Swimming Pool Main Drain Regulations

Apsp encourages homeowners to reach out to their pool spa and hot tub professional to.

Swimming pool main drain regulations.

Depths at the shallow end wall depths at any beginning or ending in breaks in slope and depth at the main drain. Texas laws health and safety code. Free online training virginia graeme baker pool spa safety act online course now available. Main drain entrapment occurs when the suction is so great through a single main drain that a person can become stuck on or in the drain.

The pool water is drawn through both main drains simultaneously which removes the possibility of being held down by strong suction or stuck on the drain cover. 110 140 baker was the daughter of james and nancy baker and the granddaughter of former. If a successor standard is proposed the american society of. Commercial pools or public pools around the country were required to retrofit older pools with dual main drains.

Section 341 0695 interactive water features and fountains. The check a drain initiative reminds both homeowners as well as professionals to make sure pool spa and hot tub drain covers are replaced per the manufacturer s time requirement stamped on the cover in accordance with federal mandates in the virginia graeme baker vgb pool spa safety act. And side view see the pool code for dimension requirements for pools with diving boards d. Indicate depth markers on the pool deck to match depth markers on the wall.

It is title 14 of the u s. Energy independence and security act of 2007 eisa title 14 pub l. Exclusively for swimming recreative bathing or wading and includes appurtenances used in connection with the swimming pool. Therapeutic pool means a pool used for physical therapy including but not limited to post operative and pre operative strength training assistance of buoyancy of water and other one on one training.

Effective 1 year after december 19 2007 each swimming pool or spa drain cover manufactured distributed or entered into commerce in the united states shall conform to the entrapment protection standards of the asme ansi a112 19 8 performance standard or any successor standard regulating such swimming pool or drain cover. When constructing a new swimming pool if you are going to use a main drain it is required that you use two. Section 341 064 swimming pools and bathhouses. Enacted in late 2007 the law requires that most drain systems at public and community pools be in compliance with new anti entrapment safety standards in time for this.

This is due to safety regulations to help prevent main trap entrapment. Profile view longitudinal section 1. Section 341 0645 pool safety.