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?