Leaving snow on the ice in cold temps

[Jeff22]

I've used a piece of tuck tape with some acoustic sealant smeared on it to patch leaks under water with good results.

[soupy01833]

I do have another question on this matter. After I fix the leak I will need to raise the water level as I am down around 4-5 inches on the low end. Should I do it gradually as that may take a long time or should I try and use a hose. The temps this weekend are supposed to be warm so I think there will be some melting and some run off to the low end.

[kevmac]

I would say all at once but be careful with your 'floating' slab. If you are going to do it all at once, I might recommend that you take your time and run the hose around the perimeter of the ice first so that you thaw anything that is attached to the liner. This might help in limiting any damage to the liner.

In other words, I would rather see you run the hose along the sides instead of laying it in the middle of the rink. This will damage any existing ice and is more work to fix than you would think. A single floating slab of ice on a body of water would be much easier to deal with in my opinion.

Kevin

[soupy01833]

since the patch is on the perimeter ( I think I have 2) then I would probably fill from those points. It is only the deep end that is not frozen solid so it is like skating downhill right now but not that noticeable. I may try to wait for the snow that is coming and the warm weather after that to do some melting. That may fill the deep end a little mkore since the shallow end never dropped.

[kevmac]

Shallow end didn't drop because there was no water underneath it, thus it had no room to drop. Hopefully water under the deep end will raise that ice back close to level or build back up from the top.