Swimming pools are troubled waters …

Swimming and swimming pools are supposed to be fun ... right?  Cooling off when it’s hot, lazing beside them when you feel lazy, watching the kids have fun and even a place for the dogs to burn off some energy.

But, when the swimming pool is in a multi dwelling property (like strata apartments) they are also troubled waters.

That’s because there’s a lot of safety controls over pools.  For instance in Queensland, pools are controlled in the following ways.

• There are government trained and accredited pool safety inspectors
• All pool enclosures must be certified and the certificate to be displayed at the building entrance or at the pool itself
• Doors and windows cannot directly access pool areas and need transit areas and/or opening restrictors
• A maximum 100mm gap only is allowed under a pool fence
• No climbable object can be within 300 mm of the pool fence or barrier
• New resuscitation signs with more details are required for all pools

For further clarifications go to the government website, it is www.dlgp.qld.gov.au/pool-safety/pool-safety-laws.html

And, it seems that most existing pools in Queensland will not comply with these new restrictions.

So, watch our before your next dive into the swimming pool.

Francesco …