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Mariner Dock & Seawall

Seawall services

New seawall construction

For shorelines that have never had a wall, or where what is there has to come out and start again.

A new seawall and cap protecting a waterfront home's lawn and pool deck
30+ yrs
Combined experience
2 licenses
Marine contractor + electrical
1 yr
Labor warranty + mfr warranties
Since 2019
Family-owned · local

Stopping erosion before it takes the yard

An unprotected shoreline in Southwest Florida loses ground continuously — a little to every wake, more to every storm. The loss is slow enough to ignore until a tree goes in, or a pool deck starts to crack, and at that point the repair is landscape work as well as marine work.

New seawall construction stops that process and fixes a permanent property line at the water. It is also the moment to get drainage right, because a wall installed without adequate relief for groundwater becomes the next problem rather than the solution.

How we approach a new wall

Every wall is engineered to its own site — retained height, soil, exposure and what is behind it.

  • Survey and soil assessment to establish retained height and loading
  • Engineered drawings, sealed, with the full permit packet filed by us
  • Panel system selected for exposure: vinyl, concrete or composite
  • Tieback and deadman design sized to the wall, not to a default
  • Drainage and filter fabric so groundwater leaves without taking soil
  • Cap and finish detailed to tie into decks, docks and landscaping

Questions

Can you build a wall where there has never been one?

Yes, and it is often the cleaner job — no demolition, and the design is not constrained by somebody else's decisions. Permitting for a new structure is more involved than repair in kind, so allow for the 4–6 week window.

Will a new seawall affect my neighbors' shoreline?

It can, which is why tie-ins at the property line matter. A wall that ends abruptly at a neighbor's unprotected bank concentrates erosion right at the joint. We detail the ends properly and, where it makes sense, we will talk to the neighbor's contractor.

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  • 4802 Lena Road, Bradenton, FL 34211
  • Mon–Fri · 8am–4pm · Se habla español
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