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Originally Posted by johnco
aboveground pools with decks makes it very hard to change liners unless your pool has a hung liner. over the wall liner requires removal of top rails and caps. impossible with above the rail decking and extremely difficult/impossible with below rail unless a large enough gap is left to pull liner over wall, install coping and replace rails. having done hundreds of aboveground pools and half as many liner changes, I either turned the job down when there's a deck, removed enough decking to do my job, or if there is enough room to get to liner changed, *****ed and moaned the entire time I'm crawling under the deck, getting buzzed by wasps, banging my head on deck supports and swearing that was my last liner change with a deck. I don't do those anymore. above ground pools really need decks but plan ahead for liner changes. if your pool uses a hung liner, disregard all this and go for it. BTW, a hung liner has a bead on the edge that rides in a track around inside top edge of wall so top rail doesn't need to be removed for liner change
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I get what you're saying. I installed my pool, it came with a over the wall liner. It was hard enough doing without a deck over it so I can see how a deck would make it all that much more fun.
I was trying to think of a way to put the deck on and still keep things serviceable. I'm considering a cantilever setup that extends over the top and is bolted to the main deck. I'd have to do it in 2 or 3 pieces which would cause more work now but less in the future if/when the liner needed replaced. I was thinking along the lines of using 2x10 joists up to the rail then using 3/4" grade 8 bolts and 2x8's level with the top of the 2x10 to extend out over the rail. This would allow me to unbolt a 18" section over the rail and take it off in order to put a liner on in the future. The cost for lumber would go up but since I'm building it myself the additional cost of the materials really doesn't mean that much.
My understanding of the problem with an under the rail deck is the caps for the rail have screws that need removed in order to get the top rail off. I'm going to go outside today and study my pool rail and see exactly what needs to go for a liner to be installed.
Thanks to everyone so far for their input.