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Formal Ease
These days, we do most of our work in the hills in and around Newport Beach, Calif.  To describe the area as "affluent" is understating the case:  For years now, even modest homes for sale in the area usually draw seven-figure prices - and the more modest the home, the likelier it is that it will be torn down and replaced with something larger and more elaborate. Through the past few years, we at Pure Water Pools of Costa Mesa, Calif., have been called to many of these built-out properties by homeowners who
Custom Rails Now Available from Inter-Fab
Inter-Fab (Tucson, AZ) has expanded its rail-fabrication services and now offers designers and builders the…
Atlantic Water Gardens Introduces New Wall Spouts
Atlantic Water Gardens (Mantua, OH) has released wall spouts in two new styles – Mantova…
Zodiac Introduces Jandy Pro Series JXi Pool Heater
Zodiac Pool Systems (Vista, CA) has released the Jandy Pro Series JXi high-efficiency gas heater…
pH/ORP Controller from ControlOMatic
ControlOMatic (Grass Valley, CA) now offers the MiniWarden, a pH/ORP controller. Designed for low-cost efficiency,…
AquaStar Offers Fillable Friends Mosaic System
AquaStar (San Diego, CA) has introduced Fillable Friends as a new approach to mosaic-style designs…
Burning Sensations
If you've been a contractor for any length of time, it's likely that you've installed more 500-watt incandescent lamps (and the niches, rings and glass lenses that enclose them) than you can easily count. These fixtures aren't installed as commonly as they once were, but there are
Spa Strategies
For almost as long as I've been in business, people who are interested in swimming pools have also usually been interested in having a spa or hot tub to go along with it.  It's always been a natural combination, and as watershapers we've found myriad ways to meet thegeneral demand. In the video linked below, I offer a quick discussion of two key factors homeowners need to consider in
2014/12.1, December 3 — Buried Artistry, Frog-Friendly Planting, Spa Finesse and more
THE ESSENTIAL E-NEWSLETTER FOR WATERSHAPE DESIGNERS, ENGINEERS AND BUILDERS December 3, 2014 www.watershapes.com CASE STUDIES…
Updated Wisdom
Let's stroll back to February 2010:  It was about the time we at WaterShapes started getting serious about establishing an Internet presence - and more than a year before we stopped publishing printed editions of the magazine and went all-digital. Back then, we saw the web site as more of a