The Feature Is the Show.
The Steel Is the Structure.
A waterfall looks like water and stone. Underneath, it's a reinforced concrete structure holding thousands of pounds of rock, resisting constant water load, and staying watertight through Arizona's heat cycles — decade after decade. That structure starts with steel.
Scholz Rebar has tied the cages behind Arizona's water features since 1984. Raised walls, waterfalls, fountains, scuppers, and spillways — we steel them to the engineered plans and integrate them with the pool shell, so the feature performs as one structure instead of a bolt-on that cracks at the seam.
Water Features We Steel
If it moves water and it's made of concrete, there's a cage inside it — and we've tied it.
Waterfalls & Sheer Descents
Feature walls and weir structures that carry rockwork and constant water flow — steeled to hold the load and the line.
Raised Feature Walls
Elevated walls with scuppers, sconces, and descents. Above the waterline they're retaining structures — and we steel them like it.
Fountains & Bubblers
Deck-level fountains, courtyard features, and bubbler shelves — small structures with the same watertight, engineered demands as the pool itself.
Scuppers & Spillways
Spa spillways and wall penetrations where water crosses structure. The steel detail around every opening is what keeps the wall from cracking there.
Grottos & Rock Features
Cave features and boulder work carry serious dead load. We tie the reinforced structure the rock artists build over.
Catch Basins & Troughs
The collection structures behind vanishing edges and perimeter overflows — steeled watertight, because the feature only works if the basin does.
Where Water Features Fail —
And How Steel Prevents It
When a feature cracks, leaks, or settles, the problem is almost never the finish. It's the structure underneath — decided on day one, at the steel phase.
One Structure, Not Two
Features tied into the shell as a continuous cage move with the pool as one piece. Features added as an afterthought crack at the cold joint — the most common failure we see.
Load Taken Seriously
Rock, water, and height add up fast. We steel to the engineered detail for the actual loads — not to what a standard wall usually gets.
Details at the Openings
Every scupper, penetration, and weir interrupts the structure. Reinforcement around those openings is where careful tying separates a feature that lasts from one that leaks.
Adding Water to the Design?
Pool Builders & GCs
Selling features means guaranteeing them. Our steel is why the waterfall you promised still holds its line at the one-year walkthrough.
How We Work With Pros →New Pool Builds
The best time to steel a feature is with the shell — one cage, one shoot, one structure. See how we handle full new-build steel.
New Pool & Spa Construction →Modern & Custom Designs
Vanishing edges, knife edges, and sculptural features live at the intersection of water and precision. That's our favorite place to work.
Custom Rebar for Modern Design →Build the Feature
That Still Works in 2046
Send us the plans — feature walls, waterfalls, fountains, or all of the above — and we'll steel the structure the show depends on. Watertight starts with the cage.