Pool Codes
The information contained on this page is a general overview of swimming pool codes and may not apply to your local codes. Please, before ordering, check your local laws and regulations as they may vary from the B.O.C.A. or I.B.C. standards.
QCE Fence cannot be held responsible if the fence you order does not meet your local codes.
The most important codes are these:
• The fence must be at least 48" tall
• The minimum distance between the bottom rail and the next existing horizontal rail must be at least 45". So most 3-horizontal rail fence styles must be either 54" or 60" depending if there are spears above the top rail
• The spacing between pickets must be less than 4"
• The space between the bottom rail and the ground must be 4" or less
• The gate(s) must be self-closing, self-latching (The opening mechanism of the latch must be at least 54" above ground.) And all gates, that are accessible to the pool area, MUST open out, away from the pool area.
Please keep in mind when installing your fence, that any objects within 48"of the fence, on the outside of the fence (ex. Pool pumps, deck piers, lights, large rocks, retaining walls etc.), could technically be used as a “stepping-stone” making it easily accessible to your pool area. These codes are in place with the frame of mind to keep people from“getting-in” to the pool area, not “getting-out”. So you are always safer to enclose the objects in the fenced in portion of the yard.
