How To Build A Floating Dock

[@mariant7377]

Great job -- I'm impressed that your wife was your helper.

[@CityBillyAdventures]

Thanks! Mrs CityBilly is the best!

[@richardwhite4277]

It's pretty sweet that Mrs CityBilly lets you help with Her projects !

[@wildhurstmanor]

With heavy stuff I usually put several 4” PVC pipes under and let it roll. Good job either way.

[@CityBillyAdventures]

That was discussed, but we couldn't lift the dock to get the pipes underneath

[@Smith.S.E.]

"Strong with plow" Amazing. Just watched the whole pond series, subscribed

[@CityBillyAdventures]

Awesome! Thanks! Borat and Mrs CityBilly are the best. Part 5 is coming soon (stocking)

[@danchristensen1968]

Two thumbs up from Portland Oregon!

[@CityBillyAdventures]

Thanks!

[@richardwhite4277]

Yeah your back . outtakes galore !!!

[@timlewis5096]

A couple of round logs under the dock would have helped the dock move on the land. I must admit I thoughly enjoyed these 4 videos to date.

[@CityBillyAdventures]

We (briefly) tried putting pvc pipe under the dock, but it was too heavy to get anything under it once it was assembled. I'm glad you enjoyed the series!

[@stizzack]

This was awesome watching. We just bought land with a 4 acre pond. This is exactly what we want! Excellent job!

[@CityBillyAdventures]

Awesome, congrats! 4 acres is massive! Enjoy!

[@stizzack]

@@CityBillyAdventures thank you! You got a new subscriber too. Great stuff. I watch ed a few other videos and they were great.

[@CityBillyAdventures]

Welcome! Thanks for the kind words. I was just talking with my wife the other night about when we first found our place, and how excited we were / still are. If you have any questions about lake stuff, feel free to reach out: [e-mail] 🤙

[@stizzack]

@@CityBillyAdventures much appreciated, we are super excited too. I’ll definitely reach out without question! Glad to see you still enjoy the life!! 🙏🏼

[@RyanDanielMoran]

When I grow up I want to be a City Billy.

[@CityBillyAdventures]

Start with adding Christmas trees under your dock for the crappie

[@randywilson6869]

Thank u sir for the grandpa pic. U r going to have some very memorable events at that place

[@CityBillyAdventures]

Yes that one of hopefully many family gatherings here

[@richardwhite4277]

boy that mrs citybilly is a keeper !!

[@wsm3080]

I sure wish I could hire you to come and restore my pond/lake here in Wisconsin and build me a wonderful new dock like that! Thanks for the fun and informative videos!

[@CityBillyAdventures]

Maybe someday, once Mrs CityBilly lets me buy a backhoe! I think I've learned from all the mistakes we made on our own project haha

[@nyinfamous2k2]

This was Exactly what I needed to see , especially at 13:09 when you sistered up the two seperate frames together. have an existing dock and was thinking of building an extension to run parallel with it. build it on land , transfer it to the water then sister it up to the existing dock and re-deck over both , forming one larger dock.

[@CityBillyAdventures]

Sounds like a cool project! Those mending plates should be perfect for that. Good luck!

[@NSResponder]

Cool build, dude. Hope you and friends and family enjoy it for many years.

[@CityBillyAdventures]

Thanks!

[@allenherinckx4474]

Get ready, the algorithm found you! Great content.

[@CityBillyAdventures]

Boy I sure hope so! Thanks for the kind words!

[@sinksanksunk4934]

Wooooo Loved the whole production! Good fun, I’m going to do a half your size dock, but your video provided the motivation! Thanks CityBilly!

[@CityBillyAdventures]

Awesome, good luck!

[@edwardranno7119]

I like that you don’t edit out things gone wrong

[@CityBillyAdventures]

Thanks! I'm definately not trying to give off the impression that I'm a professional at this stuff. Just a guy figuring it out. Thanks for watching

[@zbychoo1234]

Just as a hint, next time when you use come-along (like in 15:47 ) use a hook to attach to the chain and roll up a line over the roller in a hook. This will give you double force so you won't need to put so much force to roll up.

[@marcfuller459]

Love your work

[@CityBillyAdventures]

I appreciate the kind words!

[@kestutismartinkaitis7586]

Linkėjimai iš Lietuvos,🇱🇹 Labai gražus vaizdas

[@CityBillyAdventures]

Ačiū, kad žiūrėjote! Tikiuosi teisingai išverčiau!

[@kestutismartinkaitis7586]

@@CityBillyAdventures 👍👍👍super

[@hungpham]

Awesome work! What did you for staining, sealing and maintaining your deck/dock?

[@CityBillyAdventures]

Thanks! Honestly we've been a little lazy with maintenance so far - haven't done any actually. Should have put some Thompson's Water Seal on there this year. Plan to do it in the spring

[@hungpham]

I'm dealing with an aging dock and I wish those who built it originally put some thought into protecting the dock with an easy maintenance process. They used either paint or solid color staining that is so difficult to remove now to put on new layers of protection. Suggest you do some research first!

[@CityBillyAdventures]

Yeah I've got all winter to figure out the best option. Let me know if you have any advice!

[@russdurfey2162]

Love your vids, just a note the small block to level dock was cut cross grain and will likely crumble with time. Just replace with block cut with grain so when installed grain is horizontal and better for taking weight as it is too short (height) to be very strong or lasting. Cheers

[@CityBillyAdventures]

Thanks for watching! That makes sense - the block split as soon as I put a screw through it, even with a pilot hole. When the time comes to replace it I'll try the other way. Thanks for the tip 🤙

[@Whitecizel1]

Nice job.

[@CityBillyAdventures]

Thanks!

[@bigtree441]

Where did you find the plans for the dock? 2x6 spacing and so forth

[@CityBillyAdventures]

I looked at a bunch of pictures of docks and used them to help finalize a design. Then I measured out on the ground what I thought was a good size to help visualize it. Then I drew it up on graph paper. Generally, most construction projects (decks, walls, garage shelves, anything with 2x lumber) the boards are spaced 16 inches apart. So once I had my design, I counted every 16 inches on a tape measure to figure out how many 2x6s I needed. I'll be releasing a video on building garage shelves very soon that goes into basic beginner detail on this. Should be out in a couple weeks.

[@bigtree441]

Looks like you have a nice trim board that's flush with the decking around the outside. Is that something you added just before the decking? Or is that part of the structure?

[@CityBillyAdventures]

18:13 We put a 2x12 around the perimeter to cover up the floats as much as possible

[@chrisgramstorff996]

That looks amazing, do you what it cost to build

[@CityBillyAdventures]

Thanks! I don't remember the exact cost. The floats were a little over $3k with shipping. I can't remember the exact cost for the lumber but I think it was around $1500-$2k.

[@richardwhite4277]

if the lake / pond freezes this year please add a symbolic ice shanty for all us KZbin followers to see LOL

[@ericjs961]

Man, I wish I knew you. I would have driven to you with the winch on my truck and would have gotten that deck in with time to spare!!!

[@CityBillyAdventures]

Man that would have been nice!

[@danneromerick1033]

Great Job!!! Love to build this on my lake, do you have the exact dimensions of those floats?

[@CityBillyAdventures]

There's all different dimensions available. We used several different sizes but all 12" tall. Here's a link: www.dockbuilders.com/permafloat-dock-float-36-x-72-x-12.html

[@blake6013]

Hi mate. Curious, how much does the transition part allow the floating deck to move up and down in the water? We have a lake on our property but the water level can drop over a metre (3 feet, 3in). Would your transition piece allow this sort of drop in water level? Keep up the great videos. Glad I stumbled onto them

[@CityBillyAdventures]

Thanks for watching! Our water level drops about 18-24 inches and the transition handled that just fine, gradual decline to the floating dock. The longer your transition piece, the bigger water level fluctuation it can handle without becoming too steep of a ramp. Hope that helps!

[@nobodymporta]

The cut in clips ... are funny ... sub 💪💪

[@CityBillyAdventures]

Hooray! Thanks!

[@StevenPLegere]

Loved this whole series. Subscribed to your channel. Can't believe you don't have more followers... You do great videos. Fantastic job restoring the pond. Be sure to hit that dock with Thompson's water seal every year and it'll last for 20 years.

[@CityBillyAdventures]

Thank you for the kind words! I haven't had the channel for too terribly long. I'm sure you could tell just in the pond series that my editing skills are slowly improving as I make more videos. Hopefully that makes for better content moving forward. The subscriber count is starting to gain some momentum which is very flattering. Encouraging comments from people such as yourself make me want to keep pumping out more / better videos! Definately gonna coat the dock this spring, wanted to give it the first season to completely dry out Thanks for watching!

[@StevenPLegere]

@@CityBillyAdventures your editing skills were better than the average video from the beginning. Pond series was fantastic. I've been watching some of your other videos as well. I've been involved in the construction of over a dozen small lakes here in Texas anywhere from 5 to 25 acres and really enjoy doing them. One thing I would suggest is the addition of Red Ear Sunfish as they help significantly with the control of parasites in the pond. Anyway like I said love your videos Hope to see many more in the future.

[@CityBillyAdventures]

I appreciate the support! Probably a good idea about the red ears. I'm fascinated by earth moving equipment. I'm 10 years away from a pension, then I might look into getting a job operating an excavator and dig ponds for a living!

[@robertselgrade68]

What do you do in the winter when the pond freezes? Do you pull the dock out?

[@CityBillyAdventures]

I know you're supposed to, but no, we leave the dock in the water all year. It's just too big to move. The floats have some flex to them and so far we haven't had any issues.

[@RüdigerValley]

Du hast Humor und eine prächtige Frau und ein paar gute Kinder, mehr braucht man nicht. Dann kann man auch solche Monsterprojekte realisieren.

[@CityBillyAdventures]

@@RüdigerValley Vielen Dank für die netten Worte!

[@Onix.556]

She’s so violent with her high five @19:30 lol

[@CityBillyAdventures]

Enthusiastic haha!

[@Amanda-qz1re]

Seems like a good cause

[@ENOKisHere]

Like a boss

[@20byrd]

how high above the average water level is your stationary dock? did it line up well with the floating?

[@CityBillyAdventures]

Our water level fluctuates about a foot throughout the year. At full pool, the stationary dock sits just above the water. In mid summer, the water drops down 12 inches or so. Not too bad

[@frontlinedolla1815]

Nice

[@jamesdean3014]

I have watched this video many times in preparation for building my own dock. Questions: 1. Why were there still nails sticking out of the 2 x 12's that you put around the permitter to cover the floats at 21:00 when you were nailing in the final board? They appear to be in just before this in the video. 2. We are only allowed to build 18 feet out from the shore where I live. Yours of course is 22 feet. I want to follow your 2 12x12 plan but leave out the 3 foot extension to help make up for this problem. That still leaves one foot to cut back on. How would you remove this extra foot if you had a limit of 18 feet? Just do 12 x 11 or 12 x 10? 3. How many mounting plates did you use to attach the two sister 12 x 12's? Looks like you did just one for your video.

[@CityBillyAdventures]

Hey! Thanks for reaching out! 1. The final 1x6 deck board was a really tight fit, so we loosened the screws on the 2x12 skirt to give us a little more wiggle room to get the deck board in place. We tightened it back up at the end. 2. To shorten the design, I'd probably do either 12x10 or 10x10 boxes so the overall width to length proportion still looks good. 12x11 is a waste of a lot of time and wood since you'd have to buy 12' boards and cut them all down. Maybe draw out how it would look using either graph paper or a ruler to see how 24x10 vs 20x10 looks and see which one you prefer. It's up to you but I think the 45° corners at the front of the dock made the design a lot less boxy looking. So even if you don't build the nose I'd still angle the front corners but whatever you think looks good - just a thought. 3. We used two mending plates spaced out along the two boxes. I think we threw a bunch of screws in between that probably don't do a whole lot but it made me feel better haha Thanks for watching and good luck with your project!

[@jamesdean3014]

@@CityBillyAdventures Thank you for the quick response! Another question, how did you determine the weight of the wood in order to determine how many floats to buy?

[@CityBillyAdventures]

I used mostly 2x6s and 1x6 deck boards. Once I determined how much of each type of lumber I needed, I just Google'd "how much does a pressure treated 2x6x12 weigh" etc and came up with a rough weight estimate. I made sure to round up on everything so I had plenty of buoyancy

[@jamesdean3014]

@@CityBillyAdventures Well that's simple enough. Thank you!

[@CityBillyAdventures]

Haha yep! Good luck!

[@nattydreadlocks1973]

🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@JonLeach-wz6tq]

Sorry if I missed it but do you have plans for this? Thanks

[@CityBillyAdventures]

I don't have anything other than the dimensions and the rough drawing I made at 5:04. I can send you the dock drawing if you want [e-mail]

[@randywilson6869]

It would b nice to put in a sprinkler in your yard. U have plenty of water to have the best looking yard in town. Is this your private pond or does them other houses have access to it

[@CityBillyAdventures]

It's all ours. We've thought about trying to hook our trash pump to a sprinkler to water the lawn.

[@ecdiskin]

Do you need to remove this in winter and if so, how do you do it?!

[@CityBillyAdventures]

This was our first winter with the dock, and we left it in the lake. The floats are fairly flexible and we're gambling that they will be able to withstand the ice squeezing them a little bit. So far so good. If the dock was smaller, we'd probably figure out a way to take it out in the winter. That's definately the recommended way to do it

[@richardwhite4277]

I spent all my summer days (as a teenager) swimming in Blue River in Milltown IN / now I live in Sebring FL (not Ohio) where it is summer eleven months of the year

[@erfields1985]

Do you have a link to that retractable ladder?

[@CityBillyAdventures]

I'm pretty sure I found mine on one of the boating equipment websites (West Marine / Overtons) but I don't remember which one. I found the exact same ladder on Amazon, hope this helps! www.amazon.com/Stainless-Folding-Marine-Ladder-Telescoping/dp/B07WNZX4NY?source=ps-sl-shoppingads-lpcontext&ref_=fplfs&psc=1&smid=A2YCANK78TB25C

[@richardwhite4277]

I think you should have used some of that 6in PVC from the siphon under the floats to roll that sucker in ( as THE OHIO STATE should know ROLL TIDE ROLL !! )

[@CityBillyAdventures]

That was Plan B!

[@mikeleandernielsen3111]

Do you know how much weight it can carry, e.g. a sauna?

[@CityBillyAdventures]

The float configuration we have can hold just short of 20,000 pounds. The supplier www.dockbuilders.com sells all sizes of floats. If you need more buoyancy on less dock space, you can get taller floats than the 12 inch ones we got. Don't forget to account for the weight of your lumber, people, and any other objects on your dock!

[@ithelpme]

What's the total cost for this project?

[@CityBillyAdventures]

I didn't save receipts but somewhere around $4k I think

[@tankcentersc]

Should have put some pipe for rollers under the floating dock when trying to get it into the water

[@CityBillyAdventures]

That was Plan B. The dock was too heavy to lift without a jack or tractor or something other than Mrs CityBilly and I. But yeah several people suggested using pipe as rollers

[@RobertHowes-yr9fn]

Nobody thought of using the pickup truck just to push the dock in the water :)

[@CityBillyAdventures]

Not sure my bumper would have handled it

[@brodycampbell2990]

Should’ve used a sawzall without the blade to vibrate the concrete. Then you’d have 0 gaps

[@NSResponder]

16:00 if you just lifted the dock a couple of inches and stuck some plastic pipes under it, it would have moved a whole lot easier.

[@CityBillyAdventures]

We discussed that. We had 6 inch pipe we hoped to use but the dock just laughed at us when we tried to lift it at all. We talked about bringing in a skid steer to lift it but luckily it didn't come to that

[@NSResponder]

@@CityBillyAdventures Leverage. Lift it with a jack.

[@CityBillyAdventures]

@NSResponder if the truck didn't work, that was Plan B

[@ricksanchez2090]

I cant decide if the part where you put your wife on the side of the auger that would repeatedly throw her down a rocky slope towards the water was for lulz or not

[@emillundsten2213]

It's great seeing all your projects and the amazing results. Just one note, according to me the music in the background is quite annoying and way to loud.

[@CityBillyAdventures]

Thanks for the input! I'm working on the music/volume. The production quality is slowly improving hopefully

[@wardvoice]

Why have loud music, drowning out narrative?

[@tomspettel3646]

Thats ohio with the cicadas .

[@CityBillyAdventures]

aka the sound of summer

[@tomspettel3646]

You near cleavland right?

[@tomspettel3646]

Im originally from dayton

[@CityBillyAdventures]

@tomspettel3646 yep

[@JuarezDerrick]

I don't understand why you are using a come along when you have a truck right there. You could have went around one of them trees over there and just pulled it.

[@CityBillyAdventures]

That was one of our backup plans. In hindsight I wish it was our "Plan A" after seeing how well the truck did at the end. I was worried that the dock and my 1500 pickup were too close in weight and the truck might just spin its tires. Live and learn!

[@scottschlemmer4787]

I went to my buddies fly ice shanty There was a women in there who was clothed quite scanty I asked my friend what should I do He said I know your wife Hop on the Ski-Doo Thank the Lord above I took his advice I thought about it And I said no dice

[@mauricesmith4382]

Rich child

[@MHJ19]

Suggestion: cut the constant music throughout the video, it's an annoying distraction.

[@CityBillyAdventures]

Yeah I'm trying to find a balance between awkward silence and drowned out by crappy, royalty-free music. I'm working on it.

[@breatheinbreatheout8372]

Are you guys like millionaires, how much does it cost to dredge a lake.. 😮😮😮..

[@CityBillyAdventures]

Far from millionaires. But we feel like we won the lottery with the house we got for pennies on the dollar (foreclosure). It cost a little over $7k to dredge our 1.5 acre lake

[@johnhall1795]

Start of video is too long

[@dennish411]

Should have put on those draining pipes roll it right in

[@CityBillyAdventures]

That was discussed. We couldn't figure out how to get them under the dock though it was incredibly heavy

[@CloudfeatherRusticWorks]

Cleveland? I'm just north of Youngstown. Are you in a city or township? I can't find much info regarding permits and whatnot, and all I could find from zoning was that I might require a fence. Lol

[@CityBillyAdventures]

Nice! We're in a township. I can't imagine anyone would require a permit for a dock. But I'm also amazed by the amount of times the govt feels the need to interject in our lives so who knows? We did not bother with a permit.

[@CloudfeatherRusticWorks]

@@CityBillyAdventures I should have clarified... I meant for the pond itself. Lol I know of a couple other ponds in the city limits around here, so I don't think I'd get stonewalled. I've got five acres that has river front on the back end(not ideal recreation or fishing but it's ok), and planning a half acre pond about smack dab in the middle of the property.

[@CityBillyAdventures]

Haha yeah that makes more sense! Our pond was already here when me moved in, we just cleaned it up a bit (a lot actually). Your place sounds nice. The river is a perfect spot for your pond overflow. Probably need a permit I'd imagine. I can actually recommend a guy for your excavation if you're interested. We're in Medina County. Not sure how far he goes but he's legit.