Our tie posts only go in a foot or so on the cantilevered breakwater dock and last year they were in through the winter. I am told the key is a bubbler and we have one and it kept the area just around the dock free of ice, we had it on a timer so that it would not go crazy impact anyone else.
We are looking at completing our dock to be a U-dock and I was just wondering who you used and if you were happy with the end product? We have 4 companies quoting it now and I should be deciding on who we will have do it in the next week, so if you can share either here or as a PM, that would be great. Everyone we spoke with is recommending that the tie posts go all the way to the bottom, so it must be a general practice.
On a side note, we installed cleats to tie to and we use the tie posts to keep the boat from hitting and going under the dock, do you plan on tying to the tie posts or using cleats? We find cleats to be more secure and easier to tie of than posts.
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