HOW TO BUILD A DOCK AND BOATHOUSE IN 7 DAYS

On this project we demoed an old boathouse and Dock that I built back in 2005 or six I believe. We also build a new 100 foot dock with a 14 x 14 platform boathouse using the existing customers lift and four Piling lift on the outside this total project was done in seven days.

[@taylorbernard8497]

Glad to see you’re doing more videos and they are longer.

[@lb7wade518]

Always very quality looking builds!!

[@DaleWHickman]

Glad you like them!

[@mikefussell8450]

Dale could you give the basic size of the lift framing and why you use these sizes. Great video as always. I really enjoy your video and beautiful work.

[@DaleWHickman]

Thanks for watching my channel in your question typically use triple two by 12s but it really depends on the size of the boat going in the slip.

[@diyoutdoors2080]

Very cool guys! How do you bid out something like that?

[@treborsalvador9659]

Dale, we will see you tomorrow at Kelly's reclamation yard. Your piers have such a clean/finished look with the pilings on the outside of the framing. I want to know, is there any advantage to having the pilings on the INSIDE of the framing? I can't imagine any benefit other than lazy/amateurs being able to hide all of their mistakes. Your method is harder but the end product is clean as well as not leaving protruding decking to catch a boat on! PS. I like how you "dog ear" the cross member!!! I see you, brother!

[@DaleWHickman]

Hey buddy, look forward to seeing you tomorrow. Thanks for your comment. I always like to leave the poles on the outside to keep the boats from getting hung up underneath of the dock but I do have one coming up this month were everything will be hidden it will be a very low profile dock with synthetic decking. Just keep your eyes open for that one. It’s gonna be really nice.

[@daveseydler4615]

Hi dale I get a lot of inspiration from your videos I got into the boathouse business about a year and a half ago by accident out in east texas So I’m A retired commercial builder with ADHD But never built a dock My neighbor found out he only had 20 feet of water front and was completely dejected Long story short I ended up doing a two story build and I think the only one on lake Palestine Took a lot of verbal abuse and 7 weeks to get past the old guy at the permit office but the build was a lot of fun I just can’t find any help I see your videos and all those guys leaning forward really makes me jealous I am on my sixth job now all done by myself working 60 hours a week and have two more on the books waiting for my slow butt to get to them I fabricated a bit to fit over the piles and use a 90 lb jackhammer It works but can be pretty tough on you so 11 in a day is the most I have ever done I don’t know how long I can keep doing this but at 67 I might be past my prime Just wanted to let you know I have picked up countless tips from you and have improved my build times considerably Thanks

[@DaleWHickman]

Hey, thank you so much for watching my videos and leaving this comment that means a lot to me understand exactly how you feel I’ve been to jackhammer out before and decided no thank you that is too heavy and it gets pretty dangerous at times when you’re just completely wore out. I’m very impressed at 67. I’m just 60 and I’m definitely feeling the aches and pains. This is a fun business you’re on the water all the time but it is a lot of hard work! Find a good employees is hard but once you do you got to pay them and treat them right so you can hold onto them. Are used to build houses in apartments back in the day but I’d definitely enjoy this a lot more Thanks again for watching my channel. I really appreciate that!

[@paulacurtis9473]

Wow, simply amazing work😊

[@DaleWHickman]

Thank you so much 😀

[@clintwalker2045]

Why do some of the docks look like they float up and some do not? Is it just that the ones that float are not connected to pilings?

[@DaleWHickman]

Thanks for your question and watching my channel. You typically won’t see me building a floating dock because the environment I work in is just too rough for floating docks. I think they’re good for rivers and lakes. So these would have floats and rings around pilings or they could float them down where mine are attached to the pilings. More of a fixed structure.

[@mikelundy2677]

I really appreciate all the videos you put up... awesome to watch would you mind doing a video going through some of your equipment? For example how long is your jet rod? What's size pipe ... what material... the cutting station for the pile wrap was cool.. seeing the tricks of the trade 😂

[@DaleWHickman]

Thanks for watching my channel. I really appreciate your comment. I can’t get too many of my secrets away. That’ll make it too easy for everybody else to figure out how to do it. 😂😂😂👍👌

[@owentaylor2977]

Hey Dale, question for you. I am a young guy that is looking for a niche of construction to get started in and really enjoy your videos. Is this a route you would recommend to someone looking to operate their own business one day? I recently left my job in finance and am looking to start at the bottom and work my way up.

[@DaleWHickman]

Hey, thank you so much for your question and watching my channel. We are always hiring people that are career minded and oriented. We’ve got a pretty good set up here where you can sleep at night and not have to worry about obtaining customers if you’re interested. But it is a great business it’s hard, hot, dirty work and a lot of long hours to get your business established.

[@owentaylor2977]

Thanks Dale! Appreciate the response.

[@Molonlabe76]

Always amazed at how fast & nice you make 'em. Is there a long wait to get permissions to put in a new dock? Can't even look at the water up here without permission

[@DaleWHickman]

Thanks for watching my channel and your comment. I appreciate that that is funny. I like to say the same thing but yes, you have to go through several agencies to get approval. Sometimes as much 6 to 8 weeks or several months.

[@ianscreamsvideo]

How long does a typical dock or boathouse last? These guys are rebuilding because the old one is falling apart or just to refresh?

[@DaleWHickman]

Thank you so much for watching my page a lot of times you have new people purchase and properties that have a different idea as far as what they would like over the water or it could just be a rehab. I’ve had some that my dad built back in the 80s that are still very functional.

[@ianscreamsvideo]

@@DaleWHickman ah, yes seemed like too soon to rebuild barring catastrophic weather. Great videos. Actually found it researching dock/boardwalks as I’m intending on making some furniture using this esthetic. Then Aging the wood w fire and oxidation. Nice to see the process and how the rigging is assembled.

[@DaleWHickman]

@@ianscreamsvideo furniture that’s interesting I’m fixing to remove probably 200 greenheart pilings from a hurricane destroyed marina it’s a hardwood from Brazil. I’m tempted to purchase a sawmill to cut it up into lumber for people that want to build furniture or use it for flooring.

[@ianscreamsvideo]

@@DaleWHickman good idea. Worth a lot of money I’m sure. Prob gotta dry it out for awhile .

[@TheAdair1234]

Do you have to notch the poles?

[@DaleWHickman]

Thanks for watching my channel and your comment. We do notch some if they’re really bad out of alignment, the lift poles we always notch so that some of the weight is loadbearing on the pilings.