Perched along the ridgelines of Highlands, Cashiers, and the Blue Ridge Escarpment, an infinity edge pool visually merges calm water with panoramic mountain valleys. Engineering these architectural masterworks requires sophisticated structural cantilevers, zero-tolerance weir leveling, and high-volume balance tanks.
The vanishing edge effect demands an absolutely level weir wall across lengths of 40 to 70 feet. A variation of even 1/16 of an inch will cause uneven water sheets. We cast our weirs with precision laser leveling and finish with continuous frost-proof glass mosaic tile.
Ridge properties often drop off dramatically just beyond the home's terrace. Our structural engineers design grade-beam foundations supported by concrete friction caissons drilled up to 25 feet into stable bedrock, supporting the pool shell completely independent of unstable surface soils.
Water cascading over the weir must be captured and recirculated without splash loss. We engineer oversized lower catch troughs and hidden underground surge tanks equipped with variable-speed booster pumps that deliver whisper-quiet waterfall acoustics.
High mountain ridge winds can blow surface sheets of water off thin weirs, increasing evaporative heat loss. We install intelligent wind-speed anemometers that automatically throttle down weir spillway pumps during high mountain gusts, conserving heated water.
Because the cascading waterfall increases surface evaporation, heating costs can be higher without proper engineering. We install automatic thermal blankets and wind-throttling pumps to preserve warmth.
Our basins are calculated with generous freeboard and automatic water levellers connected to reverse-osmosis top-offs to maintain ideal operating volume continuously.
Yes. By anchoring structural concrete columns directly into solid bedrock formations, we construct pools that appear to float weightlessly above steep mountain gaps.
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