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Caught the last minute or so of this show as I had switched over to watch the news. One of the features was a sunken area which had a picnic table and an even lower sunken are for sun-bathing I think. Looking at the program and picture from above it was clear that one area was probably 5 feet below the level of the garden and the other was probaboy 8 feet below the level of the garden. I was shocked that there was no fence around the areas to prevent people falling in and taknig some almighty tumble....is it not the case that areas with a certain fall distance must be fenced around to prevent falls?? If you had a decking structure say 8 feet above the ground it surely needs a fence as per building regs? Does the same not apply to an area that is sunk down 8 feet???
Caught the last minute or so of this show as I had switched over to watch the news. One of the features was a sunken area which had a picnic table and an even lower sunken are for sun-bathing I think. Looking at the program and picture from above it was clear that one area was probably 5 feet below the level of the garden and the other was probaboy 8 feet below the level of the garden. I was shocked that there was no fence around the areas to prevent people falling in and taknig some almighty tumble....is it not the case that areas with a certain fall distance must be fenced around to prevent falls?? If you had a decking structure say 8 feet above the ground it surely needs a fence as per building regs? Does the same not apply to an area that is sunk down 8 feet???