Pool & Spa Marketplace
Buying & selling safely
The marketplace connects buyers and sellers; it does not inspect equipment or certify an installation. These checks help you decide what to verify before money or machinery moves.
Inspect the equipment
- •Match the model and serial label to the listing. Ask for clear photos of the label, ports, unions, cable, controller and any cracks, repairs or corrosion.
- •For pumps, cleaners, heaters and chlorinators, ask for a recent video operating safely in its installed system. A dry bench test can damage equipment and proves little.
- •Treat a cracked filter vessel, swollen lid, damaged clamp, burnt plug or missing earth pin as unsafe. Do not pressurise or energise unknown equipment to see what happens.
Check fit and installation
- •Confirm pipe size, voltage, phase, flow range, pool volume, sanitation type and controller compatibility before paying. Similar-looking pool equipment is not necessarily interchangeable.
- •Electrical, gas and some plumbing work must be completed by appropriately licensed people. Ask your state regulator or local council what applies before installation.
- •A listing, invoice or seller statement is not a pool barrier approval, electrical certificate or equipment compliance certificate.
Pay and collect carefully
- •Inspect before paying where practical. For bulky equipment, agree in writing what is included and who disconnects, lifts and transports it.
- •Never pay a deposit because a stranger creates urgency. Avoid gift cards, cryptocurrency and international transfer requests.
- •Keep the listing, messages, receipt and serial-number photos. Business sellers may owe consumer guarantees that do not usually apply to a one-off private sale.
Pool and chemical hazards
- •Do not buy decanted, mixed, unlabelled, leaking or unknown pool chemicals. Keep sealed chemicals upright, separated and transported according to the label.
- •Keep gates self-closing and self-latching and keep climbable objects away from barriers. Barrier rules vary by state, council and the pool's construction date.
- •If an item is recalled, illegally modified or unsafe to use, report the listing rather than relying on a salvage-only description.
Check the rule where the pool is
Requirements are property-specific. Queensland guidance includes a 1.2 metre minimum barrier and a 900 millimetre non-climbable zone in common fence configurations; Victorian owners must arrange and lodge a barrier compliance certificate every four years. Always use the current state guidance and your council's advice for the property.
Start with the official pool authority or register in your state, then use a licensed inspector or tradesperson where required.
Something look wrong? Read the listing rules or use the report link on the listing.