New Dock on Pond

[rlk]

Eddie, thanks for the nice words.

When the pond was built, my contractor made a small island with an earth walkway out to it. Prior to building the gazebo I put down black plastic and covered it with rip rap.

The gazebo is supported by 9 6x6 pressure treated post that we buried 4 feet deep. The 6x6 extend up to hold the beams the trusses sit on (it is basically a 16x16 pole barn with a 4 foot deck all the way around it).

The deck around the sides is cantilevered 4 feet. I used 2 x 12 pressure treated timbers on both sides of the 6x6 for the cantilever timbers.

The inside has a vaulted ceiling that is covered with bead board that I finished with clear poly. Since the sides are mostly all windows there is only about 11 inches between each window that is finished - I used hardie plank boards installed vertically between the windows.

The floor is 5/4 pressure treated boards stained dark grey like the outside deck.

Installed some Home Depot cabinets on the front wall under the small windows and added a small, undercounter refrigerator.

No running water because of no where to drain the waste (did not want to polute the pond). We thought about burying a tank to collect the waste then pumping it back to the house septic tank but decided that would be more trouble than it was worth (if I had done this the wife would have insisted on a bathroom in one corner of the gazebo).

After finishing it, we decided to do some lightscaping. I'm attaching another picture that shows what we see every night.

Bob

 

[EddieWalker]

Bob,

Thanks for all the details and the photo. I really like it.

Eddie

 

[samission]

Progress Report:

The framing is complete, except for a couple supports in the steps area.

This picture shows a view looking from the left side.

 

[samission]

And here's another from the same side.

 

[samission]

Here's a picture showing the new dock from the right side.

This also shows our party house/barn in the background which is receiving new french doors (got them cheap from Home Depot, discontinued items) and brick siding, but that is another project currently on hold.

Now all I need to do is install the decking. We have decided to use the ChoiceDek at Lowes because it is low maintenance and will retain its looking for years to come.

Steve

P.S. More pictures to follow as progress continues. Wife says that the dock has to be done by labor day for are annual pig roast. /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif

 

[EddieWalker]

It's looking really good. I especially like the way your wraping the speps around on the side. Thats a real nice detail. Have you come up with a railing design?

Thanks for the pictures!

Eddie

PS Thats quite a party house, some of you guys are really living life well.

 

[rlk]

Steve, great job on the framing. I like to see framing where someone clearly knows what they are doing.

All of us are waiting for pictures of the finished product.

Bob

 

[Cliff_Johns]

That's a nice design job. The elevations merge well with the land elevations and give it a natural look (which is hard to do with a deck). You've sized it well for it's location too.

Thanks for sharing the photos and the story behind them
Cliff

 

[GerardC]

That looks very inviting. Real nice job. May have to do the same thing with my pond. G

 

[samission]

Hi Eddie,

Thanks for the comments.

It looks like we are going to leave the railing off the section between the upper and lower decks, and just put railings around the area where the steps are. Being that it is a dock and not a deck on a house, and the 2 deck levels are only 24" apart, then we feel we don't need/want them. An county inspector friend of mine said that if it was a deck on a house then the hand rail around the upper section would be required, but since it is classified as a dock, then nothing is required.

See Ya,
Steve