Swimming Pool Noise
Noise from Swimming Pool equipment is a common complaint. Noise complaints can be avoided by clever design.
Swimming Pool Design Considerations
When designing a new swimming pool you should consider:
- locating pumps, heaters and filters away from adjoining bedrooms and other noise sensitive uses
- locating pumps below ground and in acoustic enclosures
- fitting timing device to ensure that equipment does not breach noise laws.
It is a lot less expensive to ensure that such equipment is noise isolated at the design stage than to try a retrofit attenuation device when Council issues notices and orders after receiving noise complaints.
Hours of Use - Swimming Pool Pumps
A person must not cause or permit a swimming pool pump to be used on residential premises in such a manner that it emits noise that can be heard within a habitable room in any other residential premises (regardless of whether any door or window to that room is open):
- before 8 am or after 8 pm on any Sunday or public holiday, or
- before 7 am or after 8 pm on any other day.
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