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2015/3.2, March 18 — Water Gone Rogue, Hidden Controls, Improving a Great View and more
THE ESSENTIAL E-NEWSLETTER FOR WATERSHAPE DESIGNERS, ENGINEERS AND BUILDERS March 18, 2015 www.watershapes.com LESSONS LEARNED…
Coping with Salt
In my work as a construction-defect expert witness, I've seen how damaging salty water can be to hardscape materials around pools and spas equipped with saltwater chlorination systems.  It's so common that, personally, I now try to avoid using those devices on the watershapes I design and build.   It's not that I think saltwater chlorination is intrinsically evil; instead, it's the fact I've seen so many different things go wrong with watershapes that have these systems that I decided some time ago that they weren't for me. It's often said that
2015/2.2, February 18 — Saltwater Concerns, Ingenious Lap Lane, Quick Compaction and more
THE ESSENTIAL E-NEWSLETTER FOR WATERSHAPE DESIGNERS, ENGINEERS AND BUILDERS February 18, 2015 www.watershapes.com FEATURE ARTICLE…
2013/11.1, November 6 — Shimmering Island Delights, Pond Skimmer ABCs, Deck Engineering and more
November 6, 2013 www.watershapes.com ESSENTIAL Shimmer and Shine Looking for a surface material as unique…