Buelligan said:
Hey I got one for you. We have someone installing a new pool and on one side of his yard, at the property line, the neighbor has a 6 ft. privacy fence and the horizontals are away from the pool. They are less than 45" apart and no covering. The neighbor will not turn the fence around and the fence is eniterly around his yard. So one would have to circumvent the 6' fence to get to this pool. So would you accept this situation or what solutions would you propose? I suggested adding the same picketts to the fence on the opposite side to cover up the horizontals. Another idea would be to build another fence but how far away would it have to be from this 6' fence so that one could not use it to get over his 4' fence? Obviously they are reluctant to spend any money on his neighbors fence but this, in my opinion, will not meet code. Any thoughts?Mike
Buelligan,
1st off think of this in reverse, what if the neighbor installed their fence after this person did?
In any matter, as a custom fence builder, we always tell clients that the pool barrier should be approximately 42 inches minimum from the property line. Most don't like it, but after talking to them about it they get the picture.
A.) when more than 36" in from the property line someone needs to trespass to get to the fence.
B.) Objects placed on neighboring property is not within a small kids reach.
C.) cutting the lawn is so much simpler when the mower fits.
D.) Forget the clients current fence what about planter boxes and other fixed raised beds the neighbor can add.
Though one could argue that what happens once on the other side of the property line is not part of the equation, it surly sums up the problem fast.
I would simply state according to what I am seeing, this does not comply with the intent of the code and your fence needs to be set back min-36" according to the CPSC. (I know don't say it, may be leave out CPSC and say industry standards)
The 36" climbable offset from fence is in the new (swimming pool stand alone code ) might not be in the current but in the CPSC and Newer coming codes.
Also in ASTM standard I believe... again not code, but common place.
Let them think awhile and also leave them with do you want to hear splish splash in the night...........
Tom