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If you need to enter your neighbour's property to build part of a pool fence, you must get permission. You can use a Form 41-agreement to contribute for fencing work for a pool barrier (PDF) to formalise the agreement with your neighbour.

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If one pool owner requires fencing work and the other doesn't, the owner requiring the work must pay the full cost.If both pool owners need to make the fence compliant, the owners share the cost equally.If there is a pool on both sides of the dividing fence: The pool owner must pay the full cost where the fencing work is required for a pool fence to comply with the pool safety laws. request an order through the Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (QCAT) to change your proposal.

You need to give your neighbour the Form 39 at least 14 days before starting any work, or at least 1 month before starting work if your neighbour also has a pool.

what access you need to build the fence.

If you can't, or don't want to, discuss the work with your neighbour, you must give them a notice about the proposed work using a Form 39-notice of proposed fencing work for a pool barrier (PDF). This form outlines: Talk about changes you need to make to the fence to meet the pool safety laws, or the new fence you want to build to enclose your pool.

if the fence is at least 1800mm in height-you can have a 900mm non-climbable zone from the top of your side of the fence.ĭiscuss your fencing work with your neighbour before making any decisions.

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install a 60 degree wedge on the rails to prevent them being used for climbing and provide the required non-climbable zone.

If your neighbour's side of the fence does not have a minimum 900mm vertical gap (non-climbable zone) between rails, you may be able to: You must make sure a child couldn't climb the fence from your neighbour's side to get into your pool area. Check the fence can't be climbed on both sides Where the existing fencing is more than 1,800mm high, the replacement fence must be the same height unless your neighbour agrees to change it. Where there is an existing dividing fence you must use similar materials and colours to those already being used, unless this will mean your pool fence will not comply with pool safety laws. If you need to build, replace or modify the fence you share with your neighbour you must follow a few guidelines. You may need to modify your existing fence or build a separate barrier to meet the pool safety standard.

has no accessible climbable items within 300mm on the inside.

You might be able to use your boundary fence as a pool barrier if it is:

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See our video, How to measure the height of barriers at stairs for more information on measurements.

Check the joins and shake the panels to make sure they are firmly in place and haven't dropped so that they reduce the legal fence height.

Glass panels can move out of position or be dislodged when the ground or foundation moves with the weather conditions.

For stairs this means you need to measure from the top of the stair tread nosing straight up to the top of the fence (measure in a right angle to the stair nosing).

Fence height must always be a minimum of 1200mm and must be measured at right angles to the finished ground level or solid stable surface.

With glass panels it is a common problem to have gaps at stairways greater than 100mm.

All pool fences must have no gaps under the bottom greater than 100mm.

They should be a minimum of 900mm long on each side of any climbable objects to prevent access to the pool. These are commonly known as pin-fixed panels or face-fixed panels.

You can avoid ledges by attaching panels to the outside face of the fence base.

Make sure your fence has no accessible ledge greater than 10mm around the outside of the barrier.

Owners of glass panel pool fences face a few common problems that may make their fences unsafe: Ledges on the outside If you want to build a pool fences with glass panels you must make sure the panels: