DIY Pool Deck For Above Ground And Intex Pools
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- čas přidán 29. 08. 2024
- DIY Pool deck for above ground and Intex pools. This has been one of the most asked questions on my channel. (How did you build your pool deck)? Well even though the deck is already built I figured we can do a walk around and show you everything I used. Below I will leave a list of decking materials needed.
Deck floor is 50” tall
68’ of decking
3 stair steps
2 - 2x10x10 for steps 20’ total
6 - 4x4x10
6 - 2x6x12 Joists
4 - 2x4x12 Rails
Large box of deck screws
Stain or Paint
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We just put up this same pool and this is a great little deck project for it. We are not experienced builders, but this looks doable. And thanks for the list of lumber needed.
You can definitely do it 👍🏼, let me know how it goes
Awesome job, thanks for showing your project & great explanation. Gives us confidence on how you don’t need to be a master builder to complete a good project
This comment is exactly why I made this video. Just want to help others. I’ve had so many comments and questions, I figured it would help. Thanks for the comment 👍
Love how you say " when the kids make a whirlpool ". Everyone loves a whirlpool 😂😂😂. Great job dood.
Lol this is true 👍🏼
Due to your extreme heat, my suggestion would be to rotate pool on off season and put pump under deck. Looks great!
Great job on that deck and it gives me an idea on what do build for my pool....awesome
We love it, thank you for the compliment
It looks great!!! We moved to a bigger house, and it's costing tons of money. I love the house, but my FAVORITE thing ever is to float in my pool. Our roof, pecan trees, and everything my fiance refuses to cut down ruins my above ground pool. I don't even know where to start with building a deck now just to enjoy my pool
Preface, we live in the middle of the country in arkansas with crazy weather and tons of tractors driving by. Lol. We place it in the backyard to be outside of my sliding glass doors, and our house is weird with a wrap around concrete porch with brick house. The pool had to go a little from the porch so it's like I'm stepping in to the unknown just to climb the ladder and the roof has all kinds of debris that ruins hours of cleaning it.
It’s very hard at times to keep a pool clean with lots of trees and debris constantly getting in the water. Thankfully I have no trees close to the pool.
Nice. I just finished my deck this weekend for my 16' Intex pool. One thing I didn't focus on when building it, I live on a corner in my neighborhood, and have a 6' privacy fence around my backyard and my deck is about 15 feet from the fence line, I didn't realize how much standing on the 4' deck would tower over the fence. Kind of lose privacy when using the deck, but it's a necessity for getting in and out of the pool without climbing over the stock ladder.
We have the same issue, but like you said it’s worth it to be able to get in and out of the pool with ease.
Your yard is so beautiful! Looking for some easy deck ideas, I love yours! Great job 👏
You just made my day Heather thank you very much 🙏🏼
I love your deck. The one with your dining set on it.
That’s one of the best things we added to the back yard 👍🏼
Omg thank you for walking us through this and giving out the sizes, I know I can do this now!
Thank you for watching the video and best of luck with it 👍🏼
Currently in West Texas trying to map and and price out how much (and how hard lol) building our own small deck would be. Thank you for your thorough video! Looks awesome!
I hope it helped, and good luck with yours
That is my problem to I cannot get on the small ladder hope this won't cost to much for my son to make love this thank you
I’m so happy I made it, makes it so much easier
Nice video and explanation man. Now I have a better idea of what I want to do. Thank you.
thank you for sharing your video and explaining a little. I did like the colors you picked. I think that was a great choice. I look forward to making the same water fountain and side skimmer. Again, THANK YOU.
I appreciate the comment thank you
Well...what to say...very good work for a non professional :-))) if you want to improve the Lader, saw of the nonpool side and tighten it to your deck with some screws and metal plates. Sorry for my bad english
Great idea
I love your whole channel thanks for the help with all the pool videos ❤
Thank you for the very kind comment
I like the deck
Great deck! Thanks for the description and materials list!
I appreciate you taking the time to send a comment
This guy is a mcgiver lol he says his no plumber or carpinter but everything is so perfect
Thankfully, I learned a lot from CZcams myself before I make videos lol. Appreciate your kind words.
Planning on doing the same soon. And just like you no fancy metal stringer hangers just regular ol 3" screws to hold everything together as I'm way out of code enforcement areas in the woods and I see no issues at all doing it exactly how you did. May enclose the bottom so you can't see any underneath
@levihummel4984 same here I didn’t have to worry about any code enforcement stuff
Why no hangers or ledgers? Wood needs support that high up , and step gate is useless without railing pickets
Good job sir😊
I will build one for my pool
Thank you 🙏🏼
I've been waiting for this video! Thanks for sharing.
I know the price of wood sky rocketed during the pandemic. But roughly how much did you spend on the pool deck?
It’s hard to say because I bought all the lumber at the same time which included the main deck that I didn’t really show much. I think it was like 2k for everything. And obviously the main deck was probably 70% of the total.
Not a problem
looks good, im gonna build something similar. nice yard!
I appreciate the compliment very much
very cool.. thanks for doing the video.!
Very nice job 👏.. it looks like treated lumber to me. So you good to go
Thank you very much, yes I used treated 👍🏼
Great video, thanks for the details, i am also thinking a deck like yours. What kind of stain and paint did you use for the lumber?
I used a product from Home Depot. BEHR Solid color stain. 👍🏼
That is a great looking deck! I am looking to build the same deck this weekend. I do have a couple questions, how long is the deck itself minus the stairs and how did you accomplish the curve around the pool when building the joists?
The curve honestly I just eyeballed based on the pool. The joists underneath the decking are not as close to the pool as the top decking. How long is the deck? Are you talking about the top part or the large flat area on the ground?
Looks good
Are you in a region where you have to take your pool down for the winter? If so, what do you put in its place so your yard doesn’t look like a big void?
No I keep it up all year, I just cover it in the winter
Did that ladder come with your pool or did you order it separately. If the ladder, where did you buy it? The one that came with our pool does not have a flat platform on top and i really like that yours does!
Yes this one came with our pool. 👍🏼
This is awesome! You rock - I am new to woodworking so I'm curious where I start? Did you build the upper deck first? Also this 4x4 are they one piece - starting at ground and extend ask the way up to the top of the handrail? (Looking at deck portion up top). I think that's a dumb question but needs to be asked lol. Last thing - or ground around the pool is not perfectly flat- Soooo... Lol - maybe I should build this and hire someone to put in ground? I assume something like this must be set is concrete right?
I appreciate you ❤ any advise accepted!!
Hi Katie
I made the lower section off of the porch first and then added the high part next to the pool. And yes the 4x4 starts in the ground and goes all the way up to the top of the hand rail. Yes the deck is concreted I the ground. Personally, I would put the pool at first and then build the deck up to it. Thank you so much for your kind words 🙏🏼
How much do you think you paid in just wood for the deck.
Nice video, I like your table setup. Where did you get the table with umbrella hole and those outdoor chairs from? Thanks
We got it from At Home in Lubbock tx 👍🏼 we like it a lot .
How much would you guess? Just the top part like the deck itself to the pool would cost
That’s a really hard question to answer because prices were a lot different three years ago when I built that
Great video!
Nice job 👍
Thank you
New subscriber. Great ideas.
Thank you very much, I appreciate that
Ooo why didn’t I think of making my own fountain out of pvc! The ones you buy are terrible
So easy 👍🏼
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Did you cut the stair stringers or did you buy the stringer prefab? If Prefab, where do you find them at?
Also, Off topic of deck - but on topic of Intex pool; It looks like you may live in warmer southern climate and if so do you take your pool up and down every year? This is first summer of our pool and wondering how folks deal with it in the winter. I know it says in freezing climates you have to take them down for the winter - but I am in southern California and we might have night time temps around 35 for a few weeks and that's the coldest it gets - and thats just a couple hours from about 3AM until dawn and as soon as the sun comes back up it warms up. It would be to cold to swim but wondering if it is worth leaving the pool up and running a pump all winter long or if I should plan to take it down. Curious how other folks in the warmer climates handle it.
I bought them prepare at Home Depot 👍 I’m in Texas and I leave the pool up. I do shut it down and pack the pump away, and then cover pool with a tarp.
Amazing ❤
Thank you
Bird poop just snowed on you 🤣
If you don’t mind me asking, how much did you spend for all of the materials?
I honestly can’t remember lol, but I did put a material list in the description. You could probably compare it to like home depot.com and get a good idea.
Cool videos
Intex sand filter pump from 2017
What type of cover do you recommend that can withstand strong wind.
I made a video for it 👍🏼
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Excellent job, how did you secure the 4x4 posts in the ground? I'm looking into the Simpson Strong 4x4 popst spikes.
I put mine in about 20” with concrete 👍🏼
Looks good but no rails on the stairs makes the door kind of useless right?
Nvm minute 7 you say it lol
Did you use footers for the deck posts?
I put the fence post 2 foot in concrete below ground 👍🏼
what is the total length of the deck from bottom step to the far edge? I am putting in a 12x24 intex thinking of a 8x6 top
Bottom step to far end is 10’ on mine 👍
@@LifeLessOrdinary thanks next i gotta figure out the ground level deck I have a 16x20 area
That’s the easy part lol, looking back I wish I had made a video showing it all
Thanks brutha
What are the dimensions of your deck. Im redoing my popl area and my wife n i love your setup. Thanks for the pool ideas.
Just the top part or the entire deck on the lower part?
@Life Less Ordinary the entire deck. I just got the pool done today steps put in now thinking i need a deck.
Also how many decking boards did you use
So sorry it took me so long to reply.
The large area which is on the ground is 12’x21’ and it took 45 deck boards. The small section on the ground between the large area and the stairs going up to the deck is. 4’x10’ and it took 21 deck boards 4’ long
@Life Less Ordinary thank you so much love your videos. I got the pool up Sunday and releveled which was a chore. Got thr main access ez ladder system in it and the skimmer. They thing is a life saver. Now I'm gonna work on the decking.
How did you cut and measure and connect the floor joist next to the pool. That part is what just has me worried and confused on how to cut and do without puncturing pool and still being as close to it as possible
I gave plenty of room between the joist and the pool, it looks closer because you over hang the decking a little. Just cut it straight and attach it to the 4x4 post.
What did you use for paint/stain?
Valspar semi transparent solid color deck stain from lowes.
@@LifeLessOrdinary can you please tell me how much did just the deck cost you to build?