| The first stack of removed decking and rotted understructure. The severely rotted piece is the angle joist mentioned later. |
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Dock Rot at the Lindberg Resort
Taken and posted September 4, 2010
Last month we noticed a surface plank dipping down on the shoreline end of the dock. When we got into the water for a closer look we could see that the main beam on this side was severely rotted near its shoreline end. I quickly decided the dock needed early repair before one of us stepped through the dock to face serious injury, or an entire portion of the dock collapsed. After a more thorough inspection of the dock understructure, Jason McClelland ordered materials yesterday for an entire dock replacement and began tearing up the existing dock.
| The first stack of removed decking and rotted understructure. The severely rotted piece is the angle joist mentioned later. |
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| Jason McClelland surveys the dock dismantling progress. |
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Rot in a main beam that alerted us to dock understructure rot. |
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| Rotted joists attached to the beam |
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Status the next morning (today) at about 10 a.m. |
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| Inside view of the rotted beam, upside down. The rot extends almost the full depth of the beam and for a substantial length. |
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Closer view of the rot |
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| Angle joist is completely rotted and
about to fall into the lake. The one on the other side did fall into the lake and is in the first photo. |
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| This joist is rotted out from one end to the other. The cross beam next to it is severely rotted on its opposite face. |
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| Closer view of the rotted joist. The angle joist at the inner edge of the dock fell into the lake while removing the decking. |
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| Another close-up |
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