Hey everyone. First time rink builer. Kids and I have been skating on our so called pond, but water level changes have made it hard to maintain so it's time to build in the yard. I just finished putting it up last weekend. 26x46 with 2x12's for the boards. I put it in level and then back filled my o...

Thanks, the two plastic tanks are old liquid shipping containers made of heavy plastic with a gate valve discharge on the bottom. They hold 300 gal each. I filled them with water from the pool when I put it away for winter. Hope to save a little on the well plus it will make a quicker fill. If it wo...

I had a gap in that corner, but back filled and packed it from the inside until dirt stopped pushing through. On the inside the dirt is 1" above the bottom of the board.

Rink is up. 10 day forecast starting friday shows only 1 day above freezing(35 f). 35/24, 26/14, 24/16, 30/20, 31/26, 32/28, 35/26, 30/21, 32/28, 31/22. Maybe I'm just getting anxious. The last three days have been cold at night, but 38/40 and sunny during the day. I checked the ice on my pool cover...

I'm all set to fill tomorrow, hoses laid out, all things ready to go. Forcast still looking okay, 10 day out looking at 33/25, 34/27 for the last two days. Sorry for the (F) degrees, habit, I work at a small airport in northern Michigan and our weather reports in (C), but local weather is still (F)....

Light drizzle at the moment. Loading all necessary parts in the truck tonight so i' m ready to go out and fill tomorrow. 10 day forecast still looking good. If no changes in forecast in the morning I'll start filling.

If I was on Facebook I would have unfriended mother nature this morning. By noon I had 2" of snow, not planned, so I got a late start on the rink. Had to shovel the snow off before putting the tarp down. Started filling at 12:30pm and just turned the hoses off at 6:30. I'll post some pics tomor...

Not bad for a days work, liner in, rink filled, ice forming. All in all it went a lot easier than I expected for my first time especially working alone. Before going to bed I checed it and had a thin skim of ice, clear ski and falling temps. This morning it didn't look to bad, a little rough since w...

Thanks guys, now if mother nature would just cooperate. We keep getting a 1/2" here and there and then 2" snow. Try to keep it cleared off as much as possible. Got up to 37 last night, now it's below freezing again and snowing. Probably have a mess tomorrow. Odd thing I have noticed is tha...

I'll have to remember this for next year. Maybe I will put more water in next time and see what happens.