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Climb Stop Can a child easily climb your fence into your or a neighbouring pool area?
Timber boundary fences are often part of your pool fencing perimeter, these timber fences surrounding a pool area must comply with pool safety standards.
Climb Stop pool safety 60-degree angle wedge (tilt battens) installed to your timber fence creates a hard-to-climb surface, making it difficult for a child to climb your or your neighbours’ fence into a pool area.
You can’t put a price on your child’s safety!
Pool safety regulations for timber fences require that there is at least a 900mm gap between the horizontal rails, if this is less, a device must be fitted to the middle rail of the fence, which must have a minimum 60-degree angle to prevent the fence being climbed easily.
The device fitted must also have no areas with more than a 10mm wide vertical gap that could be used as a foot or finger hold to climb a timber fence….
Climb Stop is specifically designed for this purpose – the 60-degree angle of Climb Stop helps to create a slippery, angled surface that is harder to climb than a typical timber tilt batten/wedge restraint.
Climb Stop solves this problem by doing just this!
No gaps! 60 degree angle! Smooth hard to climb finish!
Climb Stop is simple to install, cost effective, keeps your children safe and your timber boundary fence pool safety compliant!
Is your timber boundary fence pool safety compliant?
To meet the Australian Pool Safety Standards your pool fence must comply!
If you have a timber boundary fence surrounding your pool area, your fence must comply with the pool fence safety standards – we have a checklist below.
Some Pool Fence Safety Guidelines
Your timber pool fence external horizontal rails must have a 60 degree product such as Climb Stop! to create a non climbable surface. At 68 degrees Climb Stop is over the required regulation recommended for pool compliance.
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- Your pool fence & gate are less than 100mm off the ground
- The horizontal rails of your pool fence are less than 10mm apart to insure there are no footholds.
- The gaps between the verticals of your pool fence are less than 10mm wide
- Your pool has no climbable objects within 900mm distance from the outside fence including garden rocks, BBQ’s, pot plants, trees, furniture, etc.
- Your pool fence has no climbable objects within 300mm from the inside.
- Your pool fence is permanent and high quality with no damages including holes or broken rails
- Your pool gate opens outwards, opposite direction of your pool and works effectively closing by itself.
- Your pool must be registered with your local council.
- Your pool fencing must be at least 1200mm high (please measure your entire pool barrier to ensure this covers the full perimeter.)
Always check with you local pool compliance inspector for your regions pool fence regulations!
Note: For a full description of pool compliance regulations for your region visit your local Government Sites for further information.