Fixing an old steel dock

[Scoot]

My mo-in-law has an old steel dock that has dockboards that are beginning to rot away. I hate the idea of replacing all of the boards because I think it'll be a fair bit of work and also be pretty pricy. I found the right boards, but they are $135 per board. We need ten of them to do the whole dock, and that's a pile of money for a junky old steel dock!

Are there any other reasonable alternatives? Has anyone ever put composite decking material over the top of a dock like this? Are there other treated wood options for the dock? Thoughts and suggestions appreciated!

[MinnesotaMike]

Scoot,

I have the pictures but can not access my photobucket account. I can e-mail them to someone if they can post them here for you.

Good Luck,

Mike

[Surface Tension]

Send them to me.

[Scoot]

Sweet- thanks MM and Frank. You can also send them to me at scootsfishing at yahoo.

[MinnesotaMike]

Frank & Scoot....

You have mail.

Mike

[Scoot]

Here are the pics MM was kind enough to take. Thanks again for taking the time to get them and see that they got posted here. I appreciate you sharing your info and experience with me.

[Surface Tension]

Looks good to me.

[Scoot]

Yes it does- I agree!

[LightningBG]

So, are those the new sections I assume? Problem solved?