Posted by steve_in_mo on May 22, 2021 at 19:29:24 from (71.1.110.197):
In Reply to: Building a dock posted by chuck t on May 22, 2021 at 18:43:23:
I live on a lake, and a big tree fell on my old cedar deck after a storm. It had styrofoam blocks for floats. The styrofoam floats are no longer legal - can't be re-used.
I built a new deck using commercial (blow-mold) manufactured floats. It's a lot like building a hayrack only with 2x8 and 2x10 lumber. Most of the neighbors have a deck like mine but a few have bought commercial steel-frame decks. The commercial steel frame decks use galvanized steel for the frame and have legs going down into the lake bed. No floaters. I suspect your mobile home frame will rust out more quickly than your steel barrels.
A couple of neighbors have used the heavy plastic food-grade barrels for floaters on a treated pine frame. They seem to hold up well.
I used composite decking for the surface on top of a treated pine frame. A neighbor built a deck similar to mine only using treated pine decking. They are both eight years old this summer and both holding up well.
The manufactured floats can go flat or suffer other damage. I currently have one that has lost its ability to hold up its corner of the dock.
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