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Shoreline survey by drone and sonar
A paid survey of your shoreline, above and below the waterline. It is sold on its own, and you keep it either way.
A paid service · priced by quote
Callback within 2 hours on business days (usually sooner)
1Survey
What it is
A measurement of your shoreline, made before anyone prices a repair.
A drone maps the bank above the waterline. Sonar measures the bottom below it.
The survey is a paid service, sold on its own. You do not have to order any work from us, and you keep the survey either way.
A board or a city can use it as the basis for a budget.
What the survey records
- A 3D model of the bank, above and below the waterline.
- The depths.
- The bank line.
2Reason
Why it exists
We measure before we price.
A walk along the bank does not check the lake every ten feet. So a proposal can count one tube where the water turns out to need two. That is a change order, and nobody enjoys those.
The survey records what a walk cannot see: the bank below the waterline.
It does not rule out a change on site. It means the price starts from depths that were measured.
3Free or paid
Where the free site visit ends and the survey begins
One lake is a free site visit. Several lakes, or a whole community, is the paid survey.
The free site visit
- One lake.
- Within 7 days (usually sooner).
- A walk along the shoreline. We check the shelf under the water with a grade rod. The rest is a visual check.
- A written proposal with a price range within 2 days of the visit.
The paid survey
- Several lakes, or a whole community.
- One lake with a long or deep shoreline, where we offer it before we price.
- Drone above the waterline, sonar below it. A 3D model of the bank, the depths and the bank line.
- Always paid. The drone and sonar are never part of the free visit.
4Request
Ask for a survey quote
Tell us how many lakes, and roughly how much shoreline. One short form.
5Answers
Questions and answers
Is the survey free?
No. The drone and sonar shoreline survey is always a paid service. The free item is the site visit for one lake.
Do we have to hire you for the repair?
No. The survey is sold on its own, and you keep it either way.
We have one lake. Which do we need?
Start with the free site visit. For a long or deep shoreline we offer the paid survey before we price.
What does it cost?
We quote each survey. Tell us how many lakes and roughly how much shoreline, and we will come back with a quote.