Pilings
Dock Experts specializes in the installation, repair, and replacement of high-quality pilings designed to provide unmatched stability and durability for your dock. We use materials like concrete, steel, and treated wood to withstand the harsh marine environment of South Florida. Our expert team ensures that your pilings are built to last, offering a strong foundation for your waterfront structure, whether for residential or commercial projects.
Have You Noticed These Signs of Damage
Around your dock?
Leaning or Shifting Piles
Leaning or shifting piles signal foundational instability, often caused by soil erosion, tidal forces, or inadequate depth. This misalignment weakens the overall structure, putting the seawall at risk of failure. Reinforcing or re-driving piles can restore alignment and stability, ensuring the seawall’s strength against environmental pressures.
Discoloration
Discoloration on pilings often signals material degradation from exposure to water, algae, and marine organisms. Over time, this can lead to surface weakening and greater vulnerability to decay. Regular maintenance, such as cleaning and applying protective coatings, helps prevent further discoloration and extends the piling’s structural integrity.
Fallen Over
What Causes the damage
to your dock?
Wood Rot & Decay
Wood pilings are prone to rot and decay from constant moisture exposure, weakening the structure over time. Treating pilings with water-resistant sealants or replacing them with rot-resistant materials like treated wood or composite ensures durability and longevity, preserving the stability of the dock or seawall.
Inadequate Hardware
Using inadequate or corroded hardware on pilings compromises the structure’s integrity, as loose or weakened connections can lead to instability. Replacing with marine-grade stainless steel or galvanized hardware ensures durability against saltwater and weather, maintaining secure piling connections and enhancing the entire structure’s resilience.
Settling or Shifting Soils
Settling or shifting soils can cause pilings to lean or lose stability, often due to erosion or inadequate pile depth. Re-driving or reinforcing the pilings and stabilizing surrounding soils are essential to restore alignment and prevent further movement, ensuring strong foundational support.
Damage From Boats or Weather
These are just a few of the causes of damage associated with owning and maintaining pilings. We are THE Dock Experts and can help with all piling related issues.
How Dock Experts repair the damage
to your dock
Replace Pilings
Replace failing or damaged piles with more durable options such as concrete, steel, composites, or treated/encapsulated wood piles, which offer better resistance in marine environments and a longer life span.
Marine-Grade Parts
Utilize marine-grade stainless steel hardware and cable wraps, designed for the demanding conditions of marine environments. Ensure installation is completed by a professional marine contractor.
Professional Equipment
Fixing piles requires an engineered solution installed with proper pile driving equipment and techniques by professional marine contractors. This ensures long-term stability, preventing settling or shifting, and guarantees the dock’s durability in harsh marine environments.
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Customer Testimonials
Fantastic work, got all the paperwork processed in a timely fashion at the city, Lighthouse Point. I’ve had bad experiences with other dock, Seawall and lift companies, Everyone at the Dock Experts was great. Andrew sold me on the lift, and everyone at the office, and work crew, moved the project along from start to finish in quick time. I highly recommend them. I’m having them do sock at a rental property I own, and will recommend them to friends.
These guys are the best! If you want a company that gets it done right, answers the phone, and follows through- look no further. Tom has been great to work with and the crew including Bob, Gary, Tony, and Chad are true professionals. After completing a new dock and lift a year ago- we are still extremely happy we chose to work with them. And yes -they do still answer the phone when I have called!
We highly recommend Dock Experts! Our seawall completely collapsed. The owners Andrew and Tom and their staff were always available to answer our questions or concerns. Our project was challenging in many ways and they figured out how to attack the issues. They are perfectionists. Our extensive project was finished in a timely manner. No mess left behind. We wish we could personally name all the hard workers that gave us our home back. Too many to remember , but Bob, Tom, Mike and his son Brett all amazing and Jennifer in the office. Many thanks. The pictures below say it all!
Had problem with cables on a 4 poster lift. Called Andrew for service a d got immediate response. Had service team on site the next day. Chad Gorman and his helper did a outstanding job of keeping me informed of needs and progress. Did a outstanding job of diagnosis and repair of the problem. Also took care of some minor repairs and adjustments to get the lift to 100%. Could not have been more satisfied.