Pool Fence = Check

amberfernandez

We know in order to pass the homestudy we needed to put up a 5 ft pool fence.  Our goal is to finalize our adoption within 6-months, so we went ahead and put in the fence even though CA hasn't sent us the paperwork yet to start the homestudy.  (For those of you thinking, wait, she already has a baby, but hasn't passed a homestudy,....In CA, for independent adoptions, the homestudy is not started until after placement, and must be started within one-year)

Pool Fence = Check 

Feels like we just jumped a HUGE hurdle!

gstf344

It looks great and Congratulations!  By the way, I am so jealous you have a pool! :-)

amberfernandez

I'm surprised the previous owners put a pool in our backyard, we have such a tiny yard!  We literally have a concrete backyard with wall-to-wall pool!  It's so worth it though during our 110 degree Sacramento Summers.

Amy720

It's so interesting to know that you don't do a homestudy until after the placement.  The pool fence looks great!  BTW, we got Ben an above ground pool this year and we are in it all the time.  With the heat and humidity here in Georgia, it feels above 100 most of the summer.  You are sure going to enjoy that pool with your LO.

JanieJones

wow, you need to fence the pool away from the house?? ?I would have thought a fence around the perimeter of your yard would be sufficient, since like you say it's wall-to-wall pool & concrete. ? ?Are the HS rules tougher than the city bylaws?

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amberfernandez

JanieJones:

wow, you need to fence the pool away from the house??  I would have thought a fence around the perimeter of your yard would be sufficient, since like you say it's wall-to-wall pool & concrete.    Are the HS rules tougher than the city bylaws?

Not sure if it's CA, or Placer County, but you are not allowed to have any access points from the house to the pool.  Unfortunately, a window is considered an access point, even if it has an alarm.  In addition, the fence is required to be 5-ft tall, can be removable (ours is removable thankfully, it rolls up, as it's mesh with fiber glass poles), and must have a self latching/closing gate.  The State also has rules on the direction a gate to the backyard can open if there is a pool. 

Instead of the fence, we are allowed to put a Katch-A-Kid system over the pool, which is a very cool system (google it), but it's almost double the price of a fence, so of course we went fence.

 

 

 

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Whoa -- 5' is a TALL fence!  It looks great though!

Ours is only 3.5 or 4', but I don't think there was a height requirement for our homestudy, it just had to have a fence and locking gates.  Thankfully our fence was here when we bought the house!

Don't forget to call your insurance company -- a fence around our pool was a significant discount on our homeowner's!

GLynn2009

We have a pool and a small fence that DD is already taller than around it. The pool area was never discussed during our homestudy and we sat in the living room which overlooks the pool....

DD loves to "swim" but she will not use a float which scares me. We can not go out as much as I would like because DD has to be held the entire time and she is a fair skinned redhead. We go out while she naps then take her in for a little while when she gets up. So far no sunburns.