I continued my work on the pool deck. I now would start on the filter side of the pool deck. Things went fairly well. I designed and built a hatch opening to get at the filter skimmer cover. The filter itself would be placed on a concrete pad outside the deck. I planned on building a wood surround to hide the filter, but I would never build it.
I moved around the pool completing the deck. Spending my weekends and weeknights the project would take all summer. In the process, I would drop my Black and Decker® drill into the pool. Yes, it was plugged in. Yes, there was nobody in the pool. And yes, the GFCI outlet did its job. Unfortunately, the drill was dead. Time to buy another corded Black and Decker® drill.
I spent my fall weekends working on the railings. A simple 3-foot high railing with pressure-treated 2 x 4 top and bottom rails with 2 x 2 balusters. On each post, I screwed down a pressure-treated wood ball post cap. Today there are many options for railings and post caps. My selection thirty-three years ago was limited. Nonetheless, the railings did their job and looked good.
Even though the railings were done, we still needed to use the snow fence. There was a 24-foot opening where a gate needed to be installed. That would be my final pool project.