The stories are shocking and horrifying, but we hear them all too often. A child wanders off, falls into a pool and drowns. Whoever hears about these events is pained at the tragedy, but for pool owners there’s something proactive you can do to prevent such a terrible event from ever taking place on your property: install a glass pool fence around your pool fence sydney.
This is more than just a cautious and compassionate act – in Australia, it is the law. Because of the very real dangers that open pool areas present, Australia has pool fencing legislation requiring pool owners to protect the public – and their families – by putting up a safe and secure fence around their pool.
Children aren’t the only ones at risk. There are also many incidences of pets who fall into pools and drown each year. Another group at risk are the elderly. An elderly adult who suffers from Alzheimer’s disease or some other such form of dementia is also in danger of drowning should they wander off – which happens to be more common than you’d think – and find themselves in the area of a pool.
For many pool owners, the real danger that an open pool presents, as well as the legal obligation, are reason enough to put up a fence. But while it’s something that needs to be done, an obvious concern is how the fence will negatively impact the outdoor aesthetics.
Chain fences are generally unattractive. Wooden or iron fences can be decorative, but they chop up the landscape in a harsh manner, making it seem smaller, less open, and all together less appealing.
An excellent alternative to traditional types of outdoor pool fencing is the innovative frameless glass pool fence. This type of fence offers a sleek and modern design that not only doesn’t break up the beautiful outdoor landscape, it actually enhances it. While the fence itself is nearly invisible, due to the fact that it is almost entirely made of glass, it is also very artistic, and lends the area a high end, luxurious look.
So just what exactly is a frameless glass pool fence?
The fence is made up of a series of glass panels. The term frameless means that three out of four sides of each glass panel are left open, with nothing between them and the rest of the panels. The result is a fence that appears, at first glance, to be just glass panels standing on their own… if you even notice that they’re there!
While the usual place for the metal frame (after all, there does have to be one!) is along the bottom of the fence, there are actually quite a few different solution, known as frameless or semi-frameless. Some fences will be designed with decorative connectors in between the panels, and yet others will add an elegant connector on the top.
The options are endless – and highly customizable. Consult a leading frameless glass pool fence company for you to enjoy a perfect fence designed and installed for your pool, no matter what size or style you are looking for.