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2016/7.1, July 13 — Inspired Pondcraft, Rain Curtains, Racing the Clock and more
THE ESSENTIAL E-NEWSLETTER FOR WATERSHAPE DESIGNERS, ENGINEERS AND BUILDERS July 13, 2016 www.watershapes.com FEATURE ARTICLE…
A Personal First
As I noted a couple weeks back, my to-do list of household projects has long included installation of a small fountain.   In the place I had always intended to put it, I figured that the watershape would be visible from the redwood deck where we do most of our warm-weather entertaining; from the stone deck where we
The ‘Forever’ Look
It was a great project:  The client called us in to look at a sloping backyard for which his one and only wish was an environment that would be "organic and pre-existing" - that is, a composition that looked as though it had been there forever, long before the adjacent home entered the picture. That sort of look is our stock in trade at Outdoor Republic, a Pleasanton, Calif.-based firm that specializes in the use of artificial rock.  As is often the case, we became involved after the homeowner had
2016/6.2, June 22 — Artificial Splendor, Pond Oxygen, Grand-Scale Serenity and more
THE ESSENTIAL E-NEWSLETTER FOR WATERSHAPE DESIGNERS, ENGINEERS AND BUILDERS June 22, 2016 www.watershapes.com FEATURE ARTICLE…
Custom Molded Products Offers Flush-Fitting LEDs
Custom Molded Products (Tyrone, GA) now has a flush-fitting model of its Brilliant Wonders LED…
Active Water
When agitated or flowing water moves through the air, it loses carbon dioxide.  That's particularly significant in systems with fountain jets, waterfalls or vanishing edges, observes Kim Skinner, with the loss affecting pH in ways that must be dealt with to avoid big problems.
Knowing Your Range
'I understand that everybody has to make a living,' wrote David Tisherman near the top of his Details column in the June 2006 edition of WaterShapes, 'and I've always known that there are many people in the watershaping world who make their daily bread by selling, designing and building the pool, starting it up, selling pool toys and acid and chlorine, servicing the pool, winterizing it in the fall and opening it back up in the spring.' 'The range of activities some people try to master beneath the umbrella of
The Humidity Factor
Indoor pools are wonderful as both design challenges and family recreation centers.  But as Paolo Benedetti discusses here, they'll stand the test of time only if you take care of moving the moisture they generate away from the indoor space -- no shortcuts allowed!  
RenoSys Introduces DuraTech Pool Gratings
RenoSys (Indianapolis, IN) now offers a full range of DuraTech pool gratings to accommodate any…
Vita Nova Publishes Pool Mosaic Catalog
Vita Nova Luxury Mosaic (Pacoima, CA) has published a digital catalog on the 20-year-old firm’s…