WALK GATES · ATHENS
Walk & Pedestrian Gates in Athens, TX
Walk and pedestrian gates for side yards, front walks and fence lines — hung on posts that stay plumb so the latch still lines up years later. 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.
Side-yard and back-yard gates
The everyday gate between the drive and the back yard, wide enough for the mower and the trash cans.
Front-walk entry gates
Iron or steel gates at the front walk, built to match the fence or the drive gate.
Pedestrian gates beside a drive gate
A walk gate next to an automatic gate so people on foot do not have to run the opener.
Latches and locks that line up
Gravity latches, keyed locks and padlock tabs set where you can reach them from both sides.
BASED IN CORSICANA, TEXAS — 32.0954° N, 96.4689° W
Why people call about this.
The latch will not catch
Almost always a leaning post. It needs resetting, not a new latch.
The gate drags on the ground
A walk gate that sags has a frame or a post problem, and it only gets worse.
There is no way through on foot
Opening a 16-foot drive gate to walk to the mailbox wears out the opener.
ATHENS, TX
Walk & Pedestrian Gates 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
Walk & Pedestrian Gates — 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.