Glass Pool Fencing Castlecrag

The Griffin estates were planned so houses sit among the trees, with narrow winding roads, sandstone kerbs and filtered views to the harbour. Front gardens stay open, with very little fencing to the street. Frameless glass in the backyard keeps the pool secure and leaves that outlook clear.

Walter Burley Griffin and Marion Mahony Griffin set those roads to the contours, with rock cuttings and road islands of native vegetation. In front of the building line the council plan allows no fence, or only a very low one. The pool fence belongs in the yard.

Beyond that central conservation area, the peninsula has older and contemporary houses on wider frontages, still beside remnant bushland on the foreshore. We measure each yard and choose frameless glass or aluminium for the pool itself.

In the Griffin area, a pool barrier next to a public reserve or pathway is not to sit on that boundary. The barrier is set back from the property boundary, with a landscaped area between the barrier and a side or rear boundary. We measure that edge. Pool fence requirements in NSW covers the state rules for the barrier and the gate.

Many Castlecrag streets have no kerb and gutter. On the slopes the canopy includes Sydney red gum, Sydney peppermint and red bloodwood. Clear glass leaves that bush in view. Outside the conservation area, a low masonry or palisade fence, a rockery or shrubs often mark the front, and that lot is not under the same front fence rule.