Outcome — Seven Points
Family-Safe Waterfront in Seven Points, TX
Built for kids, dogs, and grandparents — not just adults in shoes.
Code-correct deck heights, ladder placements, lift safety stops, and lighting. We think through how a five-year-old gets back on the dock after a swim.
Family-Safe Waterfront in Seven Points: what to expect
Seven Points is a year-round and weekend residential community on Cedar Creek's southern half, and the docks here serve families on the water from early spring through late fall — so the slip, walkway, lift, and any waterside structure have to work as safely for a five-year-old in flip-flops as for the adult hosting the weekend. TRWD's steady pool keeps deck heights fixed and predictable, which lets us set ladder placement, railing height, and lift safety stops to one consistent standard that never shifts with the water level.
- Deck height is set to TRWD's fixed pool elevation and stays put year-round, so ladder rungs and railing heights are positioned once and stay correct every season.
- Lift safety stops are installed and tested before closeout — on family slips we set the stop to clear the smallest regular passenger, not just the operator.
- Walkway decking on the busy Long Cove and Hidden Cove builds is non-slip and sized for two-way barefoot traffic, since these sheltered coves see heavy family use.
- Dock and walkway lighting is engineered in as an installed component, not added later — evening use is common on Cedar Creek and dark planks over water are a real fall hazard.
- Deck and railing heights are confirmed against the TRWD-approved design before fabrication, so the finished structure clears insurer and HOA inspection without rework.
How this plays out around Seven Points
Seven Points is the crossroads town where Hwys 274 and 334 meet on the southern half of Cedar Creek Lake — central enough that we mobilize through here for a third of our Cedar Creek work.
Seven Points covers a wide bank classification on TRWD's shoreline map — open-water frontage on the main body, sheltered coves on the eastern arm, and tight residential runs near the Hwy 274 bridge. That variation means dock specs differ block by block: deeper pilings and breakwater geometry on the open frontage, lighter rigid systems in the protected coves. Sandy soil over clay sublayer makes Henderson County–standard retaining wall drainage work as designed without extra French-drain capacity.