who build their own dock? and sunk their own pilings?
03-29-2014, 07:46 PM
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my main concern is the fact i cant get pressure treated lumber, so want to pour a cement footer to keep water off the pilings so they will have a long service life...
03-29-2014, 07:59 PM
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How about jetting some long 10" pvc into the bottom , make a rebar triangle to go inside then pour concrete in it, should make a long lasting durable piling, drill for crosspieces before you pour
Did some quick searching, great ideas here http://forums.capmel.com/post/DockPiling-Advice-4936316
Did some quick searching, great ideas here http://forums.capmel.com/post/DockPiling-Advice-4936316
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03-29-2014, 11:42 PM
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Not knowing where you are doing this project - I'm offering this.
A number of years ago at our summer home - in Michigan-- a person had the same idea that you posted. He sunk telephone poles into the lake bottom and built a pier from heck -- You could have drove a semi on it. The only problem was he didn't understand or consider the power of ice. After only one winter this beautiful pier was a twisted mess. The ice literally snapped the telephone poles like toothpicks. He had to hire a company to come out and (in most cases) hand saw off the poles below water level. Long and short mother nature is a heck of a lot stronger than anything we can build.
All the best and good luck
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A number of years ago at our summer home - in Michigan-- a person had the same idea that you posted. He sunk telephone poles into the lake bottom and built a pier from heck -- You could have drove a semi on it. The only problem was he didn't understand or consider the power of ice. After only one winter this beautiful pier was a twisted mess. The ice literally snapped the telephone poles like toothpicks. He had to hire a company to come out and (in most cases) hand saw off the poles below water level. Long and short mother nature is a heck of a lot stronger than anything we can build.
All the best and good luck
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03-30-2014, 07:30 AM
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im on the equator in colombia south america, if i have problem with ice, its because the new ice age has arrived, and we're all doomed. lol
my father had a dock in annapolis for his 40 ft sailboat behind his house, he had a bubbler deal that kept the water churning all winter long so no ice would form around the boat or dock... worked like a charm year in and year out...rm
my father had a dock in annapolis for his 40 ft sailboat behind his house, he had a bubbler deal that kept the water churning all winter long so no ice would form around the boat or dock... worked like a charm year in and year out...rm
Somebody may not get that memo about global warming
If it freezes where you are then something else is really screwed up
Take care and safe boating
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