Learn how to install an AWS Genesis Bar Lifting Kit system.
Chuck from Advanced Waterfall Systems introduces the Genesis Lifting Bar, a purpose-built three-part tool for moving the Genesis waterfall base. The kit consists of a center tube with handle, a cross bar, and a cotter pin. AWS designed it specifically to avoid using straps, which can be unsafe or damage the rock surface. Chuck shows how the bar threads through the holes built into each side of the Genesis base, is locked with the cotter pin, and is then lifted by the center tube handle.
What You'll Learn
- The Genesis Lifting Bar is a three-part kit: a center tube with an integrated handle, a cross bar, and a cotter pin
- It is designed specifically to lift the Genesis waterfall base—the heavy central basin in Genesis kit installations—which has one hole on each side for the bar to pass through
- Thread the cross bar through the side holes of the Genesis base and through the center tube, then insert the cotter pin on one end to lock the assembly
- The handle on the center tube becomes the lift point; no straps or chains need to contact the rock surface
- AWS designed this tool to eliminate straps, which can be unsafe and risk damaging the artificial rock finish
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the AWS Genesis Lifting Bar and what problem does it solve?
The Genesis Lifting Bar is a purpose-built three-part tool that moves the Genesis waterfall base without using straps. Straps can be unsafe and can damage the artificial rock surface. The bar threads through holes that are built into the base, giving a secure, controlled lift that keeps hardware away from the rock finish.
What are the three parts of the Genesis Lifting Bar kit?
The kit has three components: (1) a center tube with an integrated handle, (2) a cross bar that passes through the Genesis base's side holes and through the center tube, and (3) a cotter pin that locks the bar in place on one side of the assembly.
How do you assemble and use the Genesis Lifting Bar?
Position the center tube at the center of the Genesis base, then slide the cross bar through the hole on one side of the base, through the center tube, and out through the hole on the other side. Insert the cotter pin to secure the bar on one end. Attach your hoist or lifting equipment to the handle on the center tube and lift.
Which part of the Genesis waterfall system does the lifting bar work with?
The bar is designed for the Genesis base, which is the central basin of a Genesis waterfall kit. In a finished installation the base sits in the center with boulder sections flanking it on left and right and the waterfall top above.
Can regular lifting straps be used instead of the Genesis Lifting Bar?
AWS specifically engineered the bar to replace straps. Straps can be unsafe and may damage the rock surface. The Genesis base has built-in holes matched to the bar dimensions, so the bar is the recommended method for moving it.
Video transcript
Hello. This is Chuck from Advanced Waterfall Systems, and today we're gonna discuss our Genesis Lifting Bar. Okay? What the Genesis Lifting Bar is, it's a three part kit. Now this piece right here and this piece right here and a little pin.
And the idea behind it, okay, is to lift this is a base for one of our [[product-genesis-waterfall-kits]]. Okay? So when you see it finished, this is the center, and then there's boulders on the left and boulders on the right and a waterfall top. Okay. So the idea is to safely and easily move this basin, right, which weighs a couple 100 pounds.
So what we did was we came up with a way to lift this simply and easily without having to incorporate straps or anything that might be safe or might damage the rock. So we came up with this Genesis lifting bar setup. Right? So what you do is I'll show you guys how it works, but essentially it's three parts. It's this tube with a handle, this bar right here, a cotter pin.
Let me show you how it works. The way the way this works is there's two holes on one hole on each side of this Genesis base. Okay? So what you do is you put this bar in the center, and then you slide the bar through the holes and through this center piece right here. Right?
You put this in like this, and you slide it in here like this. K? And then you put the cotter pin in on one side, and then there you can see this handle right here is you can lift it.