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 Free Dock-building plans - Add this easy-to-build dock with minimal environmental impact to your lakefront property. After hauling my old dock onto dry land last summer, I quickly discovered I needed to replace it. Nothing was salvageable. Rotten, waterlogged timbers and disintegrating foam floats made the dock unstable and dangerous. A muskrat had even taken up residence in one of the floats, adding his signature to the area. I wanted a dock that had the least amount of environmental impact, which makes the list of options short. I chose cedar over pressure-treated lumber; even though it's a bit more expensive, cedar is light, stable and free of chemicals that can impact the lake. Good-quality hardware on the key stress points ensures that the dock will have a long life, and I made sure the dock's connection to the land is as narrow as possible —so as not to disturb the shoreline too much. Finishing the dock is optional, and I chose a water-based product made by Sansin that I had heard good things about.
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