A rusted lighting fixture doesn’t look good and creates an unappealing eyesore. Luckily, there are a couple things you can do to prevent light fixtures from rusting, regardless if they are on a residential or commercial property. Why Do Lighting Fixtures Rust? Unless you invest in lighting fixtures that are resistant to rust, it can be rather difficult to prevent …
The Best Bike Lane Bollards: 4 Things to Look For
As bike lanes increase in popularity it is important to protect bikers, pedestrians, and motorists with the best bike lane bollards. A bike lane bollard is a physical barrier that separates a bike lane from motor traffic lanes. It provides an additional layer of awareness and protection on top of signs and lane markings. Bollards are placed on the side …
Brooklyn Planter TNF-60
Practically refined, this substantial container is ideal for large trees or plants. Brilliantly combining a modern sloped lip at its wide mouth and a traditionally robust tapered body, the Brooklyn Planter offers a unique profile. Traditional from afar, modern at intimate distances. • A space changer at 5 feet across and 40″ tall. • Allows for more than 53 cubic feet of volume. …
4 Tips to Make Park Picnic Tables & Other Site Furnishings Last Longer
The addition of site furnishings can greatly enhance the look, feel, and usability of a park. Park site furnishings require a hefty upfront investment that you want to protect. Thankfully, there are several things you can do to ensure benches, picnic tables, receptacles, bike racks, and other site furnishings last as long as possible. A large grass field, a jungle …
Improved Self-Watering Reservoirs
TerraCast® team is always looking for ways to improve our products! With our improved self-watering systems, we were able to increase the water capacity by 15%, allowing to extend the watering cycle even longer than our previous model. The nice thing about these is that it will prevent over-watering your plants, encouraging healthy growth. Regular irrigation systems can damage fragile …
5 Tips for Long Lasting Wall Planters & Vertical Gardens
Vertical planters come in all shapes, colors, and sizes. What they all have in common is that they are plants growing on a vertical axis, be it vines growing up a wall, or wall planters overflowing with greenery. Vertical gardens are used to dress up all types of spaces, from an intimate patio restaurant to backyards that are short on …
Berkley Clam Shell Base
Year after year the village spent time and money painting and maintaining their bases. Then they found TerraCast®. We were able to replicate their base (bottom left and right), and gone are the days of the aluminum parts. Superior durability defines this decorative resin base. Versatile design to adapt to many light poles and cell towers. This non-corrosive, rust proof …
Boardwalk Clam Shell Base
This concept was presented to us by an industry leader in small cell tower technology. We were only provided with a drawing, shown above, and TerraCast® made their vision come to life. This base is utilized both as a low profile base as well as a transition base for light poles and cell towers. Reminiscent of the mid 19th century …
6 Things You Should Know About Street Light Poles
Developers, municipalities, architects, and so forth, are tasked with finding the appropriate street light poles for roadways, sidewalks, neighborhoods, and parking lots. Street light poles grant a sense of safety and security that is important to anyone who lives, works, or travels in the area. Street lights do not guide auto traffic, the headlights on automobiles take care of that. …
4 Innovative Bike Lane Designs to Inspire You
Bike lane designs are growing in creativity and style all around the world. 10-15 years ago, nobody was thinking about installing more bike lanes. That has completely changed in recent years, as some of the biggest cities invest money into the development of bike lanes. There are so many benefits to adding bike lanes to a city. Plus, many misconceptions …