Browse Forums Building Standards; Getting It Right! 1 Jan 10, 2012 10:30 am So we decided that with the arrival of the new car, it was time to take the spa out of storage in the garage and find/make a permanent home for it. I am going to be building a deck later in the year, when the weather cools a bit and was always going to put the spa sunken into the deck with glass panels around it. However that just isn't going to work out and will also mean having to make a bigger deck, bigger stratco etc. So looking around I found a spot that I think will be perfect for it. Just outside and to the left of the back door there is a concrete area of 2.4m * 2.4m the spa is just on 2m * 2m. So this area should fit it fairly nicely the only draw backs are that the electricity meter is also located here, but we are getting quotes to have this moved, which was always part of the plan anyway. Now this concrete area is immediately underneath the upstairs balcony. So my plan was as follows, and I wanted to see if anyone could see any problems with this. So one side is the house and goes all the way up two stories and meets the bottom of the upstairs balcony which is 2700mm above. So I don't need to do anything there. Against the driveway I was going to build a screen fence with horizontal slats that go all way from the ground to the upstairs balcony so 2700mm high without any way to climb over it. I was going to do the same on the yard side as well (Because of the slope of the land this part is only 2500mm above ground. For the first 1200mm I was going to have the horizontal slats with no gaps between them and then everything above that height was going to have a 20 or 30mm gap between the slats. On the front side near the back door I was going to have a gate. There is a sloping ramp that comes from the backdoor down to the yard level as such to comply with the 1200mm height I was going to build this fence, including a gate at 1500mm high. I was going to build this the same as the bottom part of the rest of it with horizontal slats with no gap between them, and the gate was going to be the same. Obviously the gate will have self closing hinges and child safe latch. Now one thing is that the spa will be push right up against the driveway side and the house, which will leave approx 300mm between the gate and the garden side on the inside. I have read and re-read the rules at http://www.dlgp.qld.gov.au/resources...l-barriers.pdf and from what I can tell this should fully comply, there will be no footholds and no way in. My main question is it does not seem to account for this sort of setup in the rules and am not sure whether this will in fact comply. So just wondering if anyone can give me some tips and ideas? (located in Queensland) Cheers Dan Re: Building an enclosure/fence for a spa. Will this pass? 2Jan 12, 2012 5:41 pm I finally got through to someone on the council today who could answer my questions. He said what I am talking about will have no issues passing as long as the fence is sturdy and the gate has self closing hinges and a safety latch and opens outwards. However he said to have it certified in order to resell the house, we have to get a building permit and have plans submitted and improved. He said you have to do the same for inflatable pools too. What an absolute joke, it will end up costing me nearly $1000 in fees just to have a portable spa certified. Re: Building an enclosure/fence for a spa. Will this pass? 3Sep 16, 2014 4:15 pm It is a bit of a joke Dannymh, but people have died in all sorts of pools, and so all the rules. In Vic we have had a recent death which occurred when a pool was not completed but rain and wash-off had filled it enough to be over 225mm high and a child fell over and drowned after getting through the incomplete fence, so please heed the rules or you might be liable... and I was also told that the maintenance of the fence and latches and whatever else is of the same importance. Good luck. Leonardo_23 3 3234 Building a fence now will help limit people dumping rubbish and soil on your property. Many houses in suburbia on small lots have fences up before a build. I moved into a… 1 3568 Hi Our backyard colourbond fence located on a busy road and it wobbles when cars drive pass it and when it is windy as well. It's colourbond and with 8 posts concreted… 0 2021 |