DIY Pool Deck For Above Ground And Intex Pools

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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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@caseydeia2006 Жыл бұрын

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

@LifeLessOrdinary Жыл бұрын

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 👍

@andreabowman81 Жыл бұрын

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.

@LifeLessOrdinary Жыл бұрын

You can definitely do it 👍🏼, let me know how it goes

@nikkirockmore5391 Жыл бұрын

Omg thank you for walking us through this and giving out the sizes, I know I can do this now!

@LifeLessOrdinary Жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching the video and best of luck with it 👍🏼

@AGoldieDog32876 Жыл бұрын

Your yard is so beautiful! Looking for some easy deck ideas, I love yours! Great job 👏

@LifeLessOrdinary Жыл бұрын

You just made my day Heather thank you very much 🙏🏼

@drevil3456 3 ай бұрын

Great job on that deck and it gives me an idea on what do build for my pool....awesome

@LifeLessOrdinary 3 ай бұрын

We love it, thank you for the compliment

@TheyluvvvSofie Жыл бұрын

Great deck! Thanks for the description and materials list!

@LifeLessOrdinary Жыл бұрын

I appreciate you taking the time to send a comment

@tiffanysgottimetoday4589 Жыл бұрын

I love your whole channel thanks for the help with all the pool videos ❤

@LifeLessOrdinary Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the very kind comment

@brentchase3535 Ай бұрын

Nice video and explanation man. Now I have a better idea of what I want to do. Thank you.

@andyjordan9293 Жыл бұрын

Love how you say " when the kids make a whirlpool ". Everyone loves a whirlpool 😂😂😂. Great job dood.

@LifeLessOrdinary Жыл бұрын

Lol this is true 👍🏼

@JayDizafor. 4 сағат бұрын

I like the deck

@Mmaattyy 11 ай бұрын

I love your deck. The one with your dining set on it.

@LifeLessOrdinary 11 ай бұрын

That’s one of the best things we added to the back yard 👍🏼

@aaronandrews7830 Жыл бұрын

Great video!

@MikeHunt-yw2gn Жыл бұрын

Due to your extreme heat, my suggestion would be to rotate pool on off season and put pump under deck. Looks great!

@carolynblack9897 Ай бұрын

very cool.. thanks for doing the video.!

@JoeJDiaz-sh8dl 2 жыл бұрын

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.

@LifeLessOrdinary 2 жыл бұрын

I appreciate the comment thank you

@robertpatterson149 Ай бұрын

Looks good

@Oceanlife360 Жыл бұрын

Amazing ❤

@LifeLessOrdinary Жыл бұрын

Thank you

@seangworld Жыл бұрын

looks good, im gonna build something similar. nice yard!

@LifeLessOrdinary Жыл бұрын

I appreciate the compliment very much

@christinependergrass6023 Ай бұрын

Not a problem

@lefefesole8948 Жыл бұрын

Good job sir😊 I will build one for my pool

@LifeLessOrdinary Жыл бұрын

Thank you 🙏🏼

@glen8449 Жыл бұрын

New subscriber. Great ideas.

@LifeLessOrdinary Жыл бұрын

Thank you very much, I appreciate that

@TruckerDave215 Жыл бұрын

Cool videos

@ch33kz Жыл бұрын

Nice job 👍

@LifeLessOrdinary Жыл бұрын

Thank you

@STRADER29 2 ай бұрын

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.

@LifeLessOrdinary 2 ай бұрын

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.

@jessicaphogan 2 ай бұрын

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

@jessicaphogan 2 ай бұрын

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.

@LifeLessOrdinary 2 ай бұрын

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.

@MrYellowjacket212 Жыл бұрын

Thanks brutha

@thisgirlkris Жыл бұрын

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!

@LifeLessOrdinary Жыл бұрын

I hope it helped, and good luck with yours

@queeneywarren9474 Жыл бұрын

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

@LifeLessOrdinary Жыл бұрын

I’m so happy I made it, makes it so much easier

@nephewsque6751 Жыл бұрын

Very nice job 👏.. it looks like treated lumber to me. So you good to go

@LifeLessOrdinary Жыл бұрын

Thank you very much, yes I used treated 👍🏼

@vincecfm3240 2 жыл бұрын

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?

@LifeLessOrdinary 2 жыл бұрын

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.

@nikolatorgross Жыл бұрын

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

@LifeLessOrdinary Жыл бұрын

Great idea

@markgonzales710 2 жыл бұрын

Nice video, I like your table setup. Where did you get the table with umbrella hole and those outdoor chairs from? Thanks

@LifeLessOrdinary 2 жыл бұрын

We got it from At Home in Lubbock tx 👍🏼 we like it a lot .

@aronnyferran5631 Ай бұрын

This guy is a mcgiver lol he says his no plumber or carpinter but everything is so perfect

@LifeLessOrdinary Ай бұрын

Thankfully, I learned a lot from KZfaq myself before I make videos lol. Appreciate your kind words.

@levihummel4984 Ай бұрын

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

@LifeLessOrdinary Ай бұрын

@levihummel4984 same here I didn’t have to worry about any code enforcement stuff

@larryneff9998 Жыл бұрын

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?

@LifeLessOrdinary Жыл бұрын

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?

@fernp628 Жыл бұрын

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?

@LifeLessOrdinary Жыл бұрын

I used a product from Home Depot. BEHR Solid color stain. 👍🏼

@bestwaysandfilterpump483 2 жыл бұрын

Intex sand filter pump from 2017

@jasonlarose7617 Жыл бұрын

Excellent job, how did you secure the 4x4 posts in the ground? I'm looking into the Simpson Strong 4x4 popst spikes.

@LifeLessOrdinary Жыл бұрын

I put mine in about 20” with concrete 👍🏼

@katiebange1916 Жыл бұрын

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!!

@LifeLessOrdinary Жыл бұрын

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 🙏🏼

@henryroa1971 Жыл бұрын

How much do you think you paid in just wood for the deck.

@steighcie 11 ай бұрын

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!

@LifeLessOrdinary 11 ай бұрын

Yes this one came with our pool. 👍🏼

@Miszally23 Жыл бұрын

Bird poop just snowed on you 🤣

@boblindemann 2 жыл бұрын

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.

@LifeLessOrdinary 2 жыл бұрын

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.

@FRANKSIAS-ht2qx 3 ай бұрын

What type of cover do you recommend that can withstand strong wind.

@LifeLessOrdinary 3 ай бұрын

I made a video for it 👍🏼 kzfaq.info/get/bejne/n79_Zc5y37eRnJs.htmlsi=HZLmb-np6igMfhPH

@ryankenealy4837 Жыл бұрын

If you don’t mind me asking, how much did you spend for all of the materials?

@LifeLessOrdinary Жыл бұрын

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.

@dennismcquinn2255 2 жыл бұрын

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

@LifeLessOrdinary 2 жыл бұрын

Bottom step to far end is 10’ on mine 👍

@dennismcquinn2255 2 жыл бұрын

@@LifeLessOrdinary thanks next i gotta figure out the ground level deck I have a 16x20 area

@LifeLessOrdinary 2 жыл бұрын

That’s the easy part lol, looking back I wish I had made a video showing it all

@cambracarroll Жыл бұрын

Did you use footers for the deck posts?

@LifeLessOrdinary Жыл бұрын

I put the fence post 2 foot in concrete below ground 👍🏼

@davidfox2804 Жыл бұрын

Looks good but no rails on the stairs makes the door kind of useless right?

@davidfox2804 Жыл бұрын

Nvm minute 7 you say it lol

@goof286 2 жыл бұрын

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

@LifeLessOrdinary 2 жыл бұрын

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.

@davidhuffman4036 Ай бұрын

Why no hangers or ledgers? Wood needs support that high up , and step gate is useless without railing pickets

@robaalvarez 2 жыл бұрын

What did you use for paint/stain?

@LifeLessOrdinary 2 жыл бұрын

Valspar semi transparent solid color deck stain from lowes.

@zaynsbabe3 Жыл бұрын

@@LifeLessOrdinary can you please tell me how much did just the deck cost you to build?

@christinependergrass6023 Ай бұрын

How much would you guess? Just the top part like the deck itself to the pool would cost

@LifeLessOrdinary Ай бұрын

That’s a really hard question to answer because prices were a lot different three years ago when I built that

@johnathanwest5171 Жыл бұрын

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.

@LifeLessOrdinary Жыл бұрын

Just the top part or the entire deck on the lower part?

@johnathanwest5171 Жыл бұрын

@Life Less Ordinary the entire deck. I just got the pool done today steps put in now thinking i need a deck.

@johnathanwest5171 Жыл бұрын

Also how many decking boards did you use

@LifeLessOrdinary Жыл бұрын

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

@johnathanwest5171 Жыл бұрын

@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.