Dock Installation and Removal.

[TiltonBB]

Originally Posted by TheTimeTraveler

Maybe it's time to invest into a Breakwater instead ?????

HUH? How will that help with the ice situation? A breakwater cannot protect a dock from the ice damage, especially in the spring.

A breakwater is great for keeping the waves from bouncing your boat off the dock during the summer but not much help in the winter

[Descant]

Originally Posted by TiltonBB

HUH? How will that help with the ice situation? A breakwater cannot protect a dock from the ice damage, especially in the spring.

A breakwater is great for keeping the waves from bouncing your boat off the dock during the summer but not much help in the winter

I, and my neighbors, all have breakwaters that were specifically designed and built to protect from ice damage. All built in the early sixties, facing the broads. Little maintenance, infrequent damage from ice and we don't use bubblers.

[ishoot308]

Originally Posted by Descant

I, and my neighbors, all have breakwaters that were specifically designed and built to protect from ice damage. All built in the early sixties, facing the broads. Little maintenance, infrequent damage from ice and we don't use bubblers.

I agree! Without my breakwater my dock would be destroyed in the winter! I have watched on my cameras the ice slowly creep up the sloped rocks of my breakwater then snap off in small pieces as it overhangs the dock. This is how a properly built breakwater is supposed to work in the winter. Breakwaters serve a year round purpose.

Dan