Thanks again Kevin.. those were what I was leaning towards as well. That video I posted above shows a guy who makes one in about 4 minutes using some 3/4 inch pipe and a conduit bender... costs less then $5 to make per his video. Just wish I knew someone local with a Conduit bender - but I think we'...

This is the set-up I have used on the pond the last 2 years. This will be my first year on the backyard rink. I went with the bucket and towel method since the pond was to far from the house. The towel seemed to help control the amount of water being layed out on the ice. Warm water worked best in ...

I'm not entirely sure what just happened here - but somehow I think I'm making 2 Homeboni's and Deke gets to watch & drink Crown while this happens. That'll teach me to wait 10 hours before coming back to a thead that I started.. ;) Bring Joel some Scotch & a bottle of wine for me - and I'll...

Another Husker in the House! Hello from Bennington, NE.. just down the road! Good luck with your rink.. with the cold weather, we've already been ours for a week!

Erin

Hello NE Mav - welcome to the site. My mom lives in Plattsmouth - so I understand about the drive. My son plays for OHC so we spend time each week at Ralston & Motto.. and both are about a 40 minute drive for us as well.. so we decided to do the backyard rink to get some additional ice time for ...

Here are a few pics of our inaugural rink! It's been a huge success.. so glad we did it!

Thanks for looking!
Erin :)

Last 3 pics. Hope it warms up a bit.. -30 degree wind chills in Omaha today.. so no skating in these crazy temps!

I don't think my husband is going to let me spend more on mats then we spent on the rink. "Budget-Smudget".. ;)

I don't have a close up photo.. but we also made (2) of these benches thanks to Backyard-Hockey.com ! We had the wood.. my husband just had to buy the hardware & buckets. They work great!!