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Entrancing! How can that dock be set so low into the water like that?

Owen Landscape Architect

10 years ago

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10 years ago
The water level rises and falls a lot on the lake so we used an trussed aluminum dock which is adjustable in height but generally about 6" above the water in the spring. The trusses look great too when the water level is lower.
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