Looking for recommendations for above ground pool steps

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I am looking to upgrade my A-frame ladder now that I have a deck for my new above ground pool. I would more of a step instead of ladder stairs as my little kids like to sit on steps. I tried a set of wedding cake type stairs last year and after fighting with them for 2 hours we could not get them to stay down no matter what I returned them. Now that I have a deck up and running I am looking for something that will bolt to the deck and provide steps to get into the pool.

Anyone use any that are sturdy and stay weighed down efficiently?

Thanks!

 

[kimkats]

I am not sure if these are the same as I have but they sure look like them:

Robot or human?

Robot or human?

The holes in the steps are what helps keep them down in the water. We screwed the bracket to our deck and it holds great!

Now when I have the pump on high the steps will try to move a bit but the bracket holds it in place.

Happy shopping!

 

[Casey]

All forms of steps, wedding cake or not, need weighted down.

 

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All forms of steps, wedding cake or not, need weighted down.

Yup I get that. The model I had though it was impossible to keep them down. I'm looking for a middle ground between wedding cake stairs and an A-frame that bolts to a deck and stays in place well, and is sturdy.

 

[jmichaelsk]

I just the vinyl works 24 to mine and it works great. The one step missed the most is weighing it down. This one has you pour 15-20 pounds of gravel in the ladder before attaching the handrails. We rinsed the pea gravel first and made scoops out of water bottles. Once filled we put it in the water and it never tried to move.

Don't do like my neighbor and fill it with sand! It works, for a while, and then the sand comes out the holes in the ladder. Then you have a floating ladder and sand all through the pool.

 

[johnnysnok]

Below is a link to a post I did 6 years ago that I found and copied and pasted. I'm not sure if it will show up if you paste it into your browser, but if it does it certainly helped holding down our wedding cake steps which also have 3 compartments underneath them that I filled with pea gravel, they have been in my pool for over 4 years now. I leave them in during the winter now also.
Hope this may help and show up when you copy and paste it?

My Wedding Cake support arm fix write up.

I always hated the design of the wedding cake support arm that goes from the top step upright and then screws into your deck. It has to set on top of your top rail and then you have to put a block or something on your deck to make up the difference in height so you could screw in into place...

www.troublefreepool.com

 

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Just wanted to update this. Thanks for all the suggestions. I ended up going with the Confer Curve Steps for above ground pools. They are great! I put 50 lbs of sand in them and had no issues keeping them down. Fastened to the deck these things rule.