Pool Safety Inspections in Brisbane

Older inner-Brisbane properties in suburbs like Bulimba, Ashgrove and Paddington often have timber boundary fences doing double duty as pool barriers. These need careful assessment of the non-climbable zone from the neighbour's side.

Pool barriers and boundary fences in Brisbane

Brisbane's older inner suburbs present the compliance problem we see more than any other: the pool barrier and the boundary fence are the same structure. In Bulimba, Ashgrove, Paddington and Norman Park, timber palings that were installed as a dividing fence are frequently doing double duty as a pool barrier they were never designed to be. The critical test is the non-climbable zone measured from the neighbour's side — a zone you do not control and cannot see from your own yard.

Queenslander homes and elevated pool areas

Brisbane's traditional elevated housing stock creates a second recurring issue. Where a pool sits under or beside a raised Queenslander, decks, stairs, landings and under-house storage often fall within the non-climbable zone, or provide a climbable route over the barrier entirely. These properties usually need the barrier assessed as a three-dimensional problem rather than a simple fence line.

Selling or leasing in Brisbane

If you are listing a Brisbane property with a pool, you need a current Form 23 on the QBCC register before settlement. We regularly work to agent and conveyancer timelines across the Brisbane City Council area, and can usually attend, report and lodge within a day or two of booking.

Brisbane suburbs we service

We carry out pool safety inspections across the Brisbane City Councilarea, including:

• Acacia Ridge
• Albion
• Alderley
• Algester
• Annerley
• Anstead
• Archerfield
• Ascot
• Ashgrove
• Aspley
• Auchenflower
• Bald Hills
• Balmoral
• Banyo
• Bardon
• Bellbowrie
• Belmont
• Berrinba
• Boondall
• Bowen Hills
• Bracken Ridge
• Bridgeman Downs
• Brighton
• Brisbane City
• Brookfield
• Bulimba
• Burbank
• Calamvale
• Camp Hill
• Cannon Hill
• Carina
• Carina Heights
• Carindale
• Carole Park
• Carseldine
• Chandler
• Chapel Hill
• Chelmer
• Chermside
• Chermside West
• Clayfield
• Coopers Plains
• Coorparoo
• Corinda
• Darra
• Deagon
• Doolandella
• Drewvale
• Durack
• Dutton Park
• Eagle Farm
• East Brisbane
• Eight Mile Plains
• Ellen Grove
• Enoggera
• Everton Park
• Fairfield
• Ferny Grove
• Fig Tree Pocket
• Forest Lake
• Fortitude Valley
• Gaythorne
• Geebung
• Gordon Park
• Graceville
• Grange
• Greenslopes
• Gumdale
• Hamilton
• Hawthorne
• Heathwood
• Hemmant
• Hendra
• Herston
• Highgate Hill
• Holland Park
• Holland Park West
• Inala
• Indooroopilly
• Jamboree Heights
• Jindalee
• Kangaroo Point
• Karana Downs
• Kedron
• Kelvin Grove
• Kenmore
• Kenmore Hills
• Keperra
• Kuraby
• Larapinta
• Lota
• Lutwyche
• Lytton
• MacGregor
• Mackenzie
• Manly
• Manly West
• Mansfield
• McDowall
• Middle Park
• Milton
• Mitchelton
• Moggill
• Moorooka
• Morningside
• Mount Coot-tha
• Mount Crosby
• Mount Gravatt
• Mount Gravatt East
• Mount Ommaney
• Murarrie
• Nathan
• New Farm
• Newmarket
• Newstead
• Norman Park
• Northgate
• Nudgee
• Nudgee Beach
• Nundah
• Oxley
• Paddington
• Pallara
• Parkinson
• Petrie Terrace
• Pinjarra Hills
• Pinkenba
• Pullenvale
• Ransome
• Red Hill
• Richlands
• Riverhills
• Robertson
• Rochedale
• Rocklea
• Runcorn
• Salisbury
• Sandgate
• Seven Hills
• Seventeen Mile Rocks
• Sherwood
• Shorncliffe
• Sinnamon Park
• South Brisbane
• Spring Hill
• St Lucia
• Stafford
• Stafford Heights
• Stretton
• Sumner
• Sunnybank
• Sunnybank Hills
• Taigum
• Taringa
• Tarragindi
• Teneriffe
• The Gap
• Tingalpa
• Toowong
• Upper Brookfield
• Upper Kedron
• Upper Mount Gravatt
• Virginia
• Wacol
• Wakerley
• Wavell Heights
• West End
• Westlake
• Willawong
• Wilston
• Windsor
• Wishart
• Woolloongabba
• Wooloowin
• Wynnum
• Wynnum West
• Yeerongpilly
• Yeronga
• Zillmere

Not listed? We cover the wider Brisbane City Council area — get in touch and we will confirm.