Our Illinois shop covers the water north and northwest of Chicago: the Chain O'Lakes, the inland lakes of Lake and McHenry County, and the Lake Michigan shoreline from Winnetka up to Waukegan. Bulkheads, seawalls, piers, docks, boathouses, retaining walls, and our own pile driving.
Shore Protect Construction
1425 Sandpebble Dr
Wheeling, IL 60090
Phone: (281) 501-7940
Email: hi@shoreprotect.com
Hours: Monday–Sunday, 6:00 AM – 4:00 PM
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Northern Illinois shorelines fail in a way coastal walls do not. Boat wake works the wall all summer on the Chain O'Lakes, and then ice grips it and lifts it every winter. That freeze-and-wake cycle is why timber walls here give out in fifteen to twenty years, and it is why we drive piles deeper than a catalog spec calls for and tie walls back with proper deadman anchors instead of face-nailed whalers.
On a bank with room to slope, a vertical wall is often the wrong answer entirely — riprap armor stone over filter fabric, keyed in at the toe, outlasts a wall and has nothing to lean or rot. We will tell you which one your site is, on site.
Chain O'Lakes and inland lakes: Fox Lake, Ingleside, Round Lake, Antioch, Lake Villa, Wauconda, McHenry, Crystal Lake, Island Lake, Lake Zurich, Barrington.
North Shore and Lake Michigan: Winnetka, Highland Park, Lake Forest, Waukegan.
Near the shop: Wheeling, Buffalo Grove, Arlington Heights, Northbrook, Glenview.
For the full state picture, see marine construction in Illinois. Working the Indiana lakefront instead? That is our Munster, Indiana location.
The site visit and the written estimate are free. We measure the shoreline, check water depth and soil at the face, look at what is happening behind the wall, and hand over a scope with materials named by grade and pile depth. If a line in it is an allowance rather than a firm price, it says so. Request a site visit or call (281) 501-7940.
Shore Protect