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How to Assess Your Total Dock Weight
Here's What Matters: Your dock’s total weight = dead load (frame, decking, and hardware) + live load (people, furniture, and gear). Dead load is the permanent structure — what your...
How to Assess Your Total Dock Weight
Here's What Matters: Your dock’s total weight = dead load (frame, decking, and hardware) + live load (people, furniture, and gear). Dead load is the permanent structure — what your...
Top 5 Surprising Facts about Dock Floats
When it comes to floating docks, most people just think “those black plastic boxes that make docks float.” But there’s a lot more to them than meets the eye. Here...
Top 5 Surprising Facts about Dock Floats
When it comes to floating docks, most people just think “those black plastic boxes that make docks float.” But there’s a lot more to them than meets the eye. Here...
How to Attach your Dock Floats
Here's What Matters: Attaching dock floats is straightforward but important. Store-bought washers work, but our Dock Shop custom washers are precision-sized to fit dock floats perfectly, prevent flange stress, and...
How to Attach your Dock Floats
Here's What Matters: Attaching dock floats is straightforward but important. Store-bought washers work, but our Dock Shop custom washers are precision-sized to fit dock floats perfectly, prevent flange stress, and...
Top 5 Reasons to Build a Dock
Here's What Matters: Why build a dock? There are many reasons, but some of the most popular are easy water access, better property value, customizable layouts, endless entertainment, and unforgettable...
Top 5 Reasons to Build a Dock
Here's What Matters: Why build a dock? There are many reasons, but some of the most popular are easy water access, better property value, customizable layouts, endless entertainment, and unforgettable...
Top 3 Things to Look for When Choosing a DIY Do...
Here's What Matters: When shopping for a dock kit, focus on size and weight capacity, what’s included (and the quality of it), and what’s not included. A good kit uses...
Top 3 Things to Look for When Choosing a DIY Do...
Here's What Matters: When shopping for a dock kit, focus on size and weight capacity, what’s included (and the quality of it), and what’s not included. A good kit uses...
Top 3 Ways DIY Dock Builders Cut Corners — and ...
Here's What Matters: Don’t cut corners. Cheap hardware bends and rusts, undersized floats sink, and missing components twist your frame. Spend a little more up front, and you’ll have a...
Top 3 Ways DIY Dock Builders Cut Corners — and ...
Here's What Matters: Don’t cut corners. Cheap hardware bends and rusts, undersized floats sink, and missing components twist your frame. Spend a little more up front, and you’ll have a...