Congratulations! Though having a pool at a residence is not a big deal nowadays, but for someone who is getting a pool installed for the first time, it is quite exciting and we are excited for you. But with excitement and all the fun that a pool brings to your home, there is an undeniable danger to it too. If proper care is taken and precautionary measures of course, the danger can be effectively eliminated.
What is the danger you might ask and how can it be eliminated you might wonder? Well, Pool Fencing in Melbourne can keep the said “danger” away from your pool and pool parties. Now onto the danger, research has shown that in the last 25 years almost 1000 children under the age of 5 have died by drowning in Australia. While the statistics for drowning is this high, wait till you hear the number of children taken to the hospital because of near drowning: above 7000 in the past 25 years alone.
Even with active adult supervision it only takes about 20 seconds for a child to drown. Leaving your children out in the pool while you quickly grab a drink from the kitchen or run to the loo or even answer the phone is not proper supervision. While one may make a proper case about supervision, in this article we will brush up on how fencing can significantly eliminate or prevent any unfortunate incident from taking place in your household.
When thinking objectively, pools do not only pose a threat because of water. The average depth of a pool varies in between from 3 feet to 5 feet. If the area around your pool is tiles to prevent water seepage, then there is a high probability of the surface being wet most of the times. If you have children on your property, in all likeliness they are used to running around the house and the garden. Who can blame them? They are children and they need and want to have fun.
Because of the slippery surface around the pool, if there is no protection like fencing around the pool, it is fairly easy for children to slip and fall inside the pool. While the pool may or may not be filled with water is irrelevant. A 5 foot fall in an empty with pressure can injure a toddler significantly and can bring permanent damage to their body as well. If the toddler falls inside the water and is not able to swim or there is no adult present to supervise, there is a high chance of drowning is very high.
Pool fencing in Melbourne has been made a law, but people sometimes do have issues with the restriction it applies to their properties if they do not have children in their homes. Age is also not a factor to be considered because it is fully plausible for an adult to fall into a pool in the dark accidentally too. Not even that but pool owners do host pool parties and it is easily possible for any of their friends to bring their children over too.
If you are queasy about how fencing may ruin the aesthetic of your garden, there are plenty of options available that can look aesthetically pleasing in any setting i.e. glass fencing, wood fencing or aluminium. Also, if you are very determined about keeping the aesthetics of your garden intact you can also redesign your garden keeping in mind the pool fencing so everything blends together because pool safety should be kept at first priority.
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