McClellanville's bulkheads line Jeremy Creek, a tidal creek running through the center of town, and most of them can be repaired in place once we find where the creek is pulling soil out from behind them.
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Seawall Repairs by Solid Foundations provides seawall repair in McClellanville, SC for Jeremy Creek homeowners, commercial shrimp and seafood dock owners, and owners of waterfront lots facing the Intracoastal Waterway. Typical projects include filling washouts behind Jeremy Creek bulkheads, repairing timber dock walls, and anchoring walls that leaned after storm surge. Call 866-398-9323 or use the quote form to book a free on-site inspection.
McClellanville is a small fishing town. It began in the late 1800s around Jeremy Creek, was founded as a town in 1926, and has made its living from shrimping, fishing, and oystering. Francis Marion National Forest surrounds it on land, and the town's limits run south to the Intracoastal Waterway beside Cape Romain National Wildlife Refuge. Two hurricanes have come ashore at its doorstep. Hugo's eyewall crossed the village in 1989, and Matthew made landfall just south of town in 2016.
McClellanville is up the coast from the harbor, and our Charleston seawall repair team handles its permitting and crews. Toward Charleston, Intracoastal Waterway and creek walls on Isle of Palms see similar tides. Up the coast, historic Georgetown and the beach town of Pawleys Island round out the coastline we cover to the north.
The National Weather Service says Hugo's 16-foot surge pushed six feet of seawater into the McClellanville school gym where people had taken shelter. Residents survived by climbing above the ceiling tiles. Nearby Bulls Bay saw debris marks up to 20 feet.
Matthew in 2016 was much weaker, a Category 1 at landfall just south of town. Even so, the Hurricane Center reports inundation of 3 to 5 feet above ground along the South Carolina coast.
Walls that sat under that much water may stand but still have lost the fill behind them. Hollow ground behind a creek wall is a common finding here years after a storm.
Twice-daily tide. NOAA's McClellanville station on Jeremy Creek records a mean range of 4.86 feet. That steady rise and fall flushes fine soil through any gap in the wall.
Pluff mud. The marsh edge here is soft, fine sediment and decaying cordgrass that offers little support at a wall's toe, so a wall can start to rotate before it cracks.
Working loads. Dock walls that tie up boats and carry trucks and gear take more strain than a backyard bulkhead.
If the wall is upright and the ground behind it is sinking, polyurethane injection fills the voids and seals seams from behind without digging up the yard or the dock apron. Rotted boards, loose hardware, and broken caps need bulkhead repair handled by our Charleston team. A wall that has tipped toward the creek can often be saved with anchors through our Charleston-area seawall reinforcement service.
Schedule your free inspection and we'll confirm what your property needs before work starts.
It may be standing, but decades of tides since then can hollow out the fill behind it. A walk-through at low tide shows a lot.
Usually. Foam injection works through small holes in the cap, so we can work in sections around the boats.
The state critical-area rules are the main ones. We confirm whether your specific project needs any other review.
NOAA's McClellanville station shows a mean range of about 4.9 feet between high and low water. ---
In addition to McClellanville, our licensed seawall repair team serves these nearby South Carolina communities:
Service Area: Jeremy Creek and Cape Romain National Wildlife Refuge
We serve all waterfront properties on Jeremy Creek and Cape Romain National Wildlife Refuge and surrounding canals, lakes, and waterways.
Seawall Repairs by Solid Foundations also serves these waterfront communities near McClellanville:
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