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Take the ladder out and inject it with liquid chlorine let it sit then flush it out. Many have had success with using a pressure washer. Don’t put it back in until you’re sure its clean as a whistle
 
Mdragger88 said:
Take the ladder out and inject it with liquid chlorine let it sit then flush it out. Many have had success with using a pressure washer. Don’t put it back in until you’re sure its clean as a whistle
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I took it out before I started slamming, and it hasn't been put back in since. I've decided to just toss it out and get a new one. The water here is very hard and it has a lot of build up on it as well as algae. I scrubbed and scrubbed yesterday and got some off, but there's so many crevices that are hard to get to that I think it'll be more work than it's worth to get clean.
 
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Chelsay724 said:
I took it out before I started slamming, and it hasn't been put back in since. I've decided to just toss it out and get a new one. The water here is very hard and it has a lot of build up on it as well as algae. I scrubbed and scrubbed yesterday and got some off, but there's so many crevices that are hard to get to that I think it'll be more work than it's worth to get clean.
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I feel your pain. I was just in the pool yesterday using creative language while scrubbing my pool steps!

I want a solid, smooth, no hollow parts anywhere and no joins either, that is completely open underneath and easy to get to for brushing, set of pool stairs. This animal doesn’t seem to exist!
 
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Mine aren’t too bad after some modifications (xtra holes) as they are just a big piece of hollow plastic with no bottom.
Even when they are weighed down & the hand rail is screwed to the deck I can lift them a little get the brush under & behind them & I can access the liner underneath by pulling the ballast weight out.
They don’t have any inaccessible areas like ladders do.
 
kellyfair said:
I want a solid, smooth, no hollow parts anywhere and no joins either, that is completely open underneath and easy to get to for brushing, set of pool stairs. This animal doesn’t seem to exist!
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Put the stairs on the outside. ;)

(Courtesy of @jrumms)

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Mdragger88 said:
Mine aren’t too bad after some modifications (xtra holes) as they are just a big piece of hollow plastic with no bottom.
Even when they are weighed down & the hand rail is screwed to the deck I can lift them a little get the brush under & behind them & I can access the liner underneath by pulling the ballast weight out.
They don’t have any inaccessible areas like ladders do.
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You have a deck, so that gives you more options!
 
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kellyfair said:
You have a deck, so that gives you more options!
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Yes! I never intended to have such a large deck but I was planning a small platform with a couple low wide steps. Being buried helps avoid a dreaded ladder.
My knees & cankles really can’t do the ladder rungs much so I certainly didn’t want my oasis to have one!
I also wanted my mom to be able to easily access the pool along with the kiddos to be able to sit & play on the steps.
I knew that filling the steps with sand was a terrible idea but I never realized how many crannies all steps & ladders seem to have.
My intex ladder never had any issues. To be fair I didn’t have that pool long (a few seasons) & all the others before were smaller and I could just step over the side!
 
Hated the Intex ladder - chucked it almost immediately!

To be fair to my poor, much maligned steps, I’ve had them for years and I didn’t know any better when I got them, so I followed the directions and filled them with sand. I cleaned the sand out about 2 years ago, and it was disgusting.
 
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My uncle had some really awesome very wide wedding cake steps - they filled them with sand & were never able to remove them/get the sand out. It was an algae battle royale on the regular. They finally got removed when they had the pool dismantled & replaced after 20yrs. It took a skid steer to get them out! Never pour sand in your steps!
 
Mdragger88 said:
Mine aren’t too bad after some modifications (xtra holes) as they are just a big piece of hollow plastic with no bottom.
Even when they are weighed down & the hand rail is screwed to the deck I can lift them a little get the brush under & behind them & I can access the liner underneath by pulling the ballast weight out.
They don’t have any inaccessible areas like ladders do.
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Can I see a picture of them?
 
Chelsay724 said:
Sweet! I'll have to invest more next year on some nice stairs like that. That would make it so much easier for my mom to get in and out.
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They have some smaller ones that take up less space - I see them on fb marketplace all the time.
 
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