How to Weigh Down Pool Steps
Getting in and out of your swimming pool safely is essential, especially when you have wet feet. Using pool steps helps protect you from slips and falls by giving you a sturdy structure with support railings to hold on to. Pool steps are made of light plastic and when submerged into water tend to float up to the surface. There are many ways to weigh down your pool steps. For example, you can use waterproof weights, but they can be expensive. The most cost-effective way to weigh down your pool steps is to use sand and soda bottles. Follow a few simple steps and you'll have safe, weighed-down pool steps in no time. Does this Spark an idea?
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Decide where you want to place the pool steps and inset them into the pool. Be sure to choose an area that is level to avoid the stairs from moving, causing slips and falls.
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Fill four, two-liter soda bottles with sand. Secure each bottle to the steps by simply putting the bottles under the steps. On the inside of the steps, you will see a ledge. Place the bottles there, because here the bottles are out of sight to swimmers and less likely to be stepped on.
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Replace the soda bottles once a month as the chemicals in the pool can soften and thin-out the plastic.
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