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Safeguarding your swimming pool with
fencing or other protective barriers is essential. This doesn't mean
swimming pool fencing serves only one purpose. Many people are
finding out that swimming pool fencing and protective barriers add
stylish to their pool areas, as well as enhancing their landscaping.
Others find it necessary to install pool fencing to comply with
local regulations or face hefty fines.
Over 900 children's lives are lost annually to drowning. The leading
injury-related cause of death in children between the ages of 0 to 5
is drowning, and it is the
second leading injury-related cause of death between the ages of
5-14. To better protect against child drowning inground swimming
pool fencing and above ground swimming pool fencing should be no
less than four feet in height and have self-latching gates. Fencing
also provides a safeguard for adults with disabilities, as well as
for any pets that may wander unsupervised into the swimming pool
area.
Whatever your reason for erecting swimming pool fencing or
protective barriers around your pool, you will be glad to know that
pool fencing is easy to install. It is
readily available, and comes in a variety of styles to suit your
tastes and compliment your landscaping.
The average do-it-yourselfer can install swimming pool fencing
quickly and easily, usually in a matter of hours. Even if you choose
not to install fencing yourself, a contractor can have it installed
usually in one day.
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SAFETY BENEFITS OF POOL FENCING
Many areas of the country require the addition of pool fencing to
the pool area as an increased measure of safety. Both inground and
above ground models offer increased security and help bring peace of
mind
to many pool owners (read more
about
pool safety
fencing )..
The Center for Disease Control
recommends that four-sided, isolation pool-fencing with self-closing
and self-latching gates be installed around the pool. Aside from
required 4-foot height minimum, your swimming pool fence should
completely enclose your swimming pool,
separating it from the house and play area of the yard.
Pool safety tips
Drowning prevention
Above ground pool fencing kits
Safety fence for inground pools
financing a pool fence
Pool fence landscaping
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