Glass Pool Fencing Northbridge

The peninsula is Hawkesbury sandstone. The ground slopes into Middle Harbour and gets steeper off the ridgeline, with sandstone tors along the escarpments. Many foreshore houses present as 2 to 3 stepped levels when viewed from the water. We run the pool fence down those levels and leave the gate on the route you already walk.

Bushland still bands the south-facing escarpment from Tunks Park to Ulric Lane, and a clear fence leaves the bush in view. Street frontages along this foreshore favour a low fence, so the pool barrier stays in the yard. A driveway gate that slides or swings can sit at the street.

The council plan names Sydney peppermint, red bloodwood and rusty gum as dominant trees in that remnant bushland. Clear glass keeps those trees in view from the house side of the pool.

On the foreshore, allotments are larger and have wide frontages, and the streets follow the contours toward Middle Harbour. The fence run is often longer than on a small lot. The gate sits on the path from the street to the pool.

Houses on the low side of the street sit below the road. Where the pool is on that lower level, we measure the drop and step the panels down. The gate stays on the walk, not on the steepest part of the bank.

The council plan asks for low fencing on the street frontage, and it asks that high gates be avoided where the setback is shallow. A sliding or swinging driveway gate can sit at the street if it stays in scale with that low frontage.