Editor’s note: Welcome to ‘Direct Connections,’ a new department that is now part of the WaterShapes feature array. What you’ll find here are videos and multi-media presentations on technical and business topics — including this podcast by Dave Penton about a key factor in system engineering.
Lightcraft Outdoor (Chatsworth, CA) has published its 2019 catalog. Available in both digital and printed formats, the 52-page, color brochure covers the company’s underwater fountain/pond lights as well as its full line of low-voltage landscape lights – accent, path/area, inground and step/deck systems – all crafted from solid brass or steel. For details, click here.
D&D Technologies (Huntington Beach, CA) manufactures TruClose Regular – Standard, a self-closing hinge designed for use with gates weighing up to 66 pounds. The unit allows for fast, easy installation with tension adjustments on either end and is designed with aesthetics in mind: no visible fasteners, optional decorative trim covers and stylish looks. For details, […]
By Graham Orme
These days, using LED lights to illuminate rectangular or kidney-shaped pools is pretty simple: You just space the fixtures out at proper intervals on a wall facing away from prime viewing spots inside the house and on deck, specify the appropriate wattage, hook them up to a suitable control system and step back to bask in the warm nighttime glow.
But that sense of routine quickly disappears when
By Robert Nonemaker
When the management at Longwood Gardens announced in late 2014 that the Main Fountain Garden would be taken offline and become the subject of a $90 million restoration project, anyone who has ever visited the gardens had to be happy.
I’ve been a regular visitor and huge fan of the Longwood for most of my life, and it’s been sad through the years to watch various systems break down and the overall performance of what was left gradually
By Eric Triplett
A surprising number of my clients come into the pond-buying process without having given any thought at all to how the watershape will look after the sun goes down. That probably has something to do with the fact that the big natural ponds they’ve encountered in their lifetimes have not benefited from any kind of illumination beyond the occasional pole-mounted floodlight.
So they’re in for a treat when we complete their pond and they watch it
By Lew Akins
In far too many cases, lighting in and around backyard swimming pools is an afterthought – and sometimes I get the impression that there’s not much thought involved at all.
As I see it, our clients deserve better than an easy, one-size-fits-all approach, and that’s the main reason I developed the brief video presentation linked below: I wanted to give homeowners a bit of information that would help them understand both the importance of good lighting and get them ready to discuss a variety of available design solutions.
As I suggest in the video, the old-style, under-the-diving-board placement of a 500-watt incandescent bulb should never
November 21, 2012 […]
COOPER LIGHTING (Peachtree City, GA) announces the Lumière Eon line of architectural indoor and outdoor LED luminaires for general, accent, wall wash, pathway, sign lighting and wall-mounted security applications. For details, click here.   mySpace
October 10, 2012 […]