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CL Industries (Orlando, FL) offers CrystalStones, a durable, natural pebble finish designed for use in…
With the huge pond and a moat that wraps itself around the house, it's a variety of watershaping you'd ordinarily associate with a medieval French castle. But actually, it's part of a contemporary estate in Brentwood, Calif., in the backyard of a couple with an amazing desire for an aquatic kingdom they could call their own. The couple had recently moved from the eastern United States and decided to take the fullest possible advantage of
The fun thing about working on spec houses is that, every once in a while, you run into a client who truly wants to blow the doors off - in the best way possible, of course. That was certainly true here: The home is right on the water on one of the islands in Biscayne Bay where Miami's elite prefer to live, and the eventual asking price for the property was in the $26 million range, give or take. It's an area where few
Basecrete Technologies (Sarasota, FL) has developed an all-in-one cementitious waterproofing membrane and bondcoat. Featuring high…
Speck Pumps (Jacksonville, FL) now offers the BaduJet super-sport II, a swim jet featuring suction…
'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
This is the story of a project where I'm still not sure which was tested more - my creativity or my patience. It was one of the first design tasks I tackled after moving to Katy, Texas, in 2009. In retrospect, it may not have been the ideal time to relocate: The full force of the Great Recession wasn't clear at that point; I had a job but no direct way to bank on the good reputation I'd built where
