Vinyl bulkhead replacement
A full new wall in marine-grade vinyl sheet pile — the standard replacement on the bay. Driven, tied back to deadman anchors, and capped.
$200 – $450
per linear foot, typical range, not a quote
Everything we route
Bulkhead and waterfront work across LBI & Southern Ocean County, NJ
13 kinds of job, grouped the way crews down here actually divide them.
Most owners arrive knowing something is wrong with the wall and not what the fix is called — a lean, a sinkhole in the lawn, a cap board you can push a screwdriver through. Start with whichever description below sounds like your property.
Every figure is a typical range for this stretch of bay, not a quote. What a job costs here turns on how the barge or the excavator reaches the wall, how far the damage has run, and how much of it there is — and only a contractor standing on your lot can settle that.
Nearly all of this fronts tidal water, which means an NJDEP waterfront development or CAFRA approval and tidelands documentation on top of the town permit. The review is routinely longer than the build. A crew that works these waters will tell you which approvals your lot needs before anything is driven.
The catalogue
By type of work
Prices are ranges for LBI & Southern Ocean County, NJ — typical range, not a quote.
Bulkheads & seawalls
Timber bulkhead replacement
Like-for-like replacement in CCA-treated timber, where the lot or the look calls for it. Same structure as vinyl, different material.
$150 – $350
per linear foot, typical range, not a quote
Bulkhead repair and section replacement
Fixing a specific problem on a wall that is otherwise sound — failed sheets, a moved section, a gap, storm or boat-strike damage.
$2,500 – $15,000
typical range, not a quote
Tie-back and deadman anchor repair
New tie rods, deadman anchors, or helical tie-backs to stop a wall that is leaning out and pull it back plumb while it can still be saved.
$400 – $1,500
per tie-back, typical range, not a quote
Bulkhead cap and wale replacement
A new cap and wale — the parts you walk on and see — to restore the top of a wall whose sheeting below is still sound.
$60 – $140
per linear foot, typical range, not a quote
Vinyl re-facing over an existing bulkhead
Driving a new vinyl face in front of an old timber wall that still holds — years of extra life for less than a full replacement, on the right lot.
$150 – $300
per linear foot, typical range, not a quote
Return and corner wall repair
Rebuilding the corner returns and property-line tie-ins where two walls meet — a common failure point that lets soil escape around the end.
$3,000 – $12,000
typical range, not a quote
Bulkhead inspection and pre-sale evaluation
A marine contractor looks at the wall at low tide and tells you whether it is sound, repairable, or end-of-life — invaluable during a home sale.
Varies
varies, typical range, not a quote
Erosion & shoreline
Riprap and rock revetment
Graded stone over filter fabric to armor an exposed bay edge or the toe of a failing wall — favored where wave energy is high or a vertical wall isn't permitted.
$5,000 – $40,000
typical range, not a quote
Erosion and backfill repair
Sealing joints and re-establishing backfill and drainage when the yard is quietly draining into the bay through or under the wall.
$2,000 – $12,000
typical range, not a quote
Waterfront retaining walls
The walls that hold back the yard rather than the bay — grade-change and landscape walls on waterfront lots, rebuilt tied and drained.
$4,000 – $20,000
typical range, not a quote
Living shoreline and marsh-edge stabilization
Marsh grasses, coir logs, and shell sills instead of a vertical wall — a softer, increasingly permit-favored option for low-energy shorelines.
$8,000 – $50,000
typical range, not a quote
Docks & waterfront structures
Dock and pier repair
Re-decking, new framing, or resetting a dock or pier — usually the same crew and permit as your bulkhead, so often done together.
$2,000 – $20,000
typical range, not a quote
Boat lift and mooring piling work
Driving or replacing mooring piles and resetting boat and jet-ski lifts to level — the same driven-pile work as the bulkhead itself.
$1,000 – $6,000
typical range, not a quote
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