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Building your own dock : design, build, and maintain floating and stationary docks / Sam Merriam.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Mount Joy, PA : Creative Homeowner, [2019]Description: 256 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781580118194
  • 1580118194
Subject(s):
Contents:
Permitting -- Fastenation -- Docks in sections -- Fixed docks -- Completing the site survey for a fixed dock -- Skid dock -- Permanent post dock ("h" dock) -- Post and bracket dock -- The pipe leg dock -- Stabilizing a fixed dock -- Crib docks -- Roll'n docks -- Floating docks -- Completing the site survey for a floating dock -- Dock sections that float -- Connections of sections -- Floatation sensation -- Shore transition and anchoring for floating docks -- Fixed to floating dock -- Tidal and river waters -- Swim rafts -- Clues for cleats -- Safeguarding from wind and waves -- Fender friends -- Accessorizing -- Understanding ice-over and winter storage -- Preservatives on wood docks -- Wood dock repairs.
Summary: "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"-- Provided by publisher.
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Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult Book Adult Book Main Library NonFiction 627.31 M568 Available 33111009165461
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

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. Professional dock builder Sam Merriam explains the wide variety of modern docks, from traditional wood structures to modular, pre-built docks made with aluminum, plastic, or composites. Sam helps you design the best kind of dock for your application and waterfront environment as he explains their relative advantages, disadvantages, and customization options. Whether you decide to build your own dock, hire a builder, or purchase a ready-made, this book will reveal your choices, enhance your dock building knowledge, and empower you to create the dock you've always dreamed of.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Permitting -- Fastenation -- Docks in sections -- Fixed docks -- Completing the site survey for a fixed dock -- Skid dock -- Permanent post dock ("h" dock) -- Post and bracket dock -- The pipe leg dock -- Stabilizing a fixed dock -- Crib docks -- Roll'n docks -- Floating docks -- Completing the site survey for a floating dock -- Dock sections that float -- Connections of sections -- Floatation sensation -- Shore transition and anchoring for floating docks -- Fixed to floating dock -- Tidal and river waters -- Swim rafts -- Clues for cleats -- Safeguarding from wind and waves -- Fender friends -- Accessorizing -- Understanding ice-over and winter storage -- Preservatives on wood docks -- Wood dock repairs.

"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"-- Provided by publisher.

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