Glass pool fencing in Sanctuary Cove
One Gold Coast team. Ten years. Over 3,000 jobs.
You’ve spent a fortune on the pool, the paving and the outlook. The last thing you want is a fence you have to look at.
That is what Todd Mehlhopt built Gurus of Glass around in 2015. Frameless glass, done properly, so the barrier all but disappears and the whole yard opens up as one space.
Clean lines, 12mm toughened glass, polished edges, nothing there to catch your eye.
We are a Gold Coast business and only a Gold Coast business. Todd quotes your job himself and the same team installs it, start to finish.
Fencing a pool inside a gated estate is a different job
Sanctuary Cove homes are not fenced the way the rest of the coast is fenced, and the reason has nothing to do with the glass.
It is the approval. Estate design guidelines govern what goes in, and a pool barrier that would be waved through anywhere else on the Gold Coast needs to be signed off here first. Installers who do not work in the Cove regularly find that out after they have ordered the glass, which is when a two week job becomes a six week one.
We have worked in Sanctuary Cove for years. We know what the guidelines will and will not accept, and we build the approval step into the timeline instead of tripping over it.
What the homes here need
Sanctuary Cove properties are mature. The landscaping has grown in, the pool surrounds are established, and in a lot of cases you are replacing a fence rather than fencing a new pool.
That changes the job. Established surrounds have been paved, repaved and planted around. Before we quote we check what is actually under the surface, because a spigot needs something solid to go into and a decorative paver laid over sand is not it.
The upside is that these are exactly the properties frameless glass was made for. Homes here are designed around the golf course, the marina or the water, and an aluminium fence across that outlook is the one thing that makes an expensive backyard look ordinary
Salt, but not the worst of it
The Cove sits on the Coomera River system rather than open beachfront. There is salt in the air, so the fittings need a proper marine grade, but the exposure is gentler than Main Beach or Sovereign Islands.
We still spec the stainless to your address rather than to a default. A house on the water gets a different specification to one three streets back on the golf course, and we will tell you which one you are.
What else we do here
Plenty of Sanctuary Cove work is balustrades rather than pool fencing. Balconies, terraces and internal stairs. We also do curved glass for the radius pools that are common on the larger blocks here
Typical jobs in Sanctuary Cove
Replacing a fence in an established garden. The most common job here. Twenty year old aluminium comes out, the landscaping stays, and the fixing is the careful part because the surround has usually been paved since the pool went in.
Water frontage runs. Homes on the marina and canal frontages, where the fence sits directly between the terrace and the water. This is where low iron glass earns its money.
Golf frontage runs. Gentler exposure, so the hardware specification comes down, and the argument for glass is the fairway rather than the water.
Whole of property glass. Fence, terrace balustrade and internal stair, quoted together. Cheaper than doing them a year apart and the finishes actually match.
Getting to you
Access into the Cove means booking through security like every other trade, which is routine and we handle it. Deliveries of long panels need a bit more notice than a standard suburb, so we build that into the schedule when we quote.
Book a measure
Todd will come to you. Tell us the suburb and roughly how many metres
Contact us today for a free consultation and let’s build something durable together
Frequently asked questions
Do you need estate approval for a glass pool fence in Sanctuary Cove?
Generally yes. Estate design guidelines cover pool barriers, and it is worth having that confirmed before glass is ordered rather than after. We factor the approval step into the timeline when we quote.
Can you replace an existing pool fence without disturbing the landscaping?
Usually. Replacing an old fence in an established garden is most of what we do here. The care is in the fixing, because we are often working into surrounds that have been paved over since the pool went in.
How long does a job in Sanctuary Cove take?
About two weeks from signing once any estate approval is settled. The approval step is the variable, not the glass.