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Water depth
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Question is 3 inches of water enough to freeze for proper ice ?

Started this discussion. Last reply by Daniel robitaille Dec 2, 2011.

Moles
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After taking my rink down for the season I found moles had chewed through the liner in the shallow end. While water still in it and they created a leak. Does anyone else here of such a thing. 

Started this discussion. Last reply by Todd Creel Dec 2, 2011.

 

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"david, the rink has been ok this year, but not has good as other years, because of warm winter. The rink is 34x78    Mike"
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mike sander replied to Michael Slou's discussion Slope
"I have had the same problem for a couple of years. I tried just about everything to keep the water from coming up around the edges. My slope went from 5 inches of water to 18 inches of water. My solution was to level out my yard, made a huge…"
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Matt Purtill commented on mike sander's blog post No Title
"Mike, it's more than deep enough. Indoor rinks are usually around an inch. I plan to go 1 1/2 inches. Just be careful when it starts to warm up. Make sure you get too close to the liner."
Dec 2, 2011
Daniel robitaille replied to mike sander's discussion Water depth
"The 3-4 inches of Ice come from what safe on a lake  (see chart below from the Game and fish department ) For a back yard rink the base is very important Example if building the rink on you tennis court flat solid 1-2 inches…"
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Todd Creel replied to mike sander's discussion Moles
"Moles???   Just one more thing to worry about!!      :("
Dec 2, 2011
Daniel robitaille replied to mike sander's discussion Moles
"Yup and it not easy to get rid of them  check the outside edge of your boards for a paths and put out a trap Also look before lay down the liner for holes in the ground  "
Dec 2, 2011
Ryan Ulrich replied to mike sander's discussion Water depth
"I think I have read that 3-4 inches is the minimum to skate on, so you are right in the area."
Nov 30, 2011
mike sander replied to mike sander's discussion Water depth
"My deep end has 5 to 6 inches, the shallow 3. Can't go deeper because I'm using 2x8's. The yard is pretty level. "
Nov 30, 2011

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Question, how deep should the water be in the shallow end. Is 3 inches deep enough ?

Question, how deep should the water be in the shallow end. Is 3 inches deep enough ? Continue

Posted on November 26, 2011 at 10:58pm — 1 Comment

new rink

My five children and there uncles talked me into a bigger rink for next year. Old rink was 55x32, new rink is going to be 80x36. I hope thats big enough for them.

Posted on June 25, 2011 at 10:29am — 1 Comment

ice storm what to do ?

We had about 5 inches of snow yesterday, i got that off the rink but we had freezing rain and rain. That is still on the rink, about 2inches worth. the tempature will be below freezing the next couple of days. Should i leave it alone and let it freeze then flood over the top or try to scrape of the slush ? The rink now is smooth. what to do ?

Posted on February 2, 2011 at 7:09pm — 1 Comment

deep water

built my first backyard rink, i live in northeast pa and have been skating on the ice since dec 10 th. rink is doing fine but my deep end is 18 inches of water to 4 in shallow end. have alot of cracks, is that because of the water being to deep in the deep end ? rink is 55 by 32

Posted on January 29, 2011 at 3:47pm — 1 Comment

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