Boat & Sailboat Lifts
Standard boat lifts, sailboat lifts with mast clearance, and catamaran lifts with twin-hull cradles, sized to the vessel.
Custom Boathouses
Boathouses built for living, entertaining, and long-term strength.
Texas is hot, and a well-designed boathouse over water can become the most comfortable space on the property. Shoretech builds custom boathouses on Lake Livingston, Lake Conroe, Sam Rayburn, and lakes across Texas — engineered for storms and designed for the way families actually use the water.
Designed Around Use
More than a place to park a boat.
A Shoretech boathouse can hold the boat, the family, the kitchen, the entertainment, and the best seat on the lake — all on a substructure built to outlast the weather.
Most boathouses are built to a price. We build them to a purpose. Before the first pile is driven, we look at water depth, prevailing wind, sun angle, the boat (or boats) you own now and may own later, how you entertain, and how the structure has to behave in a Texas storm.
That thinking shows up in stronger substructures, smarter roof geometry, and details — lighting, audio, storage, lifts — designed in from the start instead of bolted on afterward.
Boathouse, boat house, covered slip — whatever you call it, the difference between one that lasts and one that doesn't is under the waterline, in the piles and the framing you stop seeing the day it's finished.
Which is also why an older structure has to be judged from the substructure up rather than from the roof down. Repairing an existing boathouse starts with working out which of its six components has run down — and saying plainly when the answer is that the piles are finished.
Practical Field Innovation
Cooler, stronger, post-free.
1
Open-gable cooling
Roof geometry that lets heat rise and escape while breeze pulls cooler air off the water — a deck that stays usable when the back patio is not.
2
Flying-buttress roof support
Roof loads carried to outboard piles so the deck and your sightline stay clear of posts.
3
Stronger substructures
Full-dimensional timbers, heavier framing, and better load paths engineered for storm conditions, not just calm days.
Under the Standing Seam
The framing is the part worth paying for.
A covered slip spends its life being pulled upward, and every joint that resists it is hidden by the time the build is finished.
Wind under an open roof lifts the underside while flow over the top sucks at it, so the load arrives as tension in the joints running from the deck down to the lake bed. Ours are made with machine bolts run clear through the members and washered, corner posts braced diagonally in two planes, and lift brackets bolted through the beam rather than screwed to its underside. None of that is visible from a passing boat once the decking is on, which is exactly why it is worth seeing now.
Designed In, Not Added On
Options that make a boathouse a destination.
Choose what fits the property and the budget. Everything below is engineered into the structure from the beginning.
Outdoor Kitchens & Bars
Grills, sinks, refrigeration, wet bars, and storage built for waterfront entertaining.
Lighting & Audio
LED lighting, large-screen video, and built-in sound with subwoofers tuned for open-air listening.
Composite Decking
Low-maintenance, splinter-free decking rated for sun and water, with safety rails and storage to the rafters.
Boathouses We Have Built
Finished, in the water, in use.
Metal roofs, enclosed storage, wraparound decking, bench seating, railed walkways — engineered into the structure rather than added on afterward.
On Video
Watch one work.
A finished boathouse is hard to judge from a photograph, because the parts that matter move. These are our own, on our own channel.
Premier boathouse, Lake Livingston
A walk through a completed boathouse — interior finish, the counter and cabinetry, the open water beyond, and the pendant that runs the lift.
Door slider
The rail a boathouse door runs on. It carries the door's whole weight every time it opens, so it is one of the few moving parts worth watching before you buy.
Questions We Hear Often
Boathouse FAQ.
How long does a custom boathouse take to build?
It depends on size, lift configuration, water conditions, and permitting on your lake. After a site review, Dave can give you a realistic schedule for your specific waterfront.
Can you build around my existing boat lift?
Often, yes. We design the substructure to the lift and the lift to the boat — and we can integrate, relocate, or upgrade an existing lift when it makes sense.
What makes a boathouse hold up in a storm?
The substructure. Full-dimensional timbers, heavier framing, proper pile embedment, and load paths designed for wind and wave — not just the calm-day appearance.
Do you build on Lake Livingston and Lake Conroe?
Yes. Those lakes are core to our service area, along with Sam Rayburn, Houston County Lake, and most waterfronts within roughly 120 miles of Huntsville.
Do you warranty your boathouses?
Yes. On the large Texas and Louisiana lakes and reservoirs our guarantee typically runs 2 to 5 years depending on the project. On private ponds and small lakes it can extend to 10 years. We build to last a lifetime where that is possible, which is what lets us offer terms that long.
Where We Build Boathouses
Boathouse country, lake by lake.
Water-level behavior, bottom conditions, and who permits the shoreline change from lake to lake — and so does the right boathouse. Each lake below has its own page.
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Start With a Conversation
Build the best seat on the lake.
Tell Dave about your shoreline, your boat, and how you like to spend the summer. The design follows from there.