Best Practices
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A floating stone bridge provides a seamless, walkable pathway over this body of water.
Walk onWater
Feel at one with the pond with floating steps
by Kent Wallace, Living Water Solutions, Inc.
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he floating bridge, or steppingstone look, has been This is an installment of popular for some time now an ongoing, multi-part series. in both formal and garden Be sure to watch for further pond designs. Building installments in future issues! them in a manner that will stay stable over time isn’t actually that difficult. Floating stone bridges give an appearance of freedom that solid bridges or bridges with railings
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simply cannot. The feeling of being part of the pond is very appealing, considering the relationship most people build with their fish over time.
Concrete Ponds Concrete ponds with a polyurea seal or other flexible seal coating are fairly easy. The swimming pool industry has been doing this for a long time now. When it comes to the support structure for the steps, the only difference between a living water feature and a pool is the shape. In a living feature with fish, more open space between the step supports is desired for better flow and more volume. pondtrademag.com
