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.
