I'd rather a seamless flow from pool to garden, for instance, rather than a defined space within borders. So pin fixed glass panels get my vote!

Just a thought though!
I voted for the Frameless with S/S/S.
But if it is to clean, would someone not see it. Could cause damage.
I know from experience that this can fling an adult 1 m away. (Of a sparkling clean glass sliding back door). :(
Not a good sight.
So although the Frameless with S/S/S. looks the best, um......the Pin fixed glass panels may be safer!

I'm going to say I don't like glass fencing. They feel very unsecure to me, easily broken and easily smudged and scratched. As lovely as they probably look from a person in the pool all I can imagine is people crashing into them, spilling things on them and fingers and mouths making prints on them.

I voted for the semi frameless, as I agree with myperfectadvice about the possibility of becoming a human projectile if you don't see the glass however, I do love the pin fixed glass panels too, actually they are all really lovely.
Hubby and I are building and we have incorporated an indoor pool and as such need no pool fencing, as the pool is in it's own room behind three brick walls and a wall of glass with a self closing hinged door with lock located at regulation 1.5mtrs.
It's interesting that an indoor pool cannot by law have an exit from the pool room to the outside of the home and yet no such rule exists with an outdoor pool!!
Anyway, good forum.

We have the frameless with spigots, as per the image in the poll we had a curved pool space that needed a solution to maximise the coping area. Not a cheap job by any means but would not have done a thing different! It is very secure, safe and importantly, aesthetically pleasing.

As a glass company, we obviously love glass fencing, but pool fencing can be so much more,

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Screening the verandah meant that the pool could be built right up to the house, eliminating the need for another barrier between the pool and the home. As the balustrade screen Crimsafe met the pool certification requirements, the ends just needed to be added;

The second image was a combination of glass pool fencing panels and Crimsafe panels to achieve a very different look

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I have a glass pool fence. It looks beautiful, but I would never recommend it. It's really expensive, extremely heavy, hence difficult in high wind areas, not great for kids running in and out of gates. Cleaning is a hassle. I prefer the stainless steel wire fence option.

Great to see so many votes coming through! Looks like Frameless Glass Fencing is the favourite.

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Love the frameless, which is what we originally chose (with spigots). However, once it was up we got slammed by ex-tropical cyclone Oswald's 60-90km winds for 3 days, which really tested the fence. The fence held up ok but made terrible noises the whole time. For peace of mind, we added a thin (20mm) 316 s/s top rail all round, which has made it really strong and stable. As for keeping it clean, I find it surprisingly low maintenance. The salt from the swimming pool water certainly leaves marks but a good spray with the hose takes off 99% of it, along with the occassional go-over with the karcher squeegee. We don't have kids so grubby little paws aren't really an issue, but I can imagine the panels could be a bit of a nightmare to keep clean with those who do. We installed the pool fence ourselves (mongrel of a job, but saved ourselves quite a bit of money).

A good reason existing pool owners may want to reconsider glass pool fencing is the latest change to the pool fence laws, coming into effect on Nov 30 this year (in Qld, anyway). Anyone who's house opens straight out into the pool area is going to have to fence off the pool from the house (houses with self-closing doors will no longer be compliant anymore). Many houses where I live have highly visible pool fences, which look fine on the outside, but now that they have completely surrounded their pool with the same fence (to comply with the new laws), their backyard looks much smaller and very cluttered. One of our neighbours, who has has a tubular pool fence around the perimeter of his backyard, has chosen to enclose the inside area around his pool with glass panels and it looks really good (seamless transition - looks hardly any different to before). Just something people may want to consider before these laws come into effect.

Kerrie,
I live in Victoria and my pool in completely internal, that is to say it is part of the house and not an addition to the house.
I planned to have an external door with the required regulation lock height and seld closing mechanism.
Hubby was dead against this door and so I agreed to have a window instead, not long after, we found out that the laws had changed and you are no longer permitted to access to an indoor pool from the outside, so it was just sheer luck that we changed the door to a window.
Further, when we purchased the awning windows (2) with regulation restricted 10cm windouts, our building inspector tried to tell us that the windows weren't allowed and that they would have to remain shut and we were also going to have to concrete "bars" into the brickwork on the outside.
I argued that regulation pool fences had the same 10cm restriction and after contacting the Victorian Building Commission, I have confirmation in writing, that the windows are deemed to be adequately safe and the inspector has accepted the finding.
My access to our pool now, is only from the inside of the home obviously and if that becomes illegal, then we'll just have to sit and look at the pool longingly through the window, as there won't be any access at all ha-ha
I'm not advocating that people argue with regulations but if I hadn't investigated my options further, who knows where I would be, having spent $1,500 on these two windows with laminated glass and how beautiful would my brickwork have looked with prisson bars attached.
Cheers,
Barbara

Hi Barbara - laws keep changing to protect people, a solution should you have installed the door would be the creative of what I would call an air lock with a pool gate as the external door way - whilst it would not be as attractive it would meet the regulation - this information might be useful to someone else - you obviously have a great solution for you

A pool gate attached to where???.....are you suggesting a gate instead of a door, that I understand but it would be unbearable, as we would have the house filled with a chlorine odour, but a good solution if it didn't access the lounge/kitchen/dining areas!!!
This is a pool room with access through a door into the pool room with approximately 1mtr of room from the pool wall (glass) to the edge.

It's great that everyone can have a say so that someone can get something from it.
Cheers,
Barbara

you forgot about channel glass fencing - completely invisible!

You're right Cameron! There are so many great options available these days at every stage of the pool build from tiles to shape to fencing and all aspects of the overall landscape design.

Fantastic poll! We wanted to vote for two but of course we couldn't. Fully Frameless and Semi Frameless really lift the modern elements of outdoor pool areas wouldn't you say?