Bulkheads & seawalls
Tie-back and deadman anchor repair in LBI & Southern Ocean County, NJ
Tier C · 32 towns covered
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.
If this is what your wall is doing, you're not the first owner on this stretch of bay to run into it.
What usually prompts the call
- A cap that has cracked or shifted as the wall moved
- Tie rods you can see are rusted or snapped at the wale
- A wall leaning out even though the sheeting looks intact
- The top of the wall pulling away from the yard
How it's normally handled
When a wall leans but the face is sound, the anchor system is usually the culprit — a corroded tie rod or a deadman that has lost its hold. Repair means installing new tie-backs, sometimes helical anchors driven to stable soil, and pulling the wall back plumb where it can still be recovered. Catch it early and it is a fraction of a full replacement.
$400 – $1,500 per tie-back — typical range, not a quote. What your home needs can only be settled by a registered contractor who comes out and looks at it.
The paperwork usually runs longer than the work. Because this fronts tidal water, expect NJDEP waterfront development or CAFRA review and tidelands documentation alongside the town permit. The right contractor handles that as part of the job.
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Towns we cover for this
Only the areas where this work actually applies.
Lagoon & canal communities
Dredge-and-fill neighborhoods where nearly every lot has a bulkhead on a sheltered canal. The dense heart of the work.
Open bayfront
Mainland and bay-edge shorelines with real fetch, where wave energy is high and riprap comes up as often as a vertical wall.
Barrier island & inlet
Long Beach Island end to end, from Barnegat Inlet down to Holgate — high exposure, salt air, working waterfront, and the biggest replacement jobs.
Northern barrier island & bay
The northern barrier island strip — Lavallette and Ortley Beach — where the work sits on the bay side and takes fetch straight across open Barnegat Bay from the west.