Texas Residential Pool Code

Texas laws health and safety code.

Texas residential pool code. It includes a pool or spa serving only a single family home or a duplex. Rules and regulations texas administrative code title 25. Added by acts 1993 73rd leg ch. Chapter 757 pool yard enclosures.

Section 341 064 swimming pools and bathhouses. Each door sliding glass door window and window screen of each dwelling unit in a residential building located in the enclosed pool yard must comply with sections 757 006and 757 007. 113 residential pool or spa a pool or spa that is located on private property under the control of the property owner or the owner s tenant and that is intended for use by not more than two resident families and their guests. Section 341 0645 pool safety.

Fences enclosing residential swimming pools must be no less than 48 inches in height measured from the side furthest away from the pool. Building in pool yard. The barrier cannot be made of chain link fencing or have any gaps or openings greater than 4 inches wide. Chapter 265 subchapter l standards for public pools and spas html.

It is the only model code that addresses design and building requirements for public and residential pools and spas including safety barriers sanitation ladders steps depth markers and energy efficiency. The state of texas has pool fence regulations contained in chapter 757 of the state health and safety code.