I was asked to build a dock on lake front property. Does the dock have
to float or can I build it like I would a deck? Please help. The dock
would run 20 out into the water and would be about 2 feet deep at it's
deepest point.

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Chris F
Long Island, USA.
Fisherman by nature, goofball by society.

I was asked to build a dock on lake front property.

With an addie like that, the thought arises to tell you to build it short, and
take a long run off it...

But I won't.

Steve "Francophile"

America the beautiful dom_Fries) writes:
I was asked to build a dock on lake front property. Does the dock have
to float or can I build it like I would a deck? Please help. The dock
would run 20 out into the water and would be about 2 feet deep at it's
deepest point.

depends on how much the water rises and falls with the tide or the
seasons, also whether the dock will be taken out in the fall and put back
in in the spring.

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On Tue, 13 Jul 2004 21:25:41 GMT, A. the b. wrote:

I was asked to build a dock on lake front property. Does the dock have
to float or can I build it like I would a deck? Please help. The dock
would run 20 out into the water and would be about 2 feet deep at it's
deepest point.

More on Watts's theme:
If the water level varies by less than 3 ft over a 20 year period, you
might well choose a fixed jetty on driven piers.

If more, then box in a foam-plastic dock on sliding piers to keep up
with the water level.

Brian W

Brian Whatcott ) writes:

If the water level varies by less than 3 ft over a 20 year period, you
might well choose a fixed jetty on driven piers.

in the rocky part of Ontario you often find small log cribs filled with
stones under the ends of docks

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I was asked to build a dock on lake front property. Does the dock have
to float or can I build it like I would a deck? Please help. The dock
would run 20 out into the water and would be about 2 feet deep at it's
deepest point.

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Chris F
Long Island, USA.
Fisherman by nature, goofball by society.


Chris:

No building advice for you, but get hold of "The Dock Manual" by Max Burns.
It is published by Storey Books, North Adams, Mass. Lots of good
information and illustrations in there that will answer a lot of your
questions. Well worth the $25. There are plans for stationary and
floating docks, with material lists etc.

Best of luck

Storey Books
210 MASS MoCA Way
North Adams Mass 01247 Fone# 1.800.441.5700


www.storey.com


Kevin

no connection with Storey, but a happy user of the manual

Look at the other docks on the lake and see how they're built. If it's a lake,
not a flowage, then most likely the levels are pretty stable. If it has to be
taken out in winter, around Wisconsin a lot of them are deck sections on steel
posts that can be adjusted easily.

Good luck.

Gordon Bullis

landlocked owner of an aluminum tub