Eric Herman

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Code 3 Offers Fire-Prevention Systems
Code 3 Water (Brentwood, CA) offer the MP line of home wildfire-fighting water pump systems.…
Coolaroo Makes Shade Sails
Coolaroo (Altamont Springs, FL) offers the Ready-to-Hang Shade Sail, designed to provide flexible shade-creating solutions.…
RAMUC Offers Non-Slip Surface
RAMUC (Rockaway, NJ) makes Skid-Tex, a slip-resistant deck-paint additive for production of non-skid deck and…
Pentair Refines Commercial Heater
Pentair Pool Products (Sanford, N.C.) has updated the MasterTemp ASME commercial heater. The units now…
Mastering the Long View
This story is an example of what can happen when preparation meets opportunity. It started way back in 2014, when the client first hired me to build an acrylic fountain at an office building she owns in the Los Angeles area. She liked the results and asked me get involved at her residence in Rolling Hills, an upscale enclave on the scenic Palos Verdes peninsula overlooking the ocean, where she had a pool that was experiencing
In Person and Beyond
The Wolfpack recently returned to in-person instruction with a successful essential builder program in September. WU is also continuing its robust online presence with courses that cover technology, design, business and architectural history.
The Consumer View
Dealing with watershaping professionals should be as trouble free as possible, but sometimes it's not. As Eric Herman argues, it's time for the industry to open its collective ears to the messages from consumers who have had both positive and negative experiences.
Victory in Venice
  In a dramatic example of human ingenuity, Venice, Italy, scored a major victory in its fight to survive rising waters that have threatened its very existence. Nearly five decades in the making, the city recently raised a system of barriers preventing a potentially devastating flood.
A Checkerboard Beauty
Creating works of watershaping art requires close attention to countless details and complete control over the installation process, says design and builder, Joan Roca. To demonstrate his point, he recently profiled a spectacular project on Wolfpack Webinar Wednesdays.
Lessons in Frustration
Upgrading a tired classic kidney pool should not have been a particularly tall order, or so thought homeowners Kris Anna Andersen and R Lee Steele. Little did they know the depth and complexity they would face in trying to reclaim the pool's classic beauty and updating its equipment.