A new question on Drop-in Steps

[Sprocket]

I filled up two empty bleach jugs with sand . Tied a nylon rope between then about 10" longer than the width of the second step up from the bottom of the stairs .

Hung the jugs by the rope on the back of the step ( on mine is were they snap together so was a nice crack to fit the rope in ) one on each side of the steps . Now when I take out my steps I just grab the rope and take off the weights in the pool and they are much easier (the steps) out of the pool .

If you wanted more weight , fill with cement , either use , 2/3 gal , 1 gal , or 1.5 gal jugs . On my pool they are white jugs that more or less blend in with the steps anyway .

cheers
Sprocket

[The Raddish]

I suggested this as a fix in another thread and it was well received. Maybe it might work in your situation as well.

Maybe you could try a Magnum??

[Mom2Czars]

I'm going to try the jugs today. We ended up pulling our stairs out on Sunday because the ziploc bags failed. There was air in the bags, no matter what we did, and when we went to adjust them, the seams popped. I'll be vacuuming sand this weekend.

[bkwudz]

I used 3 extra deck blocks i had from the pool deck, worked great. The sand and bags was a PITA. I put each deck block in two extra heavy contractor trash bags and completely wrapped them with duct tape. The bags and tape seem to keep the water out and also contain any small pieces of of the blocks at come off as well as really cushion the blocks so they don't damage the liner while trying to wrestle them under the stairs