Not every above ground pool alarm on the market actually counts as a recognized safety feature, and that detail catches more owners off guard than you’d think. ASTM F2208 covers four categories of pool alarms, but California’s pool safety law only recognizes some of them as qualifying drowning prevention features, and that difference trips people … Read more
Nearly 70 percent of drownings among young children happen during non-swim time, when the child was not expected to be in or near the water, and for an above-ground pool, a ladder left down after the last swim can remain one of the clearest access routes into that risk. I have walked up to more … Read more
Above ground pool safety comes down to three access control layers: a compliant fence, a ladder that is actually secured between swims, and an alarm that catches what the first two miss. I have inspected plenty of backyards where the owner assumed the 48-inch pool wall was doing the job on its own, and in … Read more