AG Pool Drop In Steps

[Islander2C]

I talked about getting the drop in style steps for my 27' AG pool last summer, but couldn't convience my hubby to spend the 450.00 the pool store was asking for them.
I really don't look forward to using the ladder again this summer. So my question would be to all of you who purchased the drop in steps...what kind did you get and the pros and cons for them.
Look forward to the replies!

[Poolidiot]

I have the wedding cake ( I think is what they are called)steps. Best thing I could have bought. You asked about the cons? Well not really a con but just obviously they are harder to take out then the ladder is. Other then that I know of no other thing bad about them. Just tell your husband to move the cobb webs from his wallet and buy the steps. He will not regret it.

[JJ in Tx]

I got these steps from Access http://www.lesliespool.com/jump.jsp?...D=8312&tabID=3
they have been great, kids love to hanging out on them. I will probably get the handrails re-powder coated or blasted to bare metal in the next week or so because the finish is blistering in a few places, it is completely usable I just want to fix it. I would purchase them again without hesitation.

[Poolidiot]

You never reposted, did you talk him into it?

[Islander2C]

Not yet....these things take time! We haven't opened the pool yet so I am not in a big hurry. We probably won't get in the water until June sometime as it is still quite cold here in Canada. Although my youngest (12 yr old boy) is wondering when our "green water" will be blue and ready to swim in! lol But he will swim in 65 deg water so I'm sure when I open it next weekend...he may jump in!
We don't have a heater yet either so the heater may come before the steps. Now I just have to find that money tree

[Islander2C]

I have it narrowed down to two different steps. Does anyone have either one of these, and any comments would be great!
One is Innova Plus "The Opera Step" $218.00
The other is Tuxedo Step $318.00
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[traceyb]

http://www.ellerbach.com/Pool/

Here's the site of the folks who have though of something so brilliant.

Good luck "holdin em down"

[AnnaK]

Brilliant, eh? Thanks for the warm fuzzy.

Yes, that's us with the sand-filled PVC tubes. We have three inside the bottom step and three hanging from the top step using electical ties and S-hooks. We've had one of the ties break and the tube just fell to the bottom inside the step cubby hole.

I like the idea of using rocks because, just in the event a tube should break or leak, rocks are easier to clean up. What I really like is using Quick-Crete. It probably is even heavier than sand. Suspending the hanging tubes might become a problem due to the weight, I don't know. We stuck with sand because it works for us. No leaks yet.

Anna

[traceyb]

Along with anna k's brilliant move on weighting down and drilling holes (which I did)...I bought a step pad that it quite a bit larger than the w.c steps. The other day, I got my goggles on and looked through the hole on the side. UCK! The pad/mat was green. So, waa laa. I pullled it out quickly, folded it into a "U" formation, handed it out to someone on the deck. They sprayed it off and presto cleano!....And we also have had NO problems with the algae spreading out. I also put a shot of algaecide 60 in through the hole once a week...just to make meeeself feel betta!
I use a turkey baster (DONT LAUGH YA'll)
SO....cheers to the brilliant ideas here mates.

[AnnaK]

Oooooo . . . cle-VER! A turkey baster to get Polyquat right up close and personal inside the nasty parts of the steps.

So with that pad, are you saying there were no algae UNDER it? Just ON it? We recently put an old yoga mat under our steps. They take a serious beating by the dogs launching off them which has worn a dent into the sand under the corners. I've been wondering whather algeae will grow on and under the pad . . .