How Do You Install A Pool Safety Fence?
A pool safety fence is an important way to protect your family, neighbors and pets. Children are particularly vulnerable to pool accidents. Annually, thousands of children are treated in hospital emergency rooms after falling into residential pools. The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) estimates that 300 children under 5 years old drown every year in swimming pools. According to the CPSC, residential pool barriers and constant supervision are the best ways to reduce the rate of children who drown in home swimming pools. Step 1 Review pool fence safety guidelines and local government safety ordinances. Safety guidelines are designed to prevent children from getting over, under or through a pool barrier. According to the Consumer Product Safety Commission, all fence openings should be narrower than 2 inches and have less than 4 inches of clearing between the ground and bottom of the fence. Fences should also be at least 4-feet-high, when measuring the side of the fence facing aw
