Havasu Pool Barriers: Block walls, fences, glass barriers
As much as I enjoy our pool, I recognize the fact that it can be a lethal home
addition. Even a shallow play pool can be the potential site of a drowning.
And it isn’t just children that we have to be concerned about. The
swimming pool can be a dangerous area for your pet, even the pet that routinely
scampers around the pool with the family. I personally know of two
families whose pets drowned, and in both instances the animals were familiar
with the swimming pools.
There are local regulations regarding
swimming pool barriers. The fencing or wall must be 5 feet high, from the
exterior. Therefore if you have a 6 foot wall around your yard, and your
neighbor’s lot is terraced or slopped higher than your yard, making the height
of the wall 4 feet from the neighbor’s side, you will need a higher wall.
Although the house next door sits at a much higher
elevation, with a tall retaining wall, the lower level lot still needed to
install a fence for a pool barrier, as the rod iron fence on top, did not meet
the height requirement for a pool barrier.
There are various barrier choices, from
chain link to block wall. If you go for the less expensive chain link, you
will either need to have the slats installed, or ask for a smaller, pool mesh
(which is more difficult for a child to climb than the standard non-slatted
chain link).
Self closing doors and gates will also be
required. And if you are buying a home with a swimming pool, it is the
buyer’s responsibility, not the seller’s, to assure the barriers are up to code.
