Never heard of any private pool being inspected .
In fact as I understand it there is no mechanism/authority that is responsible for such inspections.
At the time the law was passed the minister responsible said there would be no random/regular inspections. The authorities would only act if somebody complained and then only following an incident. (i.e you can't just 'phone up and say my neighbour's pool doesn't meet the security regs.)
Despite a lot of scare-mongering by pool security equipment suppliers have yet to hear of anybody being prosecuted.
rgds
Hagar
I am sure that you are right. Only thing is, if something dreadful were to happen, i.e. a drowning, and you had a non-compliant pool, then the consequences would be severe. A pool alarm with no adult present would surely be regarded as non-compliant, therefore a fence or security cover is absolutely essential, unless you plan never to leave the place - which seems completely unrealistic.
Dave
Dave,
Posted a long reply to this and somehow it dissappeared.
Essence was that the pool security legislation is NOT about public safety - it is about child security in the home environment.
That is why alarm systems on their own comply - and also why there is no inspection or enforcement regime in place.
hagar
Stu the Brewer wrote:As I understand it you would have to comply if you sold the house, this is the only check
Something like electricity regulations. You can fit what you like inside your own home/garden whther compliant or not. Nobody is going to come and inspect it or enforce the current regulations on you. Until you want to sell the property ..............
We have just returned from our "home" in France and as the weather was dreadful (i.e. wind - rain!!!!) just like Glasgow! I was amazed to hear our pool alarm going off (3 times in one hour) because of the wind whipping up the water. We are only there maybe 4/5 times a year for either weekends/one week stays and I am alarmed (excuse the pun!) that my neighbours are having to listen to this alarm going off with no-one there to run out with the little magnetic gadgets to silence it!!! Thankfully we (as far as I know) have had no-one complaining as yet to the Mairie BUT what is the point of this???? As far as I am concerned, if someone goes into our enclosed garden and drowns - TOUGH. They shouldn't have been there - should they????? And even if they do go in and drown and no-one bothers about the alarm - what happens then? MY FAULT I suppose???????? Does anyone know the legal position here??
Not wanting to get into another war on security
this is the section which you should think about when you have an alarm and you are not on site.
danger). L’intervention rapide en moins de 3 min d’un adulte responsable est obligatoire lorsque le signal
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Make your own mind up, this is info not my opinion.
If you want the full regs in French please pm
Hagar wrote: Stu the Brewer wrote:As I understand it you would have to comply if you sold the house, this is the only checkJust arranged the sale of a house for a client with an obviously non-compliant pool. I was present for all the diagnostique and the fosse inspection. No-one looked at the pool and it was not even mentioned. Who told you that they are checked when a house is sold? Something like electricity regulations. You can fit what you like inside your own home/garden whther compliant or not. Nobody is going to come and inspect it or enforce the current regulations on you. Until you want to sell the property .............. rgds hagar
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