Do you have a big play set for your kids?

If you do, can I see how the slide attaches?

A few months back I picked up an old playset slide for free. Now that summer is here and we have the pool setup, I'd like to get the slide setup to go into the pool. The thing is, I'm not sure what sort of a platform/ladder system I need to build to hold it up, and since I work solo most of the time, it's kinda hard to hold it in place and see how I need to build it at the same time. 

I know they are usually mounted on a platform, but I think I can get away with a ladder and legs. 

The pool is 10 feet across and 30 inches deep, seems safe to me as long as I can build a sturdy way to hold the ladder. Maybe this is just another one of my dumb ideas though?

Edit: the title is supposed to read "playset" stupid auto correct.

I do, but I'm not sure it'll help since mine is part of a playscape that I built, but I'm happy to snap a pic or two for you when I get home.  I think you're right that you should be able to build a safe enough setup since your kid is so young.  Don't test it yourself, as you will probably knock the pool wall down :)

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Top of the slide overlapped a deck and was screwed to that deck.   Bottom of slide was supported by ground.

Assuming above-ground pool, you're going to need (IMO) a ladder, small deck to serve as a landing and to support the slide, and another support to hold the bottom of the slide.

Yes, above ground pool, will be on the patio once the new roof gets put on, turns out the "level" spot I picked in the yard is decidedly not.  

I was thinking 4x4 posts, 2x4 rungs, and maybe a 2x12 platform/deck. The kid is 4 years and 42 pounds, her big sister I'm a little worried about, as at 11 she is 5'5 115lbs, but she doesn't come over very often. I know my 280lbs won't be playing on the slide regardless. 

Thanks Buffalo!

I built my own slide and deck out of six by six treated timbers and it was pretty astonishing how much abuse it took. The kids used it right up until they were in their mid teens at which point they were no longer content with sliding slowly. They constantly invented new and more aggressive ways to get into the water and there were often quite a crowd of them up there and I would get pretty uneasy. I eventually pulled it down before the lawsuits happened. So my advice is build it heavy with good construction practices and plan for the future if you have a big pool and lots of kids.

I got ahold of one of those plastic slides that were intended to be part of a larger playset kit. I have it attached to a 2 x 4 that serves as the top of a ladder, using lag bolts. Nothing fancy.

Mine is just lagged to the edge beam of the platform. Nothing fancy and seems you could bolt it to a ladder easily.

Our old one was set up like java230's.

I have a Rainbow system play set I recently acquired for free and am repairing. The slide mounts with carriage bolts through the side. The head of the carriage bolt goes into the slide itself and then the bolt goes through the slide, the 2x4 that runs along side it for structure, and through a 4x4 that is the vertical upright. So you have nut-4x4-2x4-slide-bolt then bolt-slide-2x4-4x4-nut on the other side. Then acorn nuts on the ends of the threaded parts sticking out to keep them from being injury hazards for the kids.

I can take more detailed pics if that would help. but here's a shot of the slide from when I was picking it up: