| If you have never seen a nice above ground pool | | | | railing unlike a deck that is attached to a home. Also, |
| completed with a solidly built wrap around deck then | | | | a deck built onto a home will also have to match up |
| you will be amazed when you finally do. This is | | | | to the home and have a set of stairs and an |
| because, a modern semi-submerged above ground | | | | entranceway to the home that has to also match |
| pool with a deep and that has a deck surrounding it | | | | the home. |
| looks and functions just like a standard built in pool. | | | | Also on an above ground pool deck you are free to |
| Even when you are standing right up next to it on | | | | use far cheaper decking material such a Douglas Fir. |
| the deck it is difficult to tell the difference. There is | | | | You don't need to be an expert carpenter to build |
| one huge difference between an above ground and a | | | | the deck around your above ground pool but you will |
| built in pool however and that is the cost of the two. | | | | need some basic tools and a good book on deck |
| Even with a complete wrap around deck and | | | | building. |
| landscaping, an above ground pool is going to only | | | | If you are going to go the "Douglas Fir" route for |
| cost a fraction of what a basic built in pool will. | | | | your decking material, try to select out the best |
| This is why most people that have an above ground | | | | boards that you can at the lumber supply store. One |
| pool installed in their yard end up having a nice deck | | | | trick is to bribe the fork lift operator with ten or |
| installed a quarter, half or all the way around the pool. | | | | twenty dollars to go in back and bring out the fresh |
| As far as decks go, above ground pool decks are | | | | stack of lumber, so you can pick out the straightest |
| the easiest decks to build for a number of reasons. | | | | and most knot free specimens for your project. |
| To begin with, if they are low they don't require any | | | | |