We are required by law to have an alarm on all doors that exit to the pool area. Please do not tamper with or try to disable the pool alarm.

After a couple days, everyone in your party will be in the habit of hitting the button before entry or exit of the door to the patio. Although, it is highly likely, that there will be one person, who will ALWAYS forget to hit the button. There is always one.

R4501.17.1.9 2020 Florida Residential Building Code

Where a wall of a dwelling serves as part of the barrier, one of the following shall apply:

1. 1.All doors and windows providing direct access from the home to the pool shall be equipped with an exit alarm complying with UL 2017 that has a minimum sound pressure rating of 85 dBA at 10 feet (3048 mm). Any deactivation switch shall be located at least 54 inches (1372 mm) above the threshold of the access. Separate alarms are not required for each door or window if sensors wired to a central alarm sound when contact is broken at any opening.Exceptions:
   1. a.Screened or protected windows having a bottom sill height of 48 inches (1219 mm) or more measured from the interior finished floor at the pool access level.
   2. b.Windows facing the pool on floor above the first story.
   3. c.Screened or protected pass-through kitchen windows 42 inches (1067 mm) or higher with a counter beneath.
2. 2.All doors providing direct access from the home to the pool must be equipped with a self-closing, self-latching device with positive mechanical latching/locking installed a minimum of 54 inches (1372 mm) above the threshold, which is approved by the authority having jurisdiction.
3. 3.A swimming pool alarm that, when placed in a pool, sounds an alarm upon detection of an accidental or unauthorized entrance into the water. Such pool alarm must meet and be independently certified to ASTM Standard F2208, titled “Standard Safety Specification for Residential Pool Alarms,” which includes surface motion, pressure, sonar, laser, and infrared alarms. For purposes of this paragraph, the term “swimming pool alarm” does not include any swimming protection alarm device designed for individual use, such as an alarm attached to a child that sounds when the child exceeds a certain distance or becomes submerged in water.

The picture above is the house alarm. It is much louder than the pool alarm, but the two systems are not related. You can not disable the pool alarm.