Our Services
At Maritime Docks every new build starts with a conversation to discuss the primary use and goals for your dock. We then work in house with our licensed architect to create dock plans custom to you.
New Dock Builds
No two lakefronts are the same, so we do not start with a plan. We start with a conversation.
Every new dock begins with how you actually intend to use the water. A family that swims and sits out at sunset needs a different dock than someone launching a bass boat before daylight. Both are the right dock. They are just not the same dock, and a builder who does not ask will give you whichever one they built last.
From there we come out and look at your shoreline. Water depth, bottom conditions, bank or seawall, how the sun tracks across the property through the day, and where we can physically get equipment in. All of that decides what is possible long before anyone picks a decking color.
Then we draw it. Our plans are designed around your lakefront, not pulled from a catalog of cookie cutter layouts. It is a hands-on approach to building your own personal space on the water, and it is the reason an owner is standing on your shoreline at the start rather than a salesman with a brochure.
What we build
- New dock construction on Central Florida lakes and rivers
- Covered boathouses and roofed slips
- Boat lift installation sized to your boat
- Gangways, walkways, and platform extensions
- Dock lighting, seating, storage, and railings
You get a drawing and a fixed price before anything is ordered. Once you approve it, we handle the permitting and keep you posted while it moves.
Dock Repairs
Most docks do not fail all at once. They fail one board at a time, and then all at once.
It starts with a soft spot underfoot. Then a piling that moves when you step near it. Then a section the kids are told to stay off. One season later the whole thing is off limits and you are pricing a replacement.
Caught early, that is a repair. Left alone, it becomes a rebuild, and the difference between those two numbers is significant.
We repair docks we did not build, and we will tell you honestly which side of that line yours is on. If a repair buys you another fifteen years, we will quote the repair, even though it is the smaller job. You are going to ask someone eventually, and we would rather it be us both times.
What we repair
- Piling replacement and structural reinforcement
- Re-decking and deck upgrades
- Frame, stringer, and joist repair
- Boathouse roof and framing repair
- Hurricane and storm damage restoration
- Hardware replacement and corrosion repair
Storm damage
After a named storm, every waterfront owner in the county calls in the same week, and the ones who called first get built first. If your dock took damage, get on a schedule early even if you are still waiting on your insurer. We can document what we find and give you the written scope and pricing a claim needs.
Boat Lift Repairs and Installation
A boat lift is a set of cables, motors, and bearings living outdoors over water. It almost always gives you warning before it fails. Most people are not looking.
A frayed cable, a motor that hesitates, a bunk that sits a little off level. Individually none of that stops your weekend. Together they are how a boat ends up in the water on a Saturday morning, and the repair bill after that is not a lift repair bill.
We offer full boat lift repair services and source components through local suppliers, so parts do not sit on a truck somewhere for three weeks. We also install new lifts, sized and configured to your boat rather than to whatever is in stock.
What we handle
- Full boat lift repair
- New lift installation, sized to your boat
- Cable, motor, and drive component replacement
- Bunk and cradle adjustment
- Scheduled annual lift maintenance
Annual maintenance
This is the part most owners skip, and it is the cheapest thing on this page. We schedule a yearly visit, go through the cables, motor, and hardware, and catch the things that are on their way to becoming a problem. It keeps the lift working properly, and keeping the lift working properly is what keeps the boat safe.
How We Build Every Job
Two docks can look identical on the day they are finished and be nothing alike five years later. The difference is in the pilings, the lumber, and the hardware. Here is exactly what we use and why
Every Piling Set With A 200lb Pneumatic Hammer
Every piling on a Maritime Docks build is driven into the lake bed with a Rhino 200 pound pneumatic hammer. We keep driving until we reach hard pan, the dense layer beneath the soft material near the surface. That is what makes a piling properly seated rather than simply standing up.
We drive rather than jet. Jetting uses water pressure to wash a hole for the piling, which is faster, and which leaves the piling sitting in soil that has just been liquefied and disturbed. Driving compacts the material around the piling instead of loosening it.
The consequence of getting this wrong is slow and invisible. A piling that stops short of load-bearing material continues to settle under load. As it settles, the frame racks out of square, the decking pulls at its fasteners, and the structure begins working against itself. None of that is visible from the surface until it has already happened, and by then the fix is not a repair.
We own our hammer. We are not renting equipment by the day or waiting on a subcontractor’s schedule, which means every piling on every job gets driven by us, and gets driven until it is done.
Lumber Designed for Marine Applications
We source all of our lumber from Decks and Docks, a supplier that specializes in treated lumber for marine construction. Maritime Docks uses #1 prime marine grade lumber on every job.
Every piling we set is treated to .60 CCA, designed specifically to last in marine applications. That is not your typical pressure treated board from the local lumber yard, and it extends the life of your dock greatly.
Treatment retention is the number that matters here, and it is the one nobody quotes you. It describes how much preservative is actually held in the wood. Higher retention is what stands up to permanent water contact. Pilings are also the one component of your dock you cannot inspect, cannot easily replace, and cannot upgrade later without taking the structure apart, which is why we specify for them first.
Premium Composite Decking
Maritime Docks offers Owens Corning WearDeck as our preferred composite deck brand. It is a commercial grade board with heat-reflective technology built specifically for marine applications, and it carries a lifetime warranty.
Heat is the part most people underestimate. A dark composite board in full Central Florida sun gets hot enough that bare feet will not stay on it, which quietly turns your dock into somewhere you visit in shoes rather than somewhere you spend the afternoon. A heat-reflective board is the difference between a surface you use in July and one you avoid.
We also build with TimberTech, Trex, and Wolf, so if you have already chosen a color or a product line, we will work with it.
However the boards go down, they go down clean. You choose between hidden fastener systems or color-matched stainless steel fasteners. No exposed screw heads, and no rust streaks bleeding down the boards a few seasons in.
Frequently Asked Questions
A boat lift is a set of cables, motors, and bearings living outdoors over water. It almost always gives you warning before it fails. Most people are not looking.
A frayed cable, a motor that hesitates, a bunk that sits a little off level. Individually none of that stops your weekend. Together they are how a boat ends up in the water on a Saturday morning, and the repair bill after that is not a lift repair bill.
We offer full boat lift repair services and source components through local suppliers, so parts do not sit on a truck somewhere for three weeks. We also install new lifts, sized and configured to your boat rather than to whatever is in stock.