Swimming pond: Safety measures for small children

Please remove the first "nicht". It must, of course, be under tension.

A tarp is pretty much the most dangerous thing you can do...

If the tarp is not taut so that you don’t sink into it afterwards. Otherwise, it is life-threatening even for an adult. You fall in, sink into the tarp, and the water pressure from outside does the rest.

I would advise against this solution.

A tarp is probably one of the most dangerous things you can do...

You are right again, I didn’t think that far. However, I don’t find the alarm solution as an additional measure all that wrong.

Hello,

the pond will indeed be laid out at the edge of the property so that it will only be accessible from two sides, but you know how kids are, they don’t pay attention to things like that. To be honest, I’m less worried about the neighbor’s children; if they are old enough to climb over my fence, then they can also swim.

The argument makes sense, but the legislator sees it differently, so this point should not be irrelevant to you if you want to protect yourself. Your options are: wooden pool deck, a net, a rolling cover made of hard PVC or polycarbonate slats. As far as I know, there is also an option with an alarm; a warning sound is triggered if the water in the pool moves or comes into contact with the sensor. This definitely has to be adjusted individually. I find the pool deck the most luxurious, but it is clearly a matter of money.