St. Marks river walls work harder every day than most Panhandle seawalls because Apalachee Bay's tide range is several times larger, so joint seals and soil loss need attention sooner here.
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Seawall Repairs by Solid Foundations provides seawall repair in St. Marks, FL for riverfront homeowners, fishing and marina businesses, and waterfront restaurant owners. Typical projects include filling voids behind St. Marks River bulkheads, sealing joints on Wakulla River walls, and repairing caps after surge from Apalachee Bay. Call 866-398-9323 or use the quote form to book a free on-site inspection.
St. Marks is a small Wakulla County city, home to 274 people at the 2020 census, set where two rivers come down to Apalachee Bay. NOAA keeps tide stations in St. Marks on both the St. Marks River and the Wakulla River. The tide is the big difference from the western Panhandle. At NOAA's St. Marks River entrance station, the average daily range is nearly 3.5 feet, compared with about 1.3 feet at Pensacola. Every tide pushes water in and out of riverfront walls with real force, and soil behind worn joints goes with it.
St. Marks is part of our Big Bend region. The Tallahassee seawall repair team is the regional lead for the Big Bend and handles scheduling and permit coordination.
Along the coast to the west, seawall repair in Carrabelle covers the next river town on St. George Sound, and the Apalachicola seawall repair team works the bay and river farther on, both in Franklin County.
After the water drops, saturated fill drains back through the wall, carrying sand through every gap.
Watch for sinkholes behind the cap, muddy water at the base on a falling tide, and joints you can see daylight through at low water.
If the wall is still straight, we repair it from the land side. Our technicians inject NCFI marine polyurethane through small ports to fill voids, bind loose sand, and seal joints from behind. Learn how polyurethane injection seals tidal leaks. Cracked caps are re-formed, and walls that have started to lean can often be anchored.
Seawall Repairs by Solid Foundations is an NCFI-certified polyurethane installer, holds Florida license CBC1267322, and has served Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina since 1996.
St. Marks has a two-step local process. The city has adopted the Wakulla County Building Code, and property owners must submit a completed site plan application package with the fee to the city before any work begins and before a permit is submitted to the county. The city issues an approval letter. Simple projects don't need a Local Planning Board meeting unless the city manager or city attorney asks for one.
At the state level, Florida Statute 403.813(1)(e) exempts restoring a seawall at its old location, upland, or within 18 inches waterward from a separate FDEP permit. FDEP's Northwest District covers Wakulla County.
Request a free St. Marks seawall inspection and we'll handle both the city and county steps.
Both, in order. The city requires a site plan application package and issues an approval letter before the permit goes to the county.
The tide range here is nearly 3.5 feet versus about 1.3 feet at Pensacola. More water moves through worn joints every day.
It can have. NWS found 2–3 ft of water above ground at St. Marks. That's enough to saturate fill and wash sand out through joints. An inspection checks for voids.
Yes. Void filling and joint sealing work the same way on either river.
In addition to St. Marks, our licensed seawall repair team serves these nearby Florida communities:
Service Area: St. Marks River and the Gulf of Mexico
We serve all waterfront properties on St. Marks River and the Gulf of Mexico and surrounding canals, lakes, and waterways.
Seawall Repairs by Solid Foundations also serves these waterfront communities near St. Marks:
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