Pool Safety Certificate
Full barrier compliance inspection. Form 23 issued same-day. Lodgement guidance for Melton City Council.
$250
Pool Safety Inspections · Melton Shire
Pool Inspections in
Melton
Book a pool safety inspection in Melton with Ryan Gaw, a Building and Plumbing Commission-registered Pool Safety Inspector (Licence IN-PS 100055). We cover Melton, Melton South, Melton West, Kurunjang, Brookfield, and every growth-corridor estate out to Cobblebank and Fraser Rise. Same-day Form 23 where your barrier is compliant, flat $250 all-inclusive, and a free re-inspection if it isn’t. Call 0402 860 499.
- Flat fee
- $250 all-inclusive · no hidden costs
- Turnaround
- Same-day Form 23 once your barrier meets compliance
- Inspector
- Ryan Gaw · VBA-registered · Licence IN-PS 100055
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Melton City Council
What Melton Pool Owners Need to Know
Melton grew fast, and I can usually guess how a job will go from the suburb alone. Ring me from a brand-new estate and the barrier will be in good order but the paperwork’s about to come due. Ring me from one of the older parts of town and it’s the other way round: the fence has stood there long enough for the hardware to wear out. Not much else about inspecting pools here changes that basic split, which is also why a day in Melton feels nothing like a day on the Bellarine, where almost every pool is old.
The new estates first, because that’s where the phone’s been busy. Pools went into Cobblebank, Weir Views, Fraser Rise and Aintree by the hundred through the early-to-mid 2020s, and it’s those owners ringing now — not because anything’s broken, but because the clock has come around. A Form 23 doesn’t come with an expiry date printed on it; it certifies that the barrier was compliant on the day we inspected it. Victoria requires re-inspection every four years, though, so a 2021 or 2022 handover lands its first mandatory re-inspection right about now. A lot of these owners have never done this before, and I’d sooner spend ten extra minutes on the day walking them through what I’m checking than leave them guessing.
Older Melton I approach differently. Melton proper, Melton West, Kurunjang and Brookfield have been settled a good while, so plenty of the barriers I see are ten to fifteen years old. The fence panel usually looks fine. What’s gone is the hardware — UV cooks the gate spring and the plastic latch housing long before anything you’d notice from the back door, and that failure alone is behind more first-visit fails out here than everything else put together. Can’t blame the sea air for it either, the way I could on the coast. Inland it’s sun and heat, full stop.
And then the acreage throws its own curveball. Head out toward Eynesbury or Rockbank and a block might carry a dam, a spa, or a second barrier line on top of the pool fence, so the standard suburban checklist won’t cover it. More ground to walk, more to sign off.
Our Services
Pool Inspection Services in Melton
Flat $250 — same-day Form 23 where compliant, free re-inspections, no hidden fees.
Pre-Purchase Inspection
Detailed compliance report for Melton property buyers — ideally before contract signing.
$250
Compliance Consultation
Written report with each non-compliance item flagged, plus practical fix advice — DIY vs tradesperson.
$250
Free Re-Inspection
Complimentary follow-up after remediation work. No second call-out fee.
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FAQ
Melton Pool Inspection Questions
How much does a pool inspection cost in Melton?
It’s $250, and that $250 is the whole thing: the inspection, the Form 23 certificate if your barrier is compliant, a written report, and a free re-inspection if something needs fixing first. No callout fee. I don’t add a travel surcharge for Cobblebank, Fraser Rise or Eynesbury either; the price is the price wherever you are in the shire.
How fast can you get a Form 23 done in Melton?
Usually same day. If the barrier is compliant when I inspect it, I issue the Form 23 on-site before I leave your place.
What exactly do you check during the inspection?
The whole barrier, not just the fence panels. Height comes first, 1200mm minimum, then the non-climbable zone around the fence, whether the gate self-closes and self-latches, the latch height, and the rest of the items in the AS1926.1 pool barrier standard. The gate hardware is where most Melton pools trip up, so I spend real time on it.
My pool in Cobblebank, Weir Views or Fraser Rise was installed a few years ago — why do I need an inspection now?
Your original Form 23 certified the barrier as compliant on the day it was issued, not for a fixed period after. Victoria requires re-inspection every four years. So if your pool was handed over in the early 2020s, you’re likely hitting that first mandatory re-inspection about now. Nothing’s wrong. It’s just the four-year mark coming around, and half the estate is in the same boat this season.
My pool is brand new — does it still need inspecting?
Yes. Every pool with a barrier needs a Form 23 before anyone can use it, new build or not. The barriers going into Melton’s new estates are generally well-specified, but a gate spring or a latch still has to be tested on the day rather than taken on trust. New hardware fails too; I’ve seen it.
Which Melton suburbs do you service?
All of them. Melton, Melton South, Melton West, Kurunjang, Brookfield, Cobblebank, Weir Views, Caroline Springs, Burnside, Taylors Hill, Hillside, Fraser Rise, Aintree, Rockbank, Eynesbury, Diggers Rest — same flat $250 in every one.
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