Going nuts waiting for the cold weather to get here! I'm tired of upper 30's and rain!! This is my second year with a backyard rink, first one last year was frustrating but well worth the whole week i got out of it before we got a 60 degree day the melted everything. It would have helped if i had found this site to answer all my problems, before i was three steps ahead myself. I have been on ice my whole life and thought how hard can it be right? I planned my rink all summer removed tree's waiting till i could get out there and build this year.