Is it law to have your pool to have a isolation fence surrounding it?

I get so annoyed whenever I hear that another child has drowned in a backyard pool. And then the parents go on tv and tell us to watch our children.





I have kids, and I look after young children - I am always watching them around the pool, when I have to leave the pool area, I make the kids leave to, and lock the gate.





It is also law where I live that the pool must be fully enclosed by an isolation fence, with a self closing latch.





So do you have to have a isolation fence where you live?





Is it law to have your pool to have a isolation fence surrounding it?
ALL pools have to have a fence around them BY LAW some people think god is looking after the kids while mums havin coffee with the school mums...and poor little johnny is drowning.





It was sad to hear the news.Is it law to have your pool to have a isolation fence surrounding it?
Laws vary by municipality. I used to live in a township that required pools to be fenced in. That is an excellent idea, however, there was a family in my neighborhood who had one of their own children drown in their own pool during a short period of time when the child's mother was distracted by a telephone call.





When I was young, the big concern was the pool as an ';attractive nuisance'; which would attract uninvited guests. A chain link fence was supposed to keep uninvited guests out. Often it did not keep out fence jumpers.





Where I live now, some people have ';above-ground'; pools, and many of them think it is sufficient that they remove the ladder leading to the pool deck to keep uninvited guests out. This bothers me. I would much rather see the local government require all pools, whether in-ground or above-ground, be fenced in and locked.






In ground pools in most states have to be enclosed with a fence and a locked gate. Above ground only require that the ladder to the pool has to have a lock on it if it's above a certain height. Lower in ground that kids could scale have to have a fence and locked gate. I think this safety law are all about the same through out the States or it should be.
Most areas have a code that say there must be a 6 foot fence around the pool. This fence can be around the yard that the pool is in. It must also have a gate that automatically shuts and latches.





This is to help keep neighborhood children out of the pool, not necessarily your own children.
all it takes is a second of distraction for tragedy to happen, if you can afford to install a fence, then install one just to have peace of mind, contact the local ordinance pertaining to backyard pools and how that are to be secured by the owner
I moved from the house a few years ago, but we had a pool and it had another fence around the pool. It was the law of our town as well. We had a lock on it.
It depends on local law.





I do not know, offhand, of any State that has a statewide law on the subject, but there are many, many cities and counties that do.





Richard
Every municipality has it's own rules about this. Where I grew up, neither a fence nor a gate was required. Everyone had 5 foot above-ground pools. There was not a single incident.
In most areas, this is a municipal concern... you have to call the city to research. A good bet that some sort of fence will be required.
Some states require it.