Restrict Access to Pool Side Area with Pool Fences Sydney
Safety around the poolside area is something not to ignore at all. This safety can be guaranteed easily with the help of pool fences Sydney. These pool fences ensure that you restrict access to your pool and prevent incidents like drowning.
WHAT IS THE REASON BEHIND POOL SAFETY?
Drowning is the most common reason behind the death of children and animals.
Other common causes include –
• Unsupervised access to pools through faulty gates and barriers
• Ladders left against the pool and gates propped open
• Small portable pools remaining full of water without supervision or a complying barrier
The law now mandates that any water body that can hold 400 mm depth of water should be fenced using swimming pool fencing.
HOW TO RESTRICT POOL ACCESS?
Laws say that pools, including spa hot tubs and temporary swimming pools, should have pool fencing Sydney.
This will prevent unsupervised access by young children and pets.
The pool fences Sydney must restrict access to the pool from –
• The house
• Other buildings
• Vehicle or pedestrian access ways
• Other areas of the property
WHAT IS NOT ALLOWED IN THE POOL AREA?
All non-pool-related activities and items should be kept away from the poolside area. This would include the following –
• Clotheslines
• Play equipment
• Vegetable gardens
• Dog kennels
• General storage areas
POOL FENCES SYDNEY SAFETY CHECKLIST
This swimming pool fencing –
• Should restrict access to the pool and poolside area
• Should be at least 1.2 meters in height
• Should have no climbable features on the outside of the pool fences Sydney
• Should not have any gaps that exceed 100 millimetres
POOL GATE SAFETY CHECKLIST
Gates into the pool area must:
• Open away from the pool area
• Self-close and self-latch unaided from any distance
• Comply with the rules for fences
• The gate installed with pool fences must be
• Minimum of 1.5 m up of the ground
• Inaccessible from the outside except by reaching at least 1.2 m
CONTACT US: ASSURED GLASS FENCING
https://www.assuredglassfencing.com/
Phone: 0412 414 845
Address: Unit 18/25/31 Airds Rd. Minto NSW 2566, Australia
E-mail: assuredglass@bigpond.com
