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2018/8.2, August 22 — Playing the Angles, Grand Landshaping, Halprin in L.A. and more
THE ESSENTIAL E-NEWSLETTER FOR WATERSHAPE DESIGNERS, ENGINEERS AND BUILDERS August 22, 2018 www.watershapes.com FEATURE ARTICLE…
LevelSmart Wireless Autofill from Kona Labs
Kona Labs (Kailua-Kona, HI) manufactures the LevelSmart autofill kit for most pools, spas, ponds, fountains…
Advantage Manufacturing Offers Fire-Pump Cart
Advantage Manufacturing (Tustin, CA) offers a fire-pump cart for use in property protection before the…
Hayward Releases 2016 Buyer’s Guide
Hayward Pool Products (Elizabeth, NJ) has published printed and digital versions of its 2016 Buyer’s…
Hammerhead International Supplies Viewing Panels
Hammerhead International (Las Vegas, NV) offers custom acrylic viewing solutions for use under and above…
2015/12.1, December 2 — Access Assistance, Distant Projects, Duck Ponds and more
THE ESSENTIAL E-NEWSLETTER FOR WATERSHAPE DESIGNERS, ENGINEERS AND BUILDERS December 2, 2015 www.watershapes.com FEATURE ARTICLE…
RicoRock Launches Modular Staircases for Waterslides
RicoRock (Orlando, FL) now offers designers and builders a variety of pre-cast rock options for…
Picking a Path
Once a new swimming pool is filled with water and turned over to its owners, the designer and builder have completed their work:  Let's assume that the results have met or exceeded the clients' expectations and that everyone is pleased by the outcome.   If all has truly gone well, little will occur in subsequent weeks to change the general sense of
Turkey Revisited
'For years,' wrote David Tisherman in his Details column in the June 2005 issue of the magazine, 'people have asked me where I get my ideas - pools raised out of the ground, the small spillways, the drain details, the modular deck treatments, the color usage and the use of reflection, to name just a few.  "Through my design education" is the short answer, of course, but I can get more specific if we take a look at
Media Mastery
Many years ago, a gentleman by the name of Jack McNairy said something during a meeting of the National Spa & Pool Institute's Board of Directors that has always stuck with me. It was in the late 1980s or very early '90s, when Jack was running his distribution business in Texas and also publishing a