SnapJacket Dock Restoration Project

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The SnapJacket is the toughest and longest lasting option to preserve or repair aging marine piling. The SnapJacket’s design makes it very easy to install, keeping dock repair costs to a minimum. By opening up and easily locking back together, using the SnapJacket does not require you to disassemble any portion of the structure built on top of the piles. Gone are the days of needing large barges to come in and take apart portions of the dock to replace a single pole. Pole replacement can be very costly, especially if there is a structure built on top of it, such as a boathouse or boatlift. Once the jacket is filled with cement, all marine boring organisms that are eating away the inside are instantly killed. The concrete flows into the voids creating a new solid piling. Using the SnapJacket will help you preserve your piling that are beginning to show signs of aging, and with proper engineering the SnapJacket can even restore a completely broken piling to beyond its original strength. The concept of jacketing pylons is nothing new, we have just made it affordable to a homeowner for the first time.

[@jesusayvar9333]

Greg Thank you for the shout out for @MarinerDockandSeawall great informative video , it was a pleasure to be a part of it. Everything looks great! We lol forward in working together for future projects take care brother 🤙🏽

[@BoneTactical]

Thanks man you guys did great work I’m glad I got to be a part of it as well and glad we were able to make this happen.

[@3beltwesty]

Snapjacket User Notes from my usage: (1) The original product "Snapped together", the better current product as in this video has the slidable spline that seals the two sides. Make sure the spline is in place before you add concrete. The first concrete added will tend to open up the snapjacket unless the spline is in place. (2) Here I used box store bagged concrete and mixed it in a tub and poured in the snap jacket with a piece of aluminum gutter cut into a custom gizmo to feed it into the gap. (3) Use fast set concrete at least in the first bag so the snapjacket tube has a "plug" that is hardened. Otherwise concrete can still be so heavy as to force its way out even if the jacket is 1 ft down in the mud. Also the snapjacket can set up at a weird tilt if you walk away the concrete starts to harden when one is goofing off. (4) a crude estimate is you will use a bag of concrete per foot. Use a steel rod or broomhandle to get the airbubble pockets out. A better estimate is measure all the piles diameters, figure their cross sectional areas, subtract from the snap jackets diameter. (5) The snap jackets are a little bit bigger in diameter than their nominal size. ie a 12 inch one is little bit bigger than 12 inches (6) In areas with a tide you can plan the project around lower tides so it is easier to work. Here with my farthest out piles I still had some water seeping back into the snapjacket as I was preparing concrete. Thus the first bag was really just quickset dry concrete mix only to seal off the bottom as plug. This is in muddy muck ie marsh mud. The next mix was added almost all dry because I had water entering still. ie you are making concrete with the entering water. if the concrete is too watery the ultimate strength is way less. (7) One pile had a decades old rotted pile right next to it. the 12 Inch snap jacket would not go around both piles so I jetted out the old pile. This took much time, used a cum along and pulled upwards and finally got to rock it side to side to remove it. Commercially it would have been easier to use a snap jacket one or two sizes bigger and go around both piles. The old one was broken of at the mud line. Pounded 60 penny nails to the old pile to connect the winch ratchet to. Now with the old pile out I go the snap jack in place and filled the old pile's 8 ft hole with a few bags of rocks. The old pile was a very small pile 5 inches in diameter. (8) Another pile hear had an ancient pile that I could not remove, it was broken at the mud line. Here I could get a 12 Inch snapjacket around both at the mudline. But I had to have the snapjacket be off vertical on this one slightly to work. (9) Most all pile degradation is right at the water line. Below the mud line a 40 year old pile can be about perfect. Way up in the air a pile degrades but slowly. So the reason for the snapjacket is to halt the pile degradation. It does add some added strength too. (10) A Floatng RING made from yard irrigation piece of black tubing can be added around each pile. This scrapes and reduces growth. Use the yard tubing connectors to make the floating rings. They last about a year or two. (11) for jetting I just use a garden hose to some PVC pipes with a cap with a hole in it. This is for marsh mud. (12) The three 12 inch pieces I got were like 580 bucks a year ago and were like 16 to 20 ft long, ie roughly 10 bucks a foot. It was well worth it. Nobody locally works on old piers, it takes years on their waiting lists. So this product halted the degradation and actually added some robustness since the piles have more mass for our hurricanes. Got them from Ace hardware in Mobile Alabama, Wigmans. Cut the snapjackets there with my sawzall so fit my trailer. (13) in a couple of piles the snapjacket started to tilt some, thus a rope was used to pull to keep the jacket centered until the concrete set. (14) Mine I did at ultra low tides for the year which here is in the summer at sunset. So most of the work was done actually after sundown. Never saw any of the local alligators. Had to add scrap boards to stand on while working on the mudflats below the pier in Mississippi. Otherwise you can sink. There are some even lower "low tides" in January but rather cold here this last year.

[@utubestalker.dotcom]

what a great detailed post. thank you for posting this

[@audiofever1119]

These Snap Jackets are awesome saves tons of money Mariner is truly the best of the business and transforming the customer and company relationship.

[@BoneTactical]

Audio Fever Podcast indeed 🙌🏻

[@andrewmatthias]

Great product. I've recently looked at a couple properties with docks, and was wondering how one goes about making repairs to the piles. Thank you!

[@BoneTactical]

Andrew Matthias This is definitely the best and easiest way to repair pilings in my opinion

[@utubestalker.dotcom]

​@@BoneTactical what kind of investment you estimate this to cost for a dock your size. Of course every project will be different but an estimate might help someone earmark their investment

[@BoneTactical]

@@utubestalker.dotcom $15,000 - $40,000 if you have someone do it professionally

[@matts8396]

Awesome Dock! I really love the Tampa Bay area fantastic place!

[@BoneTactical]

Matt S Indeed it is! And thank you

[@ogbbq2261]

Bone you filmed this really well I’m from Florida so this was really entertaining and informative

[@BoneTactical]

Og Bbq Thanks man glad you liked it

[@SuperJlonergan]

my piling only have toothpick size gerth left from the friggin shipworms and whatever else eats them up! these are piling that face bulkheading so this wouldnt work for me

[@BoneTactical]

You may just have to move them out a bit. But if not concrete your best bet is fiberglass pipes

[@puneet812]

Awesome bro take care 😎😎😎😎

[@BoneTactical]

Puneet Ghuman Thanks man you too have a great week

[@markanderson1936]

Thank you for the Prayers. I have been fortunate , to be around men , some of the best in their fields . Trust urself , u have a good grasp of Things. Love my brother !. What do u know about , most ex mill , being told locate west of Mississippi River , Ozarks . Specifically. Just curious on ur take .

[@BoneTactical]

I think history will tell us that bad things happen but there are more conspiracy theories then there are actual possible apocalypse scenarios so take what you hear with a grain of salt!

[@trueotter123]

You won’t see. They’ll last longer than you if installed correctly.

[@BoneTactical]

Can anyone translate this comment? I can get by in several languages but cannot decipher this comment.

[@michaelvan6675]

Anyone know what these Snapjackets cost?

[@emersonharper434]

Great video! I have a business that is getting calls to help with these projects. Lowcountry Underwater Services This helps to get an idea of what needs to be done. Also I'm looking into buying the hydraulic pack and saw for cutting pilings off.

[@w5755]

I think they're out of business. Their wesbite has a loading error when you look for sellers of the product near you.

[@joshuamcanaw5895]

Are you looking for installers or sellers? I am a preferred vendor for SnapJacket

[@theonetruej0sh728]

How much would this cost?

[@BoneTactical]

Maybe $20,000 today

[@theonetruej0sh728]

@@BoneTactical 🤩🤩🤩

[@patrickclay7562]

Damn snaps aint even set right. Get better at your job guys.

[@ggagoots]

Does anybody know if this can be done in NY

[@BoneTactical]

Obviously

[@ggagoots]

@@BoneTactical thank you man yeah I was wondering if NY was more of a pain in the ass permit wise than Florida that's why I ask

[@ldtenenoff]

sorry mr.t a bit to commercial fer me only thing missing was billy mays .much prefer jungle and forest also no chicks in bikinis perhaps gregg shall reappear in the next one .peace

[@JohnSmith-uy7sv]

How many helpers in the water were eaten by alligators or attacked by water moccasins? I have a few gators in my 16 acre retention pond in our housing development area. I have seen huge turtles and huge tilapia and catfish in the water close to shore. There is no way I'm getting in that water unless it is with a shark cage. 🤣 Thanks. I'm a big chicken. I don't like the unknown.