Ok, here's the best idea you'll ever get...make the deck 6 feet shorter. Problem solved and it won't cost a dime. In fact, it'll put money in your pocket because you can take all those extra deck boards back to lowe's. Meter won't be on the porch anymore and the kid probably won't be able to reach it to play with it then, plus you won't have some guy on your back porch looking in the sliding doors once a month.
David
David