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Guides for Northeast Florida Waterfront Owners
Written to be useful whether or not you hire us. If a guide helps you decide you do not need work doing, it has done its job.
Articles
Read the blog- Walls
Bulkhead vs. Seawall: What Is the Actual Difference?
In Florida these two words are used interchangeably. There is a real distinction underneath, and it changes how the structure should be designed.
Read the guide - Hiring
USL&H Insurance: The Federal Requirement for Work Over Water
Most waterfront property owners have never heard of it until something goes wrong. It is the single most useful question you can ask a marine contractor bidding your job.
Read the guide - Storm
A Waterfront Owner's Storm Season Checklist
Before, during and after. The things worth doing while there is time, and the documentation that matters when there is not.
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Question-and-answer pages
Cost, maintenance and permitting
The reference pages inside our service sections that are worth reading on their own.
- What a bulkhead costs How to read a bulkhead estimate properly.
- What a seawall costs Why exposure is the variable that moves the number.
- What a dock costs Why reaching usable water dominates the price.
- Bulkhead lifespan & maintenance The owner walk-along that catches problems early.
- Seawall lifespan & maintenance Toe scour, drainage and what to watch.
- Dock maintenance Twenty minutes, a few times a year.
- Dock permits in Northeast Florida Who reviews what, and why there are several agencies.
- Marine inspections What an inspection covers and when it pays for itself.
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