PROJECT SPOTLIGHT
SHAPE OF WATER
Artistic accents set the tone for hybrid deck/dock When the design team for Holloway Company of Virginia started designing a two-level hybrid deck/dock and swim platform on a pond for a family in Loudoun County, they considered the lush greenery surrounding it. And with the help of the client, they came up with incorporating leaf-shapes into the design to represent the trees. According to Holloway Company, headed by owner/ president Ted Holloway Tidmore, the homeowners and their two college-age sons wanted to spend leisure time, fishing, swimming and having meals by the pond. “We designed and built the two-level, leaf-shaped dock with MoistureShield Vision featuring CoolDeck, a proprietary technology that reduces deck surface temperature by up to 35%,” said rep for Holloway. “This was very important because the dock gets direct sun most of the day and imagine that on bare feet.” Because water levels change based on the weather, any splashovers were a concern, so they relied on MoistureShield’s ability to be submerged and get wet on a regular basis. The designers explained that when 30
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Deck Specialist
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Winter 2021
By Maureen Murray Photos courtesy of MoistureShield
ABOVE: This deck/dock was built with MoistureShield Vision capped composite decking due to the product’s durability in wet environments. Its Solid Core manufacturing process slowly encapsulates each board’s wood fibers.
