back yard rink
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(1)Lazy: Get plastic.
(2)Cheap: If you like lots of hard work you don't need plastic for forming the foundation. Get a sprinkler and be prepared to spend several hours a night for a week + to get a good foundation.
I went for option 2 last winter. I had a beautiful foundation laid and was about 2 - 3 more floods to a beautiful rink, then it warmed up to 10 degrees for 2 weeks. The rink survived the first week, but the second week holes started to appear. 2 days after the foundation was gone the weather dropped to -10 again.
(2)Cheap: If you like lots of hard work you don't need plastic for forming the foundation. Get a sprinkler and be prepared to spend several hours a night for a week + to get a good foundation.
I went for option 2 last winter. I had a beautiful foundation laid and was about 2 - 3 more floods to a beautiful rink, then it warmed up to 10 degrees for 2 weeks. The rink survived the first week, but the second week holes started to appear. 2 days after the foundation was gone the weather dropped to -10 again.
heh... at the home farm we have like 1/2 an acre of area that fills up with water and freezes on it own.. ya just need to smooth it out sometimes... 
[ November 16, 2004, 06:32 PM: Message edited by: Haunz ]
[ November 16, 2004, 06:32 PM: Message edited by: Haunz ]
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My dad use to make a rink in the backyard used some boards as a frame then put plastic down worked pretty good then would put snow around the boards then freeze them abit so we something to kinda stop on instead of wood.
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Yah we just look or hope someone has a pond nearby lol. The one year we tried to make one the ground wasn't so level and it turned into a flooded side yard lmao...........
yea thats what im worried about....just going to have to wait and see...would be nice to have a rink....gives me something better to do then play poker or watch tv
yea thats what im worried about....just going to have to wait and see...would be nice to have a rink....gives me something better to do then play poker or watch tv
Originally posted by ChizzerZ24:
My dad use to make a rink in the backyard used some boards as a frame then put plastic down worked pretty good then would put snow around the boards then freeze them abit so we something to kinda stop on instead of wood.
My dad use to make a rink in the backyard used some boards as a frame then put plastic down worked pretty good then would put snow around the boards then freeze them abit so we something to kinda stop on instead of wood.
