Help-small problem turning into big headache. Pool a bit higher than deck

[Watermom]

Pictures? See post #2.

[Jbourne]

Pictures? See post #2.

Thanks, sorry about that, I tried to post the URL to photobucket the last time, hopefully this works. I'm under the gun now, have the kids party coming up and the wife isn't giving me a "honey do list", the word isn't Honey!

http://s1377.photobucket.com/user/vi...arped/library/

[Watermom]

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[PoolDoc]

Wow.

If it was me, I'd leave it alone. *LOTS* of pools are intentionally build pretty much that way.

Trying to lower the pool 2", or raise the deck that much, seems to me to be a huge amount of work with no particular benefit.

. . . . membership updated.

[Jbourne]

Ok, thanks. So originally the installer (in my humble opinion), did a hack job. The reason I say that is because he didn't trim back the boards the way they are now. He left them and put the rail on top of the deck which put it at a slight angle and it was resting on the deck boards. At first I thought "that's good", because then the deck would support the rail and if anyone stood on it.

Then after reading, researching, and talking to the pool store, it seemed like that was bad as it was tilted a bit higher on the back edge, and also there would have been no way of getting the cable for the cover back there.

I'm not worried about making it level, it's more "keeping people off". I know FOLLOW THE RULES!. But my kids are very, very good, but when they have friends over or for instance a party coming up, I'm worried about the other kids. They are always supervised, but there's only so much you can control and I'm worried about it given it's brand new, I don't want anyone getting hurt, and ideally it would be good to have some sort of step there. Also stepping over the railing to get into the pool isn't "ideal", when little kids go in, they have a big step to get in.

I've read people make something that goes over the rail or overhangs, is there anything like that which would work?

[PoolDoc]

Also stepping over the railing to get into the pool isn't "ideal", when little kids go in, they have a big step to get in.

It's not visible in the pictures, but I assume that there's no gate onto the deck area? If so, that's a genuine hazard that probably needs to be fixed.

I've read people make something that goes over the rail or overhangs, is there anything like that which would work?

Again, I'm not really sure what you're referring to, but I assume it's something NOT visible in the pictures.

[Jbourne]

If you see the railings for the steps, they are screwed to the deck. To get into the pool you step off the deck, over the pool rail, and onto the 1st step. I thought that would be easy to see, but I can post a pic, thank you!

Then for the rest, I trimmed the deck boards back a bit so now you should see in the pictures that the boards are about 1-2" from the pool. Then there's a couple that have a bigger space, they were cut to fit the old pool.

I can't find any pics of a "platform" or something to keep the kids from standing on the rail.
But there are posts people have posted saying they have done it, but no pics or even replies.