Spring is the best time to order your pool fence, even if your pool won’t go in the ground until May or June. If you wait to order your pool fencing from a vendor after your pool gets installed in June, you’ll have difficulty getting the fence installed in time for your holiday celebration.

Why?

It’s a matter of scheduling. Once the warm weather breaks, the busy season for fence installation kicks in. Ordering a fence in early spring means a huge difference in getting placed on the installation schedule for any vendor. This time of year, there are fewer customers in the queue waiting to get permits from the county where they reside as well as fewer homeowners waiting for a fence to get installed.

The longer homeowners wait to order the aluminum pool fence during warmer weather, the longer it can take to get on the schedule to get the fence installed. Even if your pool isn’t scheduled for delivery until late June, you need to get your fence order on the books now so that once you fill the pool with water, there’s a fence around it. Failure to comply with having a fence around your pool means putting your investment at risk.

Pool fences keep your family, friends and pets safe and can also keep out unwanted guests.

Every state and local government has its own set of pool fence regulations that all consumers and businesses must follow when there’s a pool on their property. Failure to follow these guidelines means being subject to significant legal risks, such as being sued if there’s an accident. A great start for understanding the implications of pool ownership is to check out the guidelines the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission publishes each year.