Greetings to all. Great site!! Stumbled upon it last winter and have been following it since.

No rink yet. Still in the research stages and am hoping to get it going next winter. I got two little girls 2 yrs and 2 months.

I look forward to chatting on here.

One thing I have been kicking around is source of water. I am on well water so I would like to avoid filling the entire rink from that source.

I have a pool and was wondering if that would be a good source of water when I go to drain next fall. Any thoughts?

Those are all valid points I have been kicking around as well. I have an 18x36 in ground pool and I probably drop 4-6inches of water which is a great start.

I would imagine I could half close the pool in September/October then drain when ready to fill. Just throw the idea around in my head.

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Looking to get a rink going. Is it to late to get the Nice Rink brackets in the ground?

Yeah we are thawing out the next week or so. That was my hopes to slap it together.

I was thinking about using the brackets with wood boards to keep cost down. What do you use 2x10 minimum?

I am going to be doing slope measurements in the next couple days. I just got the supplies needed to do so. I believe we will be having a little warm up so I am hoping to get this going.

Ok slopes are down. Deepest corner appears to be 9.5". I am a little torn do for board sizes (12, 14, 16, 18). I am going plywood. Other thing I am trying to work out is bracing. Do I go Nice RInk, Iron Sleek, something else? I like Iron Sleek for the price point. Any other ideas? I am going to...

After much review I am going Iron Sleek. I think it works best for my setup.

Now for the plywood, do you go pressure treated or not? I would like to paint it eventually.

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