Constructing garden mooring

[G_M]

Anyone got any experience of constructing an end of garden mooring? Different ways to protect the bank? wooden/paved/grass quay? Ballpark costs? Alternatives? Contractors (E Midlands).

Cheers!

[bottle]

Welcome to the forum.

 

Sorry no experience

 

Assuming you have permission from the waterway authority, why not contact them, for their preferred contractor or advice.

[Guest]

Anyone got any experience of constructing an end of garden mooring? Different ways to protect the bank? wooden/paved/grass quay? Ballpark costs? Alternatives? Contractors (E Midlands).

Cheers!

 

Hi GM welcome to the forum.

 

Just Googled 'canal side piling' and 'river side piling' and brought a few options. First thing though note you do need permission in most cases to create any sort of mooring on the canals or rivers.

 

Good luck..and let us know how you get on.

[Richard T]

Beacon Boats supplied pontoons for a friends mooring in Loughborough. BW also appear to have some spare pontoons moored in Loughborough - the ones that used to be in basin.

[G_M]

Thanks for the welcome and replies! Still interested in contractors, but I found this leaflet which might be of interest to anyone else contemplating a similar project.

[Athy]

Your first step must be to seek permission from whichever navigation authority is responsible for the waterway. They will have standards and criteria for the construction of landing stages. They may then offer to build it for you - but in our experience they'll charge a lot more than a private contractor would. This was certainly our experience when we had ours built in 2006. It's a substantial wooden structure, in accordance with Middle Levels specification, and has some earth back filling but there is water underneath it, i.e. it's not backfilled right to the water's edge. As a guide, it cost us £3,000 for a 48 foot length.