WROUGHT IRON GATES · ATHENS
Wrought Iron Gates in Athens, TX
Wrought iron style gates welded from solid steel pickets and rails in our shop — walk gates and drive gates matched to the iron fence or the house. 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.
Drive gates
Single and double iron drive gates, flat top, arched or with a raised center.
Walk gates
Pedestrian gates into the yard or the pool area, built to the same pattern as the drive gate.
Picket tops and spacing
Flat cap, spear or finial tops, with picket spacing set for dogs or small kids if that matters.
Matched to existing iron
Picket size, rail layout and paint color matched to the iron fence or the porch rail already there.
BASED IN CORSICANA, TEXAS — 32.0954° N, 96.4689° W
Why people call about this.
You want the view kept
Iron closes the drive and still shows off the house, the lake or the pasture behind it.
The old iron gate is rusting through
Rust usually starts at a bolted joint or a bare weld. A rebuilt gate with welded, sealed joints fixes the cause.
The fence is iron and the gate is not
A chain link or wood gate in an iron fence line is the first thing people notice.
ATHENS, TX
Wrought Iron 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
Wrought Iron 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.