I'm hopefully building my first backyard rink this upcoming season. I have seen loads of pictures of varieties of rinks. This being my first year I'd like to get the system down and eventually upgrade board systems and things. My first question is this. What happens to the plastic if it is simply laid inside and folded up and over the boards? I'm assuming pucks and sticks and skates can damage it pretty good.
I like the look of having the wood boards right into the ice with the plastic underneath and wrapped up the backside of the boards. Does anyone have any experience with this and how does it work with bracing? I'm thinking I can wrap the plastic up the back and use some 2x4 store bought stakes and screw them from the inside of the rink with the plastic being between the boards and the stake.
I'm in the planning stages of this right now so any advice will be helpful.
Dan