Installation of Pool Fences
Installing a pool fence is a must for new families. Toddlers can find their way to the pool and easily fall in, drowning before an adult or an older child even notices. Pool fences are safety apparatuses that can only be opened by an adult or teenager. The lock mechanism is placed at the top of the fence, out of the reach of a toddler. What's more, the lock generally requires a level of sophistication only possessed by adults or older children. Does this Spark an idea?
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Things You'll Need
- Tape measure
- Notepad and pen
- Eye protection
- Ear protection
- Drill
- Concrete bits
- Fine point marker
- Concrete screws
- Plastic sleeves
- Rubber mallet
- Screw gun
- Hand brush
Instructions
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Move any outdoor furniture and pool supplies and/or toys away from the pool. Measure the circumference around your pool with a tape measure. Write down the perimeter dimensions on a notepad with a pen. Allow enough room to be able to walk around the pool between the fence and pool edge. Purchase enough pool fencing to surround your pool.
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Stage the pool fence around the pool in the same place in which it is to be installed. Mark the concrete where the fence post cleats are located with a fine point marker. Place the tip of the marker into the cleat's bolt holes and make a visible mark. Repeat on every post cleat.
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Put on eye protection and ear protection. Insert a concrete drill bit into a drill and place the end of the bit into the fence's post cleat closest to the house. Score the concrete with the bit but do not drill into the slab yet. Repeat on the other cleat on the same fence panel. Remove the panel from the immediate area.
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Press the end of the concrete drill bit into the scored mark and drill a hole equal to the depth of the plastic sleeves. Once drilled, insert plastic sleeves into the drilled holes, hammering them down gently with a rubber mallet. Repeat this process on each consecutive pool fence panel.
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Begin installing the pool fence starting with the panel closest to the house. Place the panel in an upright position and fasten screws into the plastic sleeves with screws and a screw gun to secure the panel to the concrete slab. Snap in the next panel to the anchored panel with your hands and continue along the pool fence until each panel has been anchored.
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