Why Settle For A Removable Pool FenceRemovable pool fencing as a method of pool safety has proven to be the most practical and successful blockade that prevents pool drowning. The theory is straightforward. If you separate the pool from your home and remove all means of entry to the water for children and toddlers, you eliminate completely any kind of pool related accident. Therefore, for the pool to be really isolated the barriers and the pool safety equipment should work effectively so that the only reason for the pool fence to be opened is when it is being used or serviced. This process gets rid of having to open the pool fence to go out a screen enclosure door or into your backyard. These areas should be easy to get to with no opening of the pool fence. The more a fence is opened, for reasons other than to use the pool, the bigger the chance that it will be left unlocked for whatever cause. Protection is always your chief layer of defense, but as studies show, 69% of the pool related drowning incidents happened when supervision was unsuccessful and "backup layers" where absent. This is why entry doors to the pool area with elevated locks are a secondary layer of defense. An additional feature like alarms on access doors adds one more layer of protection. A pool safety fence separating the pool from your house and all entrances is again another layer of protection. The pool fence is built of see through, polyester mesh build up on fiberglass or aluminum prop up poles. The fence is fixed into plastic or aluminum sleeves mounted into your deck exterior. The foundation margin of the fence material is flushed to the deck so as to stop a child from shoving under. The fundamental principle that maintains the swimming pool fence in place is bilateral tension which is checked occasionally to guarantee that you get advantage of its full function. An average pool fence is detachable in about twelve foot subdivisions. Each subdivision can be rolled up with no trouble since it weighs only eleven pounds. The typical one hundred foot fence can be detached in less than fifteen minutes and be reinstalled in about the same time. Most families, however, never take down the fence until children are old enough not to need this safety system any longer. An important feature of removable pool fences are the self-closing, self-latching gates that automatically offer superior protection if there are individuals in the house who may forget to close the gate after opening them. Since the gate does not have to be actually closed or locked by the individual, it is a more sensible alternative when there are older children in the home who have unsupervised entrance to the pool. A self-closing gate and its locks makes use of an automatic system situated outside and are prone to wear and tear from use, corrosion, mechanical failure and misalignment; therefore extra effort must be exerted to make certain that the gate is performing properly. Another recommended feature for parents looking for the highest level of safety is to have a Wireless Gate Alarm installed with their self-closing, self-latching gate. With the special system and the weatherproof wireless gate monitor, the wireless gate alarm now offers two layers of security in private and community residence. When the apparatus called the turtle wearer falls into the water, the alarm will be set off. Alarm is also activated when an armed exterior gate is opened if the adult pass switch is not turned on, or within 11 seconds if the gate is left opened. |