SWING GATES · ATHENS
Swing Gates (Single & Double) in Athens, TX
Single and double swing gates hung on the right hinges, swinging the right way for your drive, and set on posts that keep them level. 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.
Single swing gates
One leaf for walk gates and narrower drives, on a hinge post sized for the weight.
Double swing gates
A matched pair meeting in the middle, with a center stop and drop rods.
Swing direction and clearance
In or out, based on the room you have and where vehicles stop.
Hinges for the job
Heavy barrel, adjustable or ball-bearing hinges chosen for the weight and how often it opens.
BASED IN CORSICANA, TEXAS — 32.0954° N, 96.4689° W
Why people call about this.
You are not sure single or double
That choice decides the posts, the hinges and whether an opener works well. We help you make it.
The gate hits the ground
A swing gate on a rising drive needs to swing the other way, be raised, or be a different kind of gate.
The pair never lines up
Double gates that do not meet are usually a post or hinge problem.
ATHENS, TX
Swing Gates (Single & Double) 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
Swing Gates (Single & Double) — 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.