Over the past few months I have built and floated a gorgeous new dock! I will post some photos soon. I started last December by assembling the 8×20 frame (pre-drilling all the holes and mocking it up) in the garage:
(photo to be here)
Then, I dis-assembled it and a co-worker and my father-in-law and I hauled it down to the lake in pieces (on a cold winter day). We re-assembled it on the beach. First we put a set of 4 Ace floats on the rocky beach and attached the major 4×6 framing. The we pushed it into the water and attached the middle set of floats, then pushed some more and attached the remaining floats:
(photo to be here)
Then, I cut and installed some of the Geodeck decking. Over the next couple months I added the rest of the decking and build a 4′x12′ ramp, built using 2×8s and more decking. Just yesterday I re-positioned everything in the water and finished the decking on the ramp. I have a temporary anchor and still need to figure out a good way to keep it from floating away.
This sure beats the original dock we had which was fixed pier, rotting, tilted and very, very slippery in the winter.
This will be a great place to get into our canoe or swim from (after I add a dock ladder) or just sit and relax in the water.
