[barrycdog]

I am leasing a home in the area and had a question about pool alarms. What is required is the UL-2017 audible alarm that is 100 decibels. Lowes has them for $20 dollars and Leslie pool has them cheaper. This is what I found online.

"In-ground and above-ground swimming pools in Georgia must be outfitted with an alarm system at their points of entry. At the pool's fence or gate's point of access, an alarm must sound within seven seconds of entry and last for at least 30 seconds. By state law, the pool's alarm must be a distinct sound, unlike a fire or security alarm, within the home. The pool's alarm system is designed to alert adults if a child or animal has entered the pool area unsupervised."

Read more: Pool Fence Laws in Georgia | eHow.com http://www.ehow.com/list_6775903_pool-fence-laws-georgia.html#ixzz1yXMq4KQb"

In light of what has happened recently what ideas do some of you who own a pool to keep it as safe as possible. I am installing my alarms on the doors and want to let bring the outside gate alarm inside so I can hear it. There may be a trick to extending the alarm. Thanks for any info

[mei lan]

This doesn't sound right. Brown's installed our in-ground pool (and a great job they did), and nothing they said or in their literature suggested that pool alarms are mandatory at all entry points.

However, the ehow article below (which I generally equate with Wikipedia...i.e., good for quick info, but do your own research) states that Georgia pools must have fences, but that the house may be one side of the fence. IN THIS CASE, a pool alarm on the door leading to the pool is required.

http://www.ehow.com/...ws-georgia.html

I do know that we have been obsessive about safety with our pool. Our house does not make up any part of our pool fence. We have a 6' privacy fence around ours (the fence company wouldn't even consider a chain link fence...the fence designer said that he personally knew a three-year-old who scaled a 6' chain link fence and drowned in a pool). Each of the two gates has a latch that's between 4' and 5' above ground level. The latches are self-closing, and we have padlocks on both. The combinations of the padlocks are known by the adults in our house and by my next-door neighbor. I have been known to come unglued when someone leaves the padlock off when leaving the pool (my absent-minded sister comes to mind).

This is in no way a commentary on recent events or on anyone else's pool. I don't know anyone else's circumstances, and only know what we've done.

This post has been edited by mei lan: 22 June 2012 - 02:38 PM

[mei lan]

barrycdog, on 22 June 2012 - 10:46 AM, said:

I am installing my alarms on the doors and want to let bring the outside gate alarm inside so I can hear it. There may be a trick to extending the alarm. Thanks for any info

I still haven't found out any other information on this. But kudos to you for being so focused on safety. When we were putting in our fence, I researched the alarm stuff to see if we needed to do it. I really liked (and still do) the idea of bringing the alarm inside so you can hear it.