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Blue Water Pool & Repair Corporation |
The 2007 Florida Building Code, which will go into effect October 1, 2008, provides that all residential pools follow the ANSI/APSP 7 Suction Entrapment Avoidance standard, which is consistent with the new federal law. The adoption of ANSI/APSP-7 makes the Florida Building Code stronger and more effective in preventing all known forms of entrapment injury by requiring ASME approved covers on all drains and by requiring that pools and spas not be used whenever approved covers are absent, removed or damaged. |
One year after enactment of the Pool and Spa Safety Act, it will be unlawful for residential drain covers to be made or marketed that do not conform with anti- entrapment drain cover standards. Further, one year after enactment, all public pools must be retrofitted with appropriate anti-entrapment drain covers. This last provision was included by Senator Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota as a result of the tragic evisceration of a 6-year old child in a public wading pool in Minnesota this past summer. |
Blue Water Pool's have been following this issue very closely. We have always been in support of saftey devices and would love to help saregaurd your family. Please give us a call to learn more about this very important new law and what you can do to be safe. |