Seawall Inspection & Repair in North Miami, FL

Keystone Point and Sans Souci walls sit in still canal water where oysters coat the concrete and hide cracks. Bayfront walls near the FIU campus and the mouth of the Oleta take more chop. Either way the diver cleans the growth off first, then inspects the wall, then documents its condition for the lender or the buyer.

A crack in a canal wall shows up on land as a sinking lawn or a hollow behind the cap, because sediment is washing out through it on every tide. We recommend cleaning and inspecting a wall every 1–2 years.

Keystone Point is a set of peninsulas, which means a lot of seawall per house: many lots have wall on two sides. Sans Souci Estates is the same story on deep-water canals. Bayfront walls near the FIU campus and the mouth of the Oleta take the open north bay, where the seagrass beds hold the county's highest manatee densities and boats stay slow. A wall that has been cleaned, inspected and documented before a Keystone Point or Sans Souci sale is a wall that doesn't hold up the closing, and that is most of the seawall work we do in the city.

A canal-front sale in Keystone Point or Sans Souci nearly always comes with a lender asking for seawall documentation, and the $250 inspection is what produces it Bayfront walls near the FIU campus take the open north bay and lose sediment faster once cracked; canal walls sit in still water and mostly hide their cracks under oysters. We have not found a North Miami seawall ordinance, so there is no city height to meet, only the wall's actual state.

For a gated dock the divers call ahead and text you right before the visit. Peninsula lots in Keystone Point often have wall on two sides, and both are inspected in one visit. Bayfront walls near the FIU campus face the open north bay and are worked around the wind; canal walls are worked at any hour.

North Miami seawalls face Biscayne Bay, the Oleta River, Arch Creek and the Biscayne Canal. Keystone Point, Sans Souci and the rest of ZIP codes 33161 and 33181: 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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