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Copyright © 2019 Sam Merriam and Creative Homeowner
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Building Your Own Dock
Vice President-Content:: Christopher Reggio
Editor: Anthony Regolino
Copy Editor: Katie Ocasio
Designers: Christopher Morrison, Mary Ann Kahn
Illustrator: Seth D. Merriam
Indexer: Jay Kreider
Print ISBN 978-1-58011-819-4
eISBN 978-1-60765-653-7
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Merriam, Sam, author.
Title: Building your own dock / Sam Merriam.
Description: Mount Joy, PA : Creative Homeowner, [2019] | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2019000699 (print) | LCCN 2019001237 (ebook) | ISBN 9781607656531 | ISBN 9781580118194 (softcover : alk. paper)
Subjects: LCSH: Docks--Design and construction--Amateurs’ manuals.
Classification: LCC TC355 (ebook) | LCC TC355 .M47 2019 (print) | DDC 627/.31--dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019000699
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CONTENTS
Introduction from the Dock Pro
5 Completing the Site Survey for a Fixed Dock
14 Completing the Site Survey for a Floating Dock
18 Shore Transition and Anchoring for Floating Docks
23 Safeguarding from Wind and Waves
26 Understanding Ice-Over and Winter Storage