Building your own dock : design, build, and maintain floating and stationary docks /
Sam Merriam.
- Mount Joy, PA : Creative Homeowner, c2019
- 256 p. : ill. ; 26 cm
1. Permitting
2. Festination
3. Docks in sections
4. Fixed docks
5. Completing the site survey for fixed dock
6. Skid dock
7. Permanent post dock
8. Post and bracket dock
9. The pipe leg dock
10. Stabilizing a fixed dock
11. Crib docks
12. Roll'n dock
13. Floating docks
14. Completing the site survey for a floating dock
15. Dock sections that float
16. Connections of sections
17. Flotation sensation
18. Shore transition and anchoring for floating docks
19. Fixed to floating doc
20. Tidal and river waters
21. Swim rafts
22. Clues for cleats
23. Safe guarding from wind and waters
24. Fender friends
25. Accessorizing
26. Understanding ice-over and winter storage
27. Preservations on wood dock
28. Wood dock repairs
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"Build your own sound, functional dock that will overcome almost any waterfront challenge with this essential guide. In Building Your Own Dock, you'll find detailed plans, expert tips, advice on building methods, and insight on materials and specialty parts for all the most popular types of docks"--
9781580118194
2019000699
Docks--Design and construction--Amateurs' manuals.