Vinyl over stairs & liner installation help

[alhruby]

Hello,

We have a Radiant 16x28 semi inground pool. It's time to replace the liner, so we thought we would upgrade by adding the vinyl over stairs. Well, long story short the dealer that installed the pool 8yrs ago botched the project and we severed ties in court. There are no other dealers in our area that even acknowledge that Radiant has this option. Needless to say, I contacted Radiant corporate gave them my history and received the stairs and liner but no instructions. I have been ghosted now and have scoured the internet looking for manuals, videos, etc. We are fairly handy and have competent friends that are willing to help if we can find some sort of guidance.

If anyone has knowledge, manual, video, etc of how to install vinyl over stairs & liner for a Radiant pool please help!

Thank you!

 

[kimkats]

Hello and welcome to TFP! Sorry to hear of your troubles with the installer in the past.

So did you get a whole new liner (sounds like it but wanted to make sure)? You also got stairs to attach to your pool walls correct? Did you get any hardware with them?

Shoot us a pic of what you are working with and lets see if anyone has any idea.I have a couple but want to see what is what in your yard.

 

[alhruby]

Hi there!
Yes, we have the new liner, still in box. I’ve attached a photo of the pool and stairs. We have a Portland cement floor. The stairs will go on the deck side radius. No hardware nor foam was sent. Just stairs.

 

[kimkats]

Can you see how the stairs attach to the side of the pool? Is there a flange or ???? I do see liner lock taped to the top of the steps.

 

[alhruby]

Can you see how the stairs attach to the side of the pool? Is there a flange or ???? I do see liner lock taped to the top of the steps.

The stairs are set and centered in the oval side of the pool. Once centered, they say to use great stuff, spray foam insulation to fill in the gap between the wall and the back of the stairs and then after it sets, use a razor knife to cut the excess out. No hardware to attach the stairs after you lay out the liner, and start slowly filling the pool apparently the stairs stay locked down under the liner, and will not move.

 

[kimkats]

Well there you go. Does not sound like it will be an easy job to move the stairs in place but once there it should be easy to do.

What does the underside and back of the steps look like?

 

[dleonard1122]

I think you're going to want something underneath of the steps to support them from flexing. I'm assuming they are fiberglass steps?

Is this what you have?

In the photo of the steps you posted it looks like there are instructions taped to the top of it. Could you post a photo of those on here?

 

[alhruby]

Thank you kimkats & dleonard1122 for your responses. The underneath and sides of the stairs are foam. Yes, the video is exactly how we hope this project turns out. We are concerned with removing the floor and ensuring the steps are level and maintain the depth needed for the liner to go into the coping. So any tricks of the trade are greatly appreciated. I’ve attached a picture of the instructions that were sent. The instructions do not specify what type or thickness of wall foam to use on each tread. A bit concerned about that as well. I’ve attached pictures of the foam bottom and sides and the track on the treads. Thanks again for your help!