In the fountain industry, there are a number of different ways that fountains get designed and installed. In almost all cases, the desire to have a fountain on a project has already been decided, and sometimes a budget – often arbitrarily – has been established. There is usually an architect or a landscape architect involved […]
Archives for September 2017
Waterstops – What role do they play in water features?
Waterstops play an important role in keeping a fountain from leaking in a number of different ways. They are used for piping penetrations as well as at structural cold joints and at expansion joints that are expressed through fountain basins. They have been in use for many years for structures and previously were made of […]
Waterproofing for Water Features 101
As fountain consultants, we are often asked about waterproofing fountain basins. While we (and most landscape architects) are not able to specify waterproofing due to insurance requirements, there are a number of things to consider when you have to waterproof a fountain basin and all of the piping entering and exiting the structure. The first […]
What every fountain needs… No Matter What!
So, you are going to include a water feature in your project…. When you get a project that has a fountain in it, soon or later you will get asked by the engineers what you will need in the way of utilities. The list is very simple, but the implications of what you choose can […]
The First Fountain Consultants
Years ago, I was contacted by a client in New Orleans to look at renovating a historic fountain in West End Park on Lake Pontchartrain. The fountain was built in 1915 by Frederic Darlington and to my knowledge is only one of two still in existence in its original form. I had crossed paths with […]