For Winter Dock and Pier ice-protection, you have 4 choices:
Your Options:
1
Absolute protection: Take the dock apart and lug the pieces to shore and reassemble in the Spring
2
Install an expensive catilevered or hinged dock, with cranks or electric motors and unsightly cables to winch the deep-water sections and posts up, clear of the surface
3
Use power hungry and ecosystem disrupting agitating deicers hung under the dock and risk large areas of unwanted open water, in sometimes unpredictable directions.
4
Install bubbler air lines on the lake bottom around the perimeter of your dock, opening the ice only in the areas immediately around your dock, with the energy efficient and eco-friendly Dockbubblers® systems.
We focus exclusively on true DockBubblers® systems with high-quality components:
- Durable dense rubber/PCV hybrid self-sinking bubbler tubing and high-quality, flexible, clear PVC Vinyl feeder tubing
- Durable single-ear (Oetiker ®) tubing clamps and brass couplers
- Patented clip-on lead-free weights (no tools required)
- High reliability, energy efficient air pumps
- Outdoor, ventilated pump enclosures. Pump protection from the Winter elements
- Cooling fan with temperature control for the high-performance pumps, AP-550/800, with larger systems
- New - Check Valves limit water in bubbler tubing, during power loss
- Tailored solutions. Any lengths of Bubbler and Feeder tubing. Large systems use multiple load-balanced loops for optimal performance.
DockBubblers® System Design, Configuration & Solutions
Click on System Selector/Advice for a guided DockBubblers® system recommendation.
- Measure your dock perimeter for total bubbler tubing required.
- For any questions or a custom quotation for your unique boat dock or pier, click on "Contact" information below, in the Quick Links, or use the email form, at the bottom of System Selector page.