Posted: 6/15/2008 12:35:19 PM EDT
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Just looked a house today with an inground pool. The cover was a big ass blue tarp with bricks hold it down... obviously all bogged down with water and the pool was probably at least 1/3 empty underneath. A friend of mine had a pool cover where it had these things in the concrete and the cover attached to them... looked like a trampoline when it was all hooked up. I think he called it a porous cover. What I'm wondering is... considering the safety issues, particularly for children, with the old tarp and brick system ("IT'S A TARP!!!), are there states or counties or anything that mandate you HAVE to have the newer style covers for the "safety of the children" type thing. I figured this would have caught some public official's eye considering all the other safety things we're forced into like child car seats and such. Anything? |
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they're stronger than the plain sheet plastic kind. Raccoons walk out on both kinds and wash food in the pools of rainwater on the top. they weight it down and the water flows down to where thy are. They tear the plastic kind and then you get all the crud off the top in your pool. If you're really lucky the raccoon can pull himself out. You still should treat it as an open pool for safety reasons. |
Is that even enforced. I know I've seen homes with pools that didn't have a fence... unless the "guard rail" around an above ground counts. But I'm pretty sure I've still seen ingrounds without. |
Depends on State Laws, County or City Ordinances. then again if you don't adequately protect children from getting in your attractive nuisance, the law suit will learn you how. Usually a 6 foot fence is sufficient, etc. that fence can be all around the perimeter of your property or much closer. |