Pools & Spas
As we grow older, and our children have children, there's a powerful desire to spend time with younger family members. Savvy grandparents know that one way you can make that happen is to have an at-home environment that kids can't resist.
Vertical dimensions in floating steps can be critical to walking safety. In our last Beneath the Surface Detail, we coordinated the human stride to basic step geometry in a plan view, now Dave Peterson takes it one step further and looks at this detail from a different angle: an elevation view.
Watershape University launched its 2021 online educational offerings with a detailed primer on site evaluation and surveying in a January Wolfpack Webinar Wednesdays presentation. Taught by Rob Warren, a member of the International Watershape Institute, the presentation covered what watershapers should keep in mind when gathering key site-based information.
ControlOMatic (Grass Valley, Calif.) off the Pool Warden chemical controller. The controller uses DPD reagent…
Pentair (Sanford, N.C.) has upgraded its AquaTRAM 90+ pool access lift. The lift rotates 90…
Ramuc Specialty Pool Coatings (Rockaway, N.J.) makes DS Water-Based Acrylic pool paint for aquatic facilities…
Paramount Pool & Spa Systems (Chandler, Ariz.) makes the VectorJet, an adjustable in-floor cleaning system…
Hayward Pool Products (Berkeley Height. N.J.) makes the OmniPL, a control system designed for pool…
On November 11, plasterer Rob Romano, of David Cook Plaster Co., and Bill Drakeley, WU cofounder, defined successful plaster installation in a lively Wolfpack Webinar Wednesdays presentation. The discussion was part of WU's ongoing effort to provide basic, as well as advanced, technical instruction for watershape builders and subcontractors.
User comfort and ease of movement are guiding principles in the watershape design process. That's why, as Dave Peterson explains, this edition's Detail works as an ergonomic template applied when considering the steps users take as they move from here to there - and over the "space between."
