Shoretech Marine Boathouses
beautiful and resilient
We are absolutely the one-stop-shop for your project design and construction requirements! Our crew is quite adept at building just about anything that is given them, from decking, bulkheading, and bridges, to homes, underground utilities, and even painting, sheetrocking and architectural trimming.
Everything about our boathouses comes from decades of experience in marine construction design… and it shows.
Boathouse Entertainment
We have installed many full kitchens on our recreation style boathouses, some even with high end KitchenAid Commercial level stainless steel appliances. These days large 42″ to 74″ televisions are common on an entertainment style boathouse. We have even installed a few home theater systems for entertaining and watching the big game on the weekends.
Mainly though boathouses are for the storage of water toys and as a facility for the family. We offer a variety of swings and jumping/diving platform designs for the older kids to jump and swing into the water from. So ask and I bet we can surprise you!
Boathouse Family Safety
We can also safeguard your boathouse project against accidental falls of small family members into the water, by installing surround fencing on specific areas if small children are in the family.
Notice on some of our piers and boathouses there is an additional safety rail underneath the bench rails. This rail is so that small children cannot accidentally crawl under and fall into open boat-slips or off the sides of the deck into the lake. Many projects have a small children’s area built into them for safety – a play-pen area of sorts.
Dave is the original inventor/innovator of the now much-copied “boat-slip safety rail systems” which are prevalent throughout many Texas lakes now. This design has prevented hundreds of falls into open boat-slips over the last 20 years. We simply do not build open water boat-slips without them now – as they are not considered an option, actually they are a requirement for a Shoretech Marine boathouse design.
Finally, we never build an inside 90 degree open corner on any of our projects. Before we came along 90% of the accidents on Texas boathouses and piers were when someone accidentally walked or stepped into an open boat-slip or open corner. So we simply do not build them!
We fill in these areas with large angled fillet decks for both safety and structural rigidity. This also provides a nice additional architectural layer to the design that sets it apart from others. There is always a good use for that additional deck space too.
A Shoretech Marine Boathouse design is always going to be the absolute safest structure on Texas waterways & shorelines. There is a rather large difference between Dave’s designs and all of the competition.
Recent Boathouse Projects
James Ard Bulkhead & Boathouse
This project is neighboring to the Sanchez Boathouse completed last month. This boathouse went up fast once the pilings were completed, which was a task in 9 to 14 feet of water.
Sanchez Bulkhead & Boathouse Expansion
This deepwater project is the first of three - which features 14' to 16' galvanized steel sheetpiling in 6 to 7.5 feet of water.
The old boathouse is to be lengthened by 12 feet and expanded sideways with a new 12' wide covered deck. The roof was raised by 2 feet which all required driving 28' to 34' pilings in up to 15 feet of water.
Kavanagh Bulkhead & Boathouse
On a large 19.6 acre peninsula on Lake Livingston is the beautiful Kavanagh property. We will start installing a new 690 feet long primary bulkhead, 60' long boat ramp and 1,780 sq. ft. boathouse - starting in early May. The backfill excavation will entail excavating a new pond on the property.
