fired red brick for ladder weight?

[Pv2]

I'm switching out my confer stairs to part of an old plastic/resin pool ladder for the inside of my pool due to algae problems. Back when I had this ladder in my Sears good pool (as opposed to better and best LOL) the instructions said to use a brick for the weight.

Is that still a safe thing to do? I'm not really seeing a way to use a clorox bottle on this. The bottom of the ladder only has a brick-sized rectangular "cubby hole" to stash any kind of weight.

Any other ideas? I could use two and leave one soaking in bleach water and change them out regularly to take care of the possible algae issue, but I was wondering about the other chemistry? Are they fired hard enough to be safe?

 

[Richard320]

I'd just go find some river rocks that fit. You know they're nonporous and won't dissolve. Also nicely rounded so if you drop one, it won't puncture the liner.

 

[Pv2]

Oh, ok that sounds doable, and good idea about the corners too LOL.

 

[Luckimom3]

In using about 3- 3" PVC pipes filled with concrete to go under my steps. I'll glue both ends once concrete has dried. I read this on another forum.

 

[wendyfarrsmith]

I use the pvc filled with sand. Works great.

 

[Pv2]

There isn't enough room for anything like 3" unless I attach it to the back/outside. Which might be the best way to handle it as I noticed today my temporary "fix" really wasn't working and I was trying to think of some way to make a better base structure.