Hello, I am new to the backyard hockey rink world. I live up in the upper peninsula of Michigan, Marquette. Last year I built a rink just using the pack and flood method and when warm spells came I lost all or most of my rink. This year I am going to use a liner, but my budget isn't allowing much fo...

Thanks Kevmac for your response, I am running two, 16 foot deck board along the entire back of the pallet and then putting plywood on the outside. After reading your blog, by the way your a phenomenal writer, did you ever have any tears when you used the pallets from the water pressing through the g...

JDW I am up in Marquette and just started tonight with the low on saturday just being 8. Best of luck to you. I think if you mix the snow that supposed to come with the water it might just give you more volume? Who know but wouldn't it be nice to be skating on thanksgiving?

Scott

I have recently finished flooding my rink last friday around 10pm. This Saturday the high was 14 and the low was 5. Sunday The high and low was 18. I have a significantly sloped rink, even though I have a excuvator come out and try to level it. I still go a slope of 8 inches. Must have been really u...

Kevin,
Could the pressure of my weight cause the water below to burst the liner? If that happens I feel like it would be disastrous. How long should it take to freeze 12" of ice? Is a week abnormal?

Scott

JDW, I have 12 inches of ice in my deep end and 5" inches in my shallow end. My shallow end is totally frozen but my deep end there is still six inches of water. I don't think theres a formula. Best of luck with the lake effect snow tomorrow, I would maybe suggest spaying some of it down if you...