[SBprone]

There's an interesting show on the Home & Garden channel called "Liquid Design." It features homes built around exotic water features such as man-made waterfalls, rooftop pools and indoor/outdoor pools. I find it fascinating to see wacky rich people and their architects play chicken with nature. They're fooling with the single greatest threat to human habitation: WATER.

Once uncontrolled water arrives in your home a host of destructive problem will develop, and black algae is only one of them.

[sit-rep]

Metal studs...

I sell all my basement totals with metal instead of wood. Galvanised and won't hold water. Big seller. Makes a straight wall too.

SR