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Aluminum Floating Docks

Marine-grade aluminum floating docks for lakefront homes, ranch ponds, and waterfronts, configured around how you actually use the water and installed locally from start to finish.

Built around how you use the water

Here is how a Shoreline dock comes together, from the aluminum frame to the local install.

We design, sell, and install aluminum floating docks: straight, L-, T-, and U-shapes, boat-slip layouts, swim platforms, and multi-section runs. The first question is what the dock is for. A fishing-and-swimming dock is a different build from a boat-slip dock, and both are different again from a ranch-pond platform.

The frames and decking are marine-grade aluminum, which doesn't rot, warp, or need annual sealing the way wood does. We handle it end to end: help you choose the configuration, decking, and layout that fit your shoreline, then install it locally.

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Covered floating dock with composite decking and a metal roof on a wooded Texas pond

What’s under the decking

The CAT5 system is a premium residential floating-dock design, factory-built and spec’d, sold, and installed for Texas water by us. Every dock is built to the site’s weight and wind-load requirements. Here is the engineering, piece by piece:

  • Close-up of the CAT5 9-inch aluminum mainframe extrusion

    9-Inch Mainframe

    A 9-inch aluminum mainframe extrusion with integrated gusset supports and interlocking connections, spreading weight evenly across the frame.

  • CAT5 4-inch octagonal aluminum roof poles on a dock frame

    4-Inch Octagonal Poles

    Strong, clean-lined octagonal poles that carry both roof and upper-deck structures.

  • Patented CAT5 heavy-duty corner extrusion

    Heavy-Duty Corners

    A patented corner extrusion interlocks with the channel pieces and carries the roof poles, moving stress off the welded joints where mitered corners often fail.

  • CAT5 noise-eliminating bushing installed at a metal-to-metal contact point

    Noise-Eliminating Bushings

    Patented wear-minimizing bushings sit between the metal-to-metal contact points (poles, receivers, gangway hinges), so the dock stays quiet underfoot.

  • High-impact polyethylene dock floats with foam core under a CAT5 frame

    Premium Dock Floats

    High-impact polyethylene floats with a foam core: buoyancy that doesn't crack or waterlog.

  • Through-bolted CAT5 roof support receiver on a dock frame

    Through-Bolted Roof Supports

    Roof poles are through-bolted to heavy-duty receivers top and bottom, and seat the full depth of the frame as fixed columns, which raises the allowable load for roofs and upper decks.

  • Rigid aluminum roof structure framing on a CAT5 dock

    Rigid Roof Structure

    An engineered roof frame, designed to the wind-load specification for your site.

  • Engineered railing system on a CAT5 dock edge

    Engineered Railing System

    Compatible with custom glass rail, picket rail, or cable railing options.

  • Heavy-duty proprietary gangway hinge rail on a CAT5 dock frame

    Heavy-Duty Hinge

    A proprietary gangway hinge rail, welded or bolted to the dock frame.

  • Welded gusset reinforcements inside a CAT5 dock mainframe

    Gusset Reinforcements

    Welded gussets strengthen the mainframe and support the stringers.

  • Dry joist protection detail on a CAT5 dock frame

    Dry Joist Protection

    A deck-framing detail that keeps the joists up out of standing water, protecting the substructure.

  • Finishing trim and full-frame bumper detail on a CAT5 dock

    Finishing Trim Work

    Numerous finishing options, including full-frame bumpers that close out the dock edge.

CAT5 at a glance

Mainframe
9-inch aluminum extrusion with integrated gusset supports
Frame
6-inch channel frame; interlocking design that supports significantly more than its own load
Poles
4-inch octagonal, seated the full depth of the frame as fixed columns
Floats
High-impact polyethylene with foam core
Welding
100% MIG-welded in controlled environments
Engineering
Factory-engineered to your site's weight and wind-load requirements
Railing
Custom glass, picket, or cable options

Specifications are the factory’s published figures for the CAT5 system.

CAT5 engineering

The numbers under the deck

12
engineered CAT5 features
9″
aluminum mainframe
4″
octagonal support poles
100%
MIG-welded frames

See real installs in the dock gallery.