Need help repairing floating dock - 03/27/09 06:13 PM
When I bought the property a couple of years ago, one side of the dock was attached to pipes that had been driven into the shore line. I thought this odd as it is a floating dock. I built a short pier, untethered the dock, and floated it away from shore into position. Then I found out why it wasn’t floating in the first place. The floats had been installed unevenly, so the dock doesn’t sit horizontally on the water.
I have attached a few photos. Here are my issues/problems:
1. The float barrels push up against the underside of the decking so I can’t take the deck off to repair it unless I haul the whole thing onto shore (which I really want to avoid).
2. If there were another row of barrels in the gap closest to shore, I think it would be fine. However, the space without barrels is only 15 ½ inches wide, and all the barrels are 20 inches wide, by 34 inches long. Even if I could find barrels 15 x 34, I would somehow have to force them under water and under the dock into position. I don’t know that this is possible.
3. Perhaps I could cut a Dow floating billet into three sections and force it in the gaps. However, 1 would cost about $100 and shipping another $125, and I’m not sure this would work.
4. I wonder about a tractor tire inner tube, inflated after it is in position.
Any ideas for repair without beaching it?
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Float spacing
I have attached a few photos. Here are my issues/problems:
1. The float barrels push up against the underside of the decking so I can’t take the deck off to repair it unless I haul the whole thing onto shore (which I really want to avoid).
2. If there were another row of barrels in the gap closest to shore, I think it would be fine. However, the space without barrels is only 15 ½ inches wide, and all the barrels are 20 inches wide, by 34 inches long. Even if I could find barrels 15 x 34, I would somehow have to force them under water and under the dock into position. I don’t know that this is possible.
3. Perhaps I could cut a Dow floating billet into three sections and force it in the gaps. However, 1 would cost about $100 and shipping another $125, and I’m not sure this would work.
4. I wonder about a tractor tire inner tube, inflated after it is in position.
Any ideas for repair without beaching it?
view 1
View 2
Float spacing