My 1 year long project!

[captras]

Last Nov (2018) we decided it was time to upgrade our boathouse. 2 years earlier I bought my 2016 Yamaha 242 Limited SE and it was time for her to have a proper home. The boathouse was first . It had to be torn down and hauled off. That took almost 4 months due to weather and construction delays. Then came the hard part. We wanted to have 250 feet of shoreline bulkheaded. But that was going to involve land clearing and dozer work before we could even start the bulkhead. The clearing process involved 36 truckloads of trees and brush that had to be cut down and hauled off. We had 6 lumber truck loads of 18 trees each hauled to a local sawmill. After the bulkhead, dozer work was necessary to prepare for grass. Two and a half 18 wheeler loads of St Augustine sod later and the project was done. November, 2019, the entire project was finally completed.

In this post is the before and after boathouse pics. In a couple of days I will post the bulkhead project pics.

 

[Dave burke]

Looks super. Looking forward to the other pictures.

Are those 6x6 treated posts you used in the framing? How are they anchored to the bottom?

And did you consider a flat roof with a deck on top? This is what I’m thinking of doing.

 

[tabbibus]

awesome! great job

 

[AboveTheBest]

Very nice.

I really dig the rope swing

 

[buckbuck]

Aren't you the one that reported massive flooding on the lake last year? Have you accounted for that?
I am jealous. I would love to live on the water and have a place to entertain from.

 

[Plpbecks]

Wow. Very nice home for the boat!!

 

[jsg73]

Looks very nice.
You obviously aren’t on a flood control reservoir. We have to use floating lifts and docks since the water level always fluctuates at least 40’ (last year 65’) over the course of a year. Your way looks much more desirable.

 

[captras]

Looks super. Looking forward to the other pictures.

Are those 6x6 treated posts you used in the framing? How are they anchored to the bottom?

And did you consider a flat roof with a deck on top? This is what I’m thinking of doing.

Thanks for the compliment! The piers are 8x8s! It is remarkable the difference between them and 6x6s. They seem massive and will definitely never need to be replaced in my lifetime The option was only an additional $1500, so it seemed a no brainer to me! As far as anchoring, they are driven into the bottom as much 15 feet, depending on where they hit solid base. My old boathouse had 6x6 piers, and, although 26 years old, they were neither rotting, nor unstable. This is a much bigger boathouse, however, and I wanted something substantial!

We had thought about an upper lever deck, but decided against it. In the summer it is just too damned hot here. The sitting area that we have gives us plenty of room and with a 72" fan, plus the light breeze we have most of the time, it is pretty comfortable even during the heat of the day.

 

[captras]

Aren't you the one that reported massive flooding on the lake last year? Have you accounted for that?
I am jealous. I would love to live on the water and have a place to entertain from.

We have never had a flooding problem on this lake. The highest, historically, level it has ever gotten is 135 feet. 131 is normal. It would have to get up to over 136 feet for it to be a problem with the boat at the highest level on the lift.

 

[captras]

These are the before and after the landscaping and bulkhead construction:

 

[tdonoughue]

I'll have to come visit (after the boat gets fixed). Looks wonderful!

 

[Dave burke]

The bulkhead work is amazing. I can see why you had to take out so much undergrowth.

And those 8x8s are impressive. How ever did you get them up to 15 ft down? Which means some of them must be close to 30 ft long, right?

 

[captras]

I'll have to come visit (after the boat gets fixed). Looks wonderful!

Come have a beer!

 

[captras]

The bulkhead work is amazing. I can see why you had to take out so much undergrowth.

And those 8x8s are impressive. How ever did you get them up to 15 ft down? Which means some of them must be close to 30 ft long, right?

Thanks... the contractor had a large barge with a pile driver. They are 28' 8x8 piers. Because they are the longest available they actually had to splice some of the piers above deck level.

I hated getting rid of all those trees, except the pine. But because, prior to the bulkhead, there was an 8-12 foot drop. So they had to grade from a long way back to get enough dirt to extend the property enough to get an acceptable degree of slope.
View attachment 110114

 

[haknslash]

Looks great!!

 

[buckbuck]

What a transformation. That really opened it up. I can visualize large parties on the lawn.