Safe, compliant pool fencing built to AS1926 for homes across Geelong and the Bellarine Peninsula. Glass and tubular aluminium pool fences with self-closing, self-latching gates.
Pool fencing is a safety barrier surrounding a swimming pool or spa to keep young children away from the water. In Geelong and across Victoria, you generally do need an AS1926-compliant pool fence — at least 1.2m high, with gaps under 100mm, a non-climbable zone, and a self-closing, self-latching gate.
We build glass, tubular aluminium and steel pool fences to those safety-barrier principles. The detail that catches people out is the non-climbable zone — a planter box, a retaining-wall edge or a low garden tap on the wrong side of the fence can fail an otherwise-perfect barrier. We set out for it from day one. A registered pool safety inspector or your council signs off the final compliance; our job is to make that sign-off a formality.
Request a QuotePool fencing that passes its inspection and still looks the part, built for the salt air and the Victorian safety rules.
We install to the pool safety barrier principles in AS1926 — 1.2m minimum height, gaps under 100mm, a non-climbable zone, and self-closing, self-latching gates — to make the compliance check straightforward.
Frameless and semi-frameless glass gives you an unbroken view across the water. Tubular aluminium costs less, shrugs off knocks and never needs painting. We'll walk you through which suits your outlook and budget — and we'll tell you when glass is overkill for the spot.
Salt air off the bay is hard on cheap fixings — it pits untreated steel and chews through the wrong bracket within a season. Aluminium and glass don't rust, and we use stainless or marine-grade hardware so the spigots and hinges last as long as the panels. A hose-down a few times a year is the whole maintenance job.
The gate is where most barriers fail their inspection. We hang every pool gate to swing outward, away from the water, on hydraulic-closing hinges that pull it shut and latch it from any open position — with the latch set high or shielded so small hands can't reach it.
We pour wet concrete around every post and let it cure. Dry-packing a bag of mix down the hole and hoping the rain sets it is how fences end up leaning two summers later — and on the sandy blocks you get around Clifton Springs and St Leonards, a properly poured footing is the difference between rigid and wobbly.
We're Bellarine locals. We know which councils want what on a pool barrier, how the sites sit on the slopes above the bay, and what coastal exposure does to hardware over ten years. When we pack up, your yard is swept and the offcuts go with us.
Anyone who quotes you a pool fence over the phone is guessing. The price moves with the material and the shape of your yard, which is why we measure on site and put it in writing — a free on-site quote, no flat rate. As a rough order, tubular aluminium is the cheapest per metre. Semi-frameless glass costs more, and frameless glass more again — you're paying for that uninterrupted view across the water.
Factors that affect your pool fence cost include:
Four steps from the first measure to a barrier that's ready for the inspector.
We measure the pool surround, walk the non-climbable zone with you, check what we're fixing into, and sort out glass versus aluminium before anyone talks price.
One itemised quote: materials, gates, hardware, footings, clean-up, and a timeframe we'll actually hit. Nothing buried in the fine print.
We core-drill into concrete and paving, or pour wet footings into soil, spacing every post so the gaps stay under 100mm and the non-climbable zone stays clear.
Panels go up, the self-closing gate gets hung and adjusted until it latches every time, and we hand it over swept and ready for the inspector.
A plain-English guide to the Victorian pool safety barrier rules. This is general guidance only — your binding requirements depend on when your pool was built, so confirm them with a registered pool safety inspector or your council.
In Victoria, any pool or spa that can hold water deeper than 300mm needs a compliant safety barrier built to the AS1926 standard that applied when your pool was built — and yes, that catches inflatable and portable pools too. The whole point is simple: keep a toddler from reaching the water on their own. Here's what we design and build around.
In Victoria, pool and spa owners must register their pool barrier with their local council and lodge a certificate of barrier compliance on the required cycle. Building a new barrier may also need a building permit. We build to AS1926, but registration, permits and the formal compliance certificate are arranged between the owner, council and a registered pool safety inspector.
Important: the details above are general guidance and the exact requirements depend on when your pool was built. For the binding rules that apply to your property, always confirm with a registered pool safety inspector or your local council before you build or rely on a barrier.
If your barrier is already built and you need a compliance certificate or a safety check, we recommend Local Pool Inspections — registered pool safety inspectors servicing Geelong and the Bellarine.
