WaterShapes
For more than 50 years, pioneering industry chemist, Robert W. Lowry, worked to raise the pool-service industry’s knowledge of water chemistry maintenance, becoming of the best-known educators in the history of the industry. A long-time friend and colleague, Eric Herman, pays tribute to Lowry and remembers the first time they met.
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Watershape University rolled into Dallas, Tex., for the 2021 International Pool|Spa|Patio and Deck Expo in Dallas, Tex., Nov. 13-18 at the Kay Bailey Hutchinson Convention Center with high expectations for a strong showing for the industry’s first return to major trade shows since the beginning of the pandemic. The event would prove an almost unqualified success.
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Mexico’s equivalent of the San Antonio Riverwalk is known as Paseo Santa Lucia in the city of Monterrey, a place replete with fountains, public art, businesses, apartments and beautiful spaces that attract thousands. Watershaper JC Escudero reports it’s a place well worth visiting, and appreciating from both an aesthetic and technical perspective.
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The Outdoor Plus line of Fire Towers includes an array of fire features that take up no more than two-feet of floor or deck space. The small foot print is coupled with varying heights and sculptural designs. Each unit is handmade from materials including galvanized or corten steel with a variety of finishes. They include propane storage and many designs require no fire glass. No assembly is required. Read more here.
Thermory USA’s barrel saunas are larger than standard barrel saunas. With a diameter of more than seven feet, the interior is designed for a greater height for standing and deeper benches for laying down. Plus, thermal modification ensures the wood is never too hot to sit on, the company says. Read more here.
Fox Pools now offers pool builders the patented X-Brace technology that provides 100% support of the pool walls and pool deck without concern for internal or external pressures, the company says. The X-Brace structure is bolted to the pool panels using heavy-duty, corrosion resistant bolts. The X-Brace uses a simple system of steel rods and “S” hooks that anchor the brace and wall panel to the ground so the pool can be backfilled with or without water in the pool. Read more here.
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