Floating Dock Floats

[ghebert1111]

Anyone have any knowledge of the cost to install floating dock floats or can point me to a forum? We've had a couple of ours get water logged and "pop out".

We just got an estimate of " whatever the cost of the floats is, is the cost of labor", So if the floats cost $1000, labor is $1000. Seems like an odd way to price labor to me.


This is an example of one:
https://www.amazon.com/PermaFloat-Do...=fsclp_pl_dp_6

[mikenehrkorn]

Tell em you got a deal on the floats and they were only $50

[ghebert1111]

Tell em you got a deal on the floats and they were only $50

Well that is a question, if I provide the floats, what will he charge then?

[mikenehrkorn]

Good question.......sorry, I was just joking and a bad one at that.......I have done my share of dock building over the years and have always done the mounting/installing myself so I have no idea what they charge.

If you have a local dock building company (or preferably more than one to get multiple estimates) then I would think they would give you an estimate for that type of work.

[sandm]

it sounds like your quote has more work than what they really want to take on right now or has not ever done float replacement and unsure of what they will be getting into. that kind of quote is a sure sign to run far away to another contractor.

[ghebert1111]

Well it going to be 1600 to install 4 48x48x16 inch floats on the swim platform. I have a couple of spare floats that he will install for me as well. We'll see how it goes.

[Nathan-James Perry]

Nice! Let us know how it went.