Balcony Barriers

• Any part of the balcony floor intrudes into the non climbable zone of the pool safety barrier.
• The balcony has stairs that directly access the pool.

Balcony barrier over a pool area

• AS1926.1-2012 is silent on the situation of balconies that project over a pool area.  In this type of situation access into the pool might be available via balcony doors, windows or steps
• AS1926.1-2007 (balcony, window and retaining wall requirements (access to a pool from an upper level)) guidelines may assist.
• A balcony barrier is to comply with AS1926.1 requirements where:
• • the distance (h3) from any part of the floor of the balcony to the finished ground level of the pool area is less than 1800mm or
  • the balancy has stairs into the pool.

Australian Standards can be viewed at Sutherland Library or purchased from SAI Global.