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Old 05-23-2005, 03:22 PM   #6
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Default Dock pad adjustment

If any part of the pad is partially in the water, or rests on rocks at the water's edge, you can expect continued trouble due to the freeze/expand/thaw/shift cycle of the seasons. If at all possible, clear away the rocks around the pad and put in a form and fill it with concrete creating a very heavy block which will "out weigh" the freeze cycle mentioned above. This block would have to be below the bottom of the lake under the pad, and would probably have to be done at the lowest water time - late fall. This may be a homeowners project, but it may be a job for a dock company, or a local contractor familiar with concrete work. During this summer ride around the Lake and look at some of these set ups and see how they did it - ask the people on the dock, they are usually more than happy to talk about their sucesses.
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