Seawall Inspection & Repair in Hollywood, FL

The 2022 ordinance sets construction standards for seawalls and tidal flood barriers, on top of Broward County's 5.0-foot NAVD88 minimum. That governs how a new or rebuilt wall is built. Our inspection covers the wall you have now: the diver cleans the oysters and barnacles off, inspects the concrete, and documents its condition, which is what a lender wants and what tells you whether a repair is due.

Walls on North Lake and South Lake sit in still water and carry heavy growth; walls on the Intracoastal near the marina and in Harbor Islands take tide and wake. Either way, a crack lets sediment out from under a lawn or a pool deck.

Hollywood's February 2022 ordinance (O-2022-01) created tidal flood protection rules and construction standards for seawalls and tidal flood barriers that account for projected sea level rise, layered on Broward's 5.0-foot NAVD88 standard with its 4.0-foot interim for pre-2035 applications. The manatee rule adds slow zones on the Intracoastal from the Dania Cut-off Canal area south past Dania Beach Boulevard and around Whiskey Creek, so Hollywood walls take less wake than most. What they take instead is time: a century of tides on the Hollywood Lakes walls, and oysters that hide what the tides have done.

Hollywood's 2022 ordinance and the county's 5.0-foot standard govern new and rebuilt walls; the wall you have now is governed by its condition, and that is what the $250 inspection documents after the diver has cleaned it. A North Lake or South Lake wall carries a century of still-water growth; a Harbor Islands wall takes canal current and boat wake. Lenders on Hollywood Lakes and Harbor Islands sales ask for the document; owners with a sinking patio ask for the diagnosis; both get a free in-person quote if a crack needs filling with cement tubes.

Hollywood seawalls face the Intracoastal Waterway, North Lake, South Lake and West Lake. Hollywood Lakes, Harbor Islands, Hollywood Beach and the rest of ZIP codes 33019 and 33020: cleaned first, then inspected and documented.

The written report covers the wall's condition, which is what buyers, agents and many lenders want before closing on a waterfront home.

• Overall condition once the growth is off.
• Cracks letting sediment out from behind the wall: the cause of a sinking yard, deck or patio.
• Growth that was eating the wall or hiding damage.
• The recommended repair, with a free in-person quote.

How often a seawall should be looked at. Every 1–2 years, cleaned and inspected together, and after any named storm; seawalls get installed and forgotten until the yard loses sediment, and thick growth covers the crack that started it.

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