How hard is it to take the stairs out of the pool for winter close up?
383087
It is tuff for me, because did it from the deck. If someone was in the pool helping it would be easy
383088
Not hard at all takes a couple of people to lift it. Lift stairs up slowly and let water drain out.
24445
A bit tricky to open. Don't overfill with water before freezing. Run under warm water for a few seconds and then pull apart. It is still not very smooth to open but that seems to be the only way.
2132532
The pool is not designed nor intended to be left up year round in winter conditions. I live in Chicago and take it down in Sept/Oct and put it back up around May. If you leave it up, the pool (liner and poles) are likely to prematurely wear and may even rip due to the expansion/contraction of freezing. Good luck.
894523
I haven't had any reason to try to get into mine, but just from looking I would say that getting this apart will be quite a chore. I am almost certain that it will no longer be water-tight once this is done.
846098
I use 2 empty large "Tidycat Lightweight" plastic containers. Fill them as much as possible with sand, then add water until they have very little air in them. Tuck them underneath these steps, or any steps, and secure with zip ties, or long white shoestrings to the ladder. This will hold the ladder down but you can undo them and take them out in the winter. You can use a little less sand/water mix to make it lighter to lift if you use 3 or more containers. This works great for me.
1127205
We just got it for Christmas and have not tried to close it up yet. I am sorry we could not be more help. Hopefully it is easy to do, otherwise, we absolutely love it!
1083566
I don't think you can because it's plastic. We just bring a metal bucket of water out during the winter because it freezes up by the end of the day. The plastic bucket is prone to cracking because of the expanding from heat and cold. You might want to invest in a heated one, or just use it for the summer.
2233421
Yes, quite easy. I remove mine in summer as ski season is over and I have no use for it.
765247
We have removed the exterior ladder for winter & reattach in spring.. We do not use that interior ladder, we use the "wedding cake" ladder from our previous pool.
828907
It isn't easy, but stand over the unit, push in the back "button", and pull up hard. Pushing down then up may help. You can't do it from outside the boat.
1363696
Yes. You may have to attach the railings to the deck, but that shouldn't be too big of a problem. I actually reversed my steps. The ladder is inside the pool and the steps are outside. We found it safer.
210627
The height of the top platform is adjustable, I have 54" deep pool and have more to go up. That is not a problem, one problem is that the bottom of the pool has to be level with the outside ground because there is no adjustment on the ladder for that. Second biggest problem is that with the safety gate on you need to be a small person to get up and down the ladder. Also the gate shuts behind you when you get into the pool, which makes it hard to get out. Would buy this ladder again.
1425004
I Installed the unit before I opened the pool from winter. We had a lot of snow and ice this winter so it had pushed water out when it thawed. The water was just below my return line. I don't think you would want to change this with water in the pool. The water will get behind the liner and may cause problems. I would recommend lowering the water below the return line. Other than that it was a piece of cake. My kids love it for swimming after dark. Highly recommend but haven't had for very long so time will tell on durability!!!
1340184
We lift our ladder out of the pool when we cover it. It can easily be cut. Easy to pull back onto pool but we use two people to make it easier. Otherwise you just walk around pool and adjust it. To keep in place, we tie rope crisscrossed over pool but I am looking into bungee cords.
1463324
Ours only gets taken out of the pool when people want to swim so it doesn't get swamped and risk it sinking or to clean it about once or twice a week. We'll also take it out when we close the pool for winter but it will be covered then.
1871009
I don't think it's very easy. I just leave mine hooked up year round and cover it with a blanket during the winter.
1908727
We live in Georgia, so we opted to leave our canopy on over the winter. We had one storm with about 5 inches of wet snow, and my husband had to stand on a ladder to brush all the snow off. If not, I think it would've collapsed. It was fairly difficult for us to get the canopy on because our eaves are so close to the top. It would not be very easy for us to get it off and then on again. I don't think that you would have to take the whole structure down, just the canopy. I'm not sure how the weather would affect the screening though.