DOES IT COST?
How Much Does a Privacy Fence Cost in Corsicana, TX? (2026)
Published North Texas cost surveys put a 6-foot cedar privacy fence at roughly $26–$45 per linear foot installed, or about $2,800–$4,500 for 100 feet. Here is what moves that number, from steel posts in Blackland clay to gates, tear-out and stain.
RELATED WORK
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QUESTIONS
Privacy Fence — things people ask.
CORSICANA, TEXAS — 32.0954° N, 96.4689° W
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Send a few photos and the address. Cesar will come look at it and give you a straight number — free.