Swimming pools are one of the best parts of living in Georgia. With a long swimming season and plenty of warm weather, backyard pools throughout Metro Atlanta get used for much of the year.
For families with young children or grandchildren, however, a pool also creates a safety concern that deserves more than a locked back door and attentive supervision.
A properly installed pool safety fence adds a physical barrier specifically designed to help prevent unsupervised access to the water while allowing families to continue enjoying their pool and backyard.
Why Fence the Pool Instead of Just the Yard?
Many Atlanta-area homes already have a fence around the property. That’s useful for privacy, pets and limiting access to the yard, but it doesn’t necessarily separate a child who is already in the home or backyard from the swimming pool.
That’s the purpose of an isolation pool fence.
Rather than relying solely on the perimeter of the property, an isolation fence creates a barrier around the pool itself. It provides another layer between the home, play areas and the water.
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission recommends layers of protection around residential pools, including barriers designed to prevent unsupervised access. Pool gates should be self-closing and self-latching, and adult supervision remains essential whenever children are around water.
Why Removable Mesh Pool Fencing Works Well for Atlanta Homes
Atlanta backyards vary enormously. Some pools sit on large suburban lots, while others are squeezed into relatively compact yards with patios, outdoor kitchens, landscaping and entertainment areas.
A removable mesh pool fence can be designed around the pool instead of consuming the entire backyard.
When adults want unrestricted access to the pool area, sections of the fence can be removed. When the barrier is needed, it can be put back in place.
The transparent mesh also preserves visibility. Homeowners can still see the pool and surrounding area instead of visually dividing the backyard with a solid fence.
A Pool Fence Has to Survive the Outdoors
Pool fencing spends its entire life exposed to sun, heat, rain, humidity, pool chemicals and regular use.
That makes construction important.
Baby Barrier® pool safety fencing is made in the USA using reinforced structural aluminum posts and UV-resistant PVC-coated mesh designed for long-term outdoor exposure. Stainless-steel hardware helps resist corrosion, while professional installation provides a fence layout designed specifically for the pool and deck where it will be used.
The result is a barrier designed to be strong without turning the pool area into a fortress.
Don’t Overlook the Gate
A pool fence is only as useful as the access point through it.
For families that regularly use their pool, a self-closing, self-latching gate provides convenient adult access without requiring someone to remove a fence section every time they enter the pool area.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission recommends that pedestrian pool gates open away from the pool and be self-closing and self-latching.
Regardless of the type of barrier installed, homeowners should periodically make sure gates close properly, latches engage as intended and nothing has been placed near the fence that could make it easier for a child to climb over it.
What About Pool Fence Requirements in Georgia?
Pool barrier requirements can vary depending on where you live, the type of pool and the building codes adopted by your local jurisdiction.
Metro Atlanta includes numerous cities and counties, so homeowners should confirm applicable permitting and barrier requirements with their local building department when installing or modifying a pool barrier.
Code compliance is important, but families should also remember that meeting the minimum legal requirement and creating the best safety arrangement for a particular home aren’t necessarily the same thing.
A professional pool fence installer can help design a layout that considers the home, pool, deck, gates, walking paths and areas children regularly use.
The Original Removable Pool Safety Fence
The idea behind Baby Barrier started with a family.
In 1963, a Florida grandfather wanted a way to help keep his young grandsons safer around his swimming pool. The solution became the original removable pool safety fence.
More than 60 years later, Baby Barrier continues to manufacture pool safety fencing in the United States using the same basic idea: create a strong, practical barrier between young children and the water without preventing families from enjoying their pool.
Today, Baby Barrier fences can be found around residential pools across the country.
Pool Safety Is About Layers
No fence makes a swimming pool childproof, and a pool barrier should never replace attentive adult supervision.
Instead, think in layers: supervision, swimming skills, properly maintained barriers, self-closing and self-latching gates, door alarms or other appropriate safeguards, and adults who know what to do in an emergency.
The purpose of a pool safety fence is to add one more significant obstacle between an unsupervised child and the water.
Looking for a Pool Safety Fence in Metro Atlanta?
Baby Barrier has professional installers serving Metro Atlanta and surrounding communities.
Whether you’re adding a fence because you have young children at home, grandchildren who visit, or simply want another layer of protection around your pool, a local Baby Barrier professional can help you evaluate the space and design a fence around your particular pool and backyard.
Contact Baby Barrier today for a free pool safety fence estimate in Metro Atlanta.
