Wedding Cake Steps or similiar

[CarlD]

A lot of wedding cake steps are nothing more than a plastic platform and a rail or two that's attached by a flange. If you have a drill, concrete bit and concrete inserts, with screws for it, you can install the flange yourself. What I did with mine was drill a hole about a 1/4" wide in the front of each step to let air out. I attached the flanges to my deck (not concrete, and not relevant) and they hold the steps in place when the rails are screwed into them. For several years I put sand bags in the steps but stopped bothering years ago. Further, I put a piece of Plumber's Vinyl under the steps to keep them from abrading the liner. If you have a large enough piece of liner, that works too and looks more like the liner than the gray Plumber's Vinyl, but it's not as thick.

[PoolDoc]

OK. My bad.

Danny, if you do-it-yourself like Carl suggest, you WILL be able to get a good idea about the cost! ($0.00)

[CarlD]

No, No, Ben! You are right: We don't estimate contractor costs. I, like you, am a DYI guy. If Danny is, he'll need the bit, inserts and weather-proof screws, and sweat-equity.
I don't know if you, Ben, have experience with Wedding Cake steps. I've had my set for 10 years and put them in and take them out every year--and have learned a lot over that time!.