Recent Lake Holden HOA Newsletter Article about the New Dock Design

Hey… Have you noticed the new doc, boathouse and sea wall on Lake Holden?

By Rick Fender

Some of you have noticed the new dock, boathouse and seawall at Charles and Charlotte Hornsby’s home at 3221 Alamo Drive, the West side of Lake Holden.

They are very good friends of mine and they asked FenderMarine Construction to build their dock. We built a new 4’x60’ access walkway, a 12’x10’ open deck, a 18’x16’ covered deck with a half octagonal roof and a 11’x26’ boathouse. The following are the specifications with which the project was constructed:

 Piles -6x6 .60 ACQ #2 SYP @ 8’ to 10’ O.C. The piles were finished with 2x6 #1 trim blocks at the bottoms and tops of the piles above the deck. Piles were cut off at 44” above the deck receive a custom solid copper cap.

 Bents -2x8 .40 ACQ #2 SYP Bolted to Piles

 Joists -2x8 .40 ACQ #2 SYP @ 24” O.C.

 Decking –2”x6” #1 dense or better “UltraWood” or “Duradecking”.40 ACQ Southern Yellow Pine decking treated with paraffin based water repellant and fastened with ceramic coated galvanized screws.

 The boathouse headers shall be 2x10 .40 ACQ #2 SYP boxed beam, bolted. Makes hiding electrical conduit and other utilities easier.

 The rafters were hand crafted and shall be 3x6 and 3x8 depending on the locations .40 ACQ SYP at 48” O.C. The rafter tails shall be scroll cut.

 We also installed a #1 Pressure treated Pine railing along the walkway.

 The Simpson clips were Z-Max for greater longevity.

 The hip roof had a 1’ overhang and a roof pitch of 4/12.

 The roof decking was constructed with 2”x6” Tongue & Groove V-Joint Southern Yellow Pine decking for a beautiful finished look.

 The roofing consists of an underlayment of (1) layer of Peel and Stick heavy duty roofing underlayment fol-lowed by a metal roof.

 We also installed a vinyl seawall of 4’ of exposed height with aluminum cap. We also included the removal of the existing wood wall since it would cause problems for them in the future should we not remove it. The wall panels were “clay” colored vinyl sheet pile panels with a contrasting “tan” cap to look more natural. We in-stalled weep-holes and drainage gravel behind the new wall. We also installed the stone revetment at the toe of the wall as required by OCEPD.

 Engineered detail drawings required for the permits and construction of this scope of work. You would pro-vide us with a recent survey of the property on which our site plan will be based.

 We included the State and local permit costs for the work proposed.

We included a (3) year warranty on workmanship on the project and the manufacturer’s warranty on the materials.

The cattail removal and beneficial planting of the lakefront was accomplished by another Lake Holden resident Joel Gregor of Clearview Lakes.

If you are considering hiring a marine contractor, check out the Hornby’s dock and boathouse and re-view the above specification to make sure you are getting the quality project that you deserve.

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Orlando Boat Dock Builder, Fender Marine Construction Announces New Upgraded Boathouse Design

“Orlando Dock Builder, Fender Marine Construction has announced the addition of their new Platinum boathouse and dock design,” says Rick Fender, Vice President of Fender Marine. “This newly upgraded boathouse design includes added trim work on the dock and heavy duty artistic roof beams and roof decking,” explained Fender.

"Fender Marine Construction has always built quality docks, decks seawalls and boathouses, but now with the addition of their new Platinum boathouse and dock design, the company rises to the next level,” says Fender. “In addition to the quality of materials and workmanship, this new top end boathouse design features additional trim on the dock such as skirt boards, vinyl or Brazilian Hardwood decking, stronger framing, heavier piling, heavy duty artistic roof beams and upgraded roof decking,” explained Fender……………………………………..

  “The new roof structure is also different than any of the other Orlando dock builders construct in that it features 3”x6” and 3”x8” roof beams with the rafter tails scroll cut” said Fender. Fender went on to say that the roof beams are spaced 48” apart where normal 2”x8” rafters would need to be 16” to 24” apart. “We are able to increase the spacing between the rafters because of the roof decking being stronger real tongue and groove V-joint 2”x6” Southern Yellow Pine” Fender said………………………………………………..

  “Normally the Platinum boathouse and covered activity deck projects feature a tile or metal roof” said Fender. “This new upgraded boathouse venture blows away the competition in quality of materials, sizes of materials, quantity of materials, craftsmanship and aesthetic design” exclaimed Fender.

Fender Marine Construction is located at 1201 West Jackson Street Orlando, FL 32805. Potential clients can contact Fender Marine through our website at http://www.FenderMarine.com, email Rick@FenderMarine.com or call 407-481-2750 now.
 

 

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