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Deck-Toned Skimmer Covers from CMP
CMP (Newnan, GA) manufactures Natural Wonders Deck Covers as a custom design element intended to…
Koi Selection ABCs
Relatively speaking, building a Koi pond is often the easy part.  The tough part?  Working with clients to select the fish who will call the new watershape "home." I have to say that I've been bitten hard by the Koi bug and have spent countless hours learning as much as I can about these beautiful fish.  It's a level of involvement that
Stegmeier’s Textured Pool Forming System
Stegmeier (Arlington, TX) manufactures Texturit, an economical, reuseable pool-coping form that provides a stone-edge look…
Pebble Top Drains from Color Match Pool Fittings
Color Match Pool Fittings (Surprise, AZ) offers the 360 Pebble Top Drain, an unblockable 20-inch-round…
Drains with a Difference
'You'd think that having lousy-looking deck drains was inescapable, given that about 99.9% of them look like a thing you'd find in your shower.'  That's how David Tisherman launched into his Details column in the January/February issue of WaterShapes 15 years ago, and he didn't mince many words thereafter. 'Whether you're using PVC or brass grates, they disrupt the surface of any decking material and to my way of thinking are
Versa-Lok Offers Harmony Retaining Wall Blocks
Versa-Lok (Oakdale, MN) manufactures Harmony segmental retaining-wall blocks as an economical solution in creating random-pattern…
Laticrete Offers SpectraLock Dazzle Grout Additives
Laticrete (Bethany, CT) makes SpectraLock Dazzle to bring metallic and glow-in-the-dark enhancements to its SpectraLock…
Durable Pool Plaster, Revisited
In December 2010, WaterShapes published "How to Make Durable Pool Plaster," an article filled with what I knew about making reliable, discoloration-free pool plaster - including basic information about both proper and improper plastering practices. It should come as no surprise that, since then, research has continued and our understanding of issues involved in the proper mixing and application of these cementitious finishes has continued to grow. This article will cover these developments, discussing in greater detail the
EasyPro Pond Products Offers ‘Serenity’ Pond Dye
EasyPro Pond Products (Grant, MI) has added Serenity as a new color in its line…
A Sloshing Mystery
Water in the open basins that commonly surround fountain jets or nozzles is never tranquil while these systems are in operation.  It will slosh around in response to the upward thrust of those jets or nozzles as well as the splashing the rising water makes as it drops back into the basin.  If the circumstances are right, this disruptive splashing will produce waves in a distinct, consistent pattern.  By exploiting these waves, it's possible to produce an effect I find