AG Pool Drop In Steps

[pool newby]

Hi,

We have the main acess pool stair steps, and are pretty happy with them overall. It would have been nice had the installer or pool store told me that it would have been a whole lot easier to install them before the pool was completely filled. I'm sure my neighbors think I'm crazy now, out there fighting to hold them down from floating, and trying to go underwater and position the two sand bags, not fun at all !

Our steps are a little wobbly, probably all are, but nothing major. Plus, the kids being kids like to jump off the top platform. So, we are thinking about adding one of those large blue pads to go underneath, for a little extra protection on the liner. Maybe, I'm being a little too paranoid, but I;m wondering anyone has experience or has heard of the stairs actually causing a hole in the liner.

Bob
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[Islander2C]

These are the steps I ordered today. Now I didn't get the ladder attachment because I have a deck all around our pool. The salesman told me I didn't need to attach it to the deck that I just has to put a sandbag in it to keep it from floating. Does anyone have these steps alone, not attached to pool or deck? I'm concerned now that maybe I shouldn't have ordered them because I really don't want to attach them to the deck or pool.

[mohawk]

I've been reading all of the posts and was thinking of getting the wedding cake II stairs. I think they would be good for my younger grandchildren to sit on. My concern though is the post where it was said that algae was a problem because of poor water circulation with these steps . Has anyone else experienced this, and if so what would be the solution. Thanks for your advise, Denise

[ShelleyAnn]

I too am worried about my "bouncy" stairs wearing a hole in the liner. Where did you see the pad you mentioned in your post?

Shelley

[JETTA]

If you look at the steps, you will see there is padding under them. Basically any part of the step that would come in contact with the liner has a pad under it.

[Marillionfan]

I didn't have any problems with my steps and the liner but I did get a hole from an early season pool party with our ladder not being attached to the deck and a lot of kids in & out etc............ when we bought the steps the pool store had the pads available to buy

[pool newby]

Got my mine from Par pool and spa...the 44 x 48 size, I wanted a big enough size to cover the entire area under the steps.

http://parpools.com/Page/Pool/Pool%2...adder-acc.html

[AnnaK]

My concern though is the post where it was said that algae was a problem because of poor water circulation with these steps . Has anyone else experienced this, and if so what would be the solution. Thanks for your advise, Denise

We have the Wedding Cake steps which we modified somewhat by cutting extra holes in the sides of the steps to aid water flow. There are two places where we get algae growth: inside the first step where the weights are and under that first step because it sits flat on the pool bottom and there's no circulation there at all.

We do not get any algae creeping out though. We move the steps once a month and brush the bottom. It's really no big deal to do.

We also fabricated step weights using PVC tubes filled with sand. Three fit inside the bottom step and three are suspended with electical ties from the top step. Here are some photos: http://www.ellerbach.com/Pool/

Anna