Pool Fence DIY by Life Saver Fencing Section Kit, 4 x 12-Feet, Black

Fence seems to be good quality. I would buy again. If drilling through concrete, get the right drill. A regular hammer drill will not work. You need a SDS hammer drill.

This pool fence is awesome and installs quite quickly easily with some planning, following the directions, and using the right tools. I installed 45 feet of this in about 2.5 hours. I did a ton of research and read lots of reviews. As far as their drill guide goes...the general concensus from many reviews is it's overpriced garbage you'll never use again and it may not even give you good results so I decided to make my own for about $10. I purchased at Lowe's a 1/2" x 4.5" iron pipe threaded nipple and a 1/2" iron pipe floor flange. Thread the 2 pieces together and screw down in the center of a piece of wood. I used a scrap piece of some 1" by ? lumber I had laying around that I cut down to approx 4" x 13". I drilled a 3/4" hole of out the center of the wood first. The necessary 5/8 masonry bit fit nice and snug inside the pipe...so much so that the head of the drill bit will not fit through. You must slide the drill bit up through the bottom of the guide before attaching the bit to the drill. I used a Bauer rotary hammer drill I got at Harbor Freight and a Bosch 5/8" x 12" (yes 12" is plenty long enough with my homemade drill guide) SDS Plus masonry bit I picked up at Home Depot and it worked great. As far as the whole light lean, heavy lean issue goes, I simply used a wood shim between my patio and the bottom of the guide. Slide it closer to the drill bit...heavy lean; further away from the bit...light lean. Line up the tip of the bit with the mark you made for the hole, step on each side of the piece of wood to hold the guide in place and drill til you bottom out the drill on the top of the guide. Piece of cake. Hope my review helps you decide to get this fence and save some serious money and get great results by building your own guide like I did.

Five stars. Solid fence. Hardest part is drilling the holes at the right angle, I used a level but it didnt turn out perfect. Fence is great tho.

Wowza! Truly you need to be a great Diyer to get this done. It was not easy. I will say, if everything was exact to size, it’s doable. If you need to adjust the size of a fence, phew! That was a bit frustrating. All in all, it worked and we are happy with it. But cutting it down and reforming one of the fence sections was hard. You really need to do this exact to insure safety. As mentioned in some of the other comments, even if you are handy, be sure to read instructions for this one! I mark 4 stars as it still being a good product.

Pretty good fence. We have a lot of kids in the neighborhood that like to just jump in our pool when we're away, which we wouldn't care about if they couldn't sue us if something went wrong. So we bought this. Pros: -Easyish set up. IT didn't take us too long to understand the instructions and put it in ourselves. We do a lot of our own homework though so if you're not used to installing your own items and using a bit of hardware it might be harder for you. -Good way to keep kids out oif you don't know them. -Easy to remove and reinstall if you want to open up the pool for a party or gathering. Cons: -I live in Hawaii where everything rusts incredibly quickly. The fence itself hasn't rusted but the hook that you drill into the wall as a connection rusted in about 2 weeks. So one tiny piece is the only problems we've found. We also bought the gate that goes with this fence and also works beautifully and love the way it locks. Very simple and effective. One Year Update: Still very sturdy. It hasn't rusted which is a huge plus for Hawaii air and is used and moved quite often. Overall this was a perfect purchase for our needs. I highly recommend it.

This appears to be a solidly built fence that is quite strong when installed. It is also fairly unobtrusive and attractive around the pool. It is very simple to install and remove. It remains to be seen if the material can hold up to a Phoenix, AZ summer with 120 degree heat and unrelenting sun from May to October. I’ll try to remember to post an update in 1 year. We rented a rotary hammer drill from the "Big Box Store” including the 18” drill bit for $50 for 4 hours. It took about 1 1/2 hours to drill 36 holes. It is quite quick if you plan every step ahead of time, recheck twice, and have some experience using power tools. We didn’t bother with the overpriced metal guide which seemed poorly made and overly fussy to be worth the money. We eye-balled the hole angles using a Carpenter’s Square for 90 degrees and an Sliding T-Bevel to set the lean. Speaking of lean, know one was able to quantify light lean vs heavy lean - Even the seller never returned my email. We used 2-4 degrees off 90 for light lean and 6-8 degrees off 90 for heavy lean. All our poles are standing straight so that must be about right. By the way, This isn’t rocket science. If you are off a degree or two, nobody is going to notice or care (unless you are OCD). We skipped the cheap spring hooks and screws (come on guys, there must be a better and less cheesy way to do this!). We purchased heavy-duty UV protected zip-ties with a 250 pound static load strength which is probably more than the supplied hooks. If you go this route, only use UV- stabilized zip-ties and replace them at least yearly, because they will deteriorate over time. The biggest negative are the sleeves and caps that go into the pool decking. They are not well-made and have sharp square edges rather than tapered edges. I predict that they will be toe-stubbers when the fence is not up.

This is very easy to install, and the fence is good and sturdy. I bought 10 sections of fence (as well as the gate) and from first getting the product out the box to having the gate leveled and adjusted took about 8 hours. That included the time to actually read the instructions and plan out the fence route. The drilling base is essential, and also sturdy. The bullseye system and leveling bolts work fine, there are two bushings in it so the drill bit rotates freely, and you need to put some angle on the fence posts, depending on the shape of your pool. If you have a square pool, then you could get by without the base, but if you have some curved shape to your pool, then you set the posts at a slight tilt in order to get the right tension on the posts. I would not want to try doing that drilling without the guide. You need an 18" bit in order to get deep enough into the pool deck with the drilling guide. The gate was probably the most complicated bit of the installation, but still easy enough to do. Even with buying a Bosch rotary drill specifically for this job, 18" long 5/8" drill bit and the guide base I paid about a quarter of what I got quoted for this job.

If you need a pool fence then you should get this one. It isn't nearly as unsightly as I first feared it would be. You definitely need a Rotary Hammer Drill to do this job. If you have more than 5 holes (1 panel). Go to your local harbor freight and pay the extra for the ROTARY one. I couldn't complete this job with just a Dewalt Hammer Drill. It didn't have enough power to go through the 4 inches of concrete you need to bust through. You definitely need the longer (5/8 x 14"+ masonry drill bit) as the other reviewers tell you. No one mentioned the rotary hammer drill though in reviews. So that's of note, since I wasted 3 days trying to get the holes I needed with the regular hammer drill and it took me mere minutes with the rotary hammer drill. And the prices werent far off from each other. The directions are pretty good. If you read them thoroughly. I would consider myself and my husband to be entry level DIYers and it took us 4 days (3 wasted with the regular hammer drill though). If you are confused about the difference between drills, I suggest you google hammer drill vs rotary hammer drill. Videos will show you the difference and how quickly each gets through a concrete slab. Definitely buy the guide Pool Fence DIY by Life Saver Drill Guide . Don't cheap out on that. I know its expensive but it's worth it because there is a need to lean some of the poles where you have a turn around the pool. Light leans or heavy leans depend on the angle of the turn. You need the guide for accuracy. We also bought the gate Pool Fence DIY by Life Saver Self-Closing Gate Kit, Black and that worked well for me. But honestly, you don't even need a gate the sections open pretty easily. If you attached the hook and eye they give you. Although I took the advice of some reviewers and did a black ziptie to attached the sections to each other. If you aren't going to remove it a lot, honestly, it looks less obtrusive. Overall, I just put it in...I'll try to update in a few months or year and let you know how it weathers. We do have a whole section that goes into grass and plan to use the method one other reviewer suggested with the pipes in the ground but for right now its staying up fine with just jamming it into the ground. Although, poolfencediy.com has a method they recommend with concrete and copper pipe too. They are your best resource. Overall, its for the safety of my daughter, and you can't put too big a price on that. I was quoted almost the exact fence for the same distance installed and I was going to pay double the amount to have it installed. I would have too. Except now I know the difference between a regular hammer drill and a rotary hammer drill. And I own both! HA! Don't mind the pictures of the dirty pool, it was not completely opened or cleaned yet when the pictures were taken.

J'avais des doutes concernant la qualité et le fait de savoir si il résisterait à nos hivers canadien. Toujours aussi beau et ils sont resté droit même après 3 ans d'utilisation. Facile d'installation !! Je recommande.

While we experienced a two week delay in delivery we were happy to receive the fence. We have an above ground pool with a 8 foot opening. The instructions were very clear and the installation, on a wooden deck, were quite simple. I had to cut the fence since it was too long but that too was easy to do. Hopefully this greatly improves pool safety for all.

Happy with the purchase. I installed this myself, wrecked my first hammer drill on the 5th hole, would highly recommend an sds rotary hammer drill to drill the holes. Kids can't get into pool area, would highly recommend this to others. Quality is very good. Shipped really fast.

Looks great! Setup wasn’t terrible. Installed in wooden deck, mostly into the joists, a few into blocks I screwed in. I did not buy the drill guide because of the price, but it would have made install easier and more precise. I just guessed at what angle to drill the corners at, which worked out but would be better and easier with the guide. Overall very happy with the product.

Pretty easy assembly once I made a template to drill the holes straight. Great weekend project, happy with result! Fence feels really sturdy.