Re: How can I make a backyard ice rink? (Youngdubber4)
Ice.
Ice.
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Re: How can I make a backyard ice rink? (The Great Big Head)
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....I mean what can I put on the snow to spray water on it so it freezes..
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Re: How can I make a backyard ice rink? (Bob Roberts)
Bob,
Right on, we're doing the same thing over here http://****************.com/smile/emthup.gif if it's not in the lease the landlord must be OK with it, right?
We started the project on Sunday. 3 guys, we evened out a 20 by 30 area in our backyard. We just stamped it down with our feet, and layered snow along the low spots till it was flat.
Take a sprayer hose, and douse the snow one night evenly so it turns to ice. Use a shovel the following day to even it out.
Then it's a matter of flooding it...don't leave the hose going in one place because it'll eat through. Keep moving it, we're expecting this thing to be skatable tomorrow. Good luck, post some pics when you've acheived perfection http://****************.com/smile/emthup.gif
[edit] we didn't use house wrap at all, just good ol' snow. House wrap is a good idea if you can afford it, which we can't...it'll keep the water in during a thaw
[Modified by Brad Jar, 6:57 AM 2-6-2002]
Bob,
Right on, we're doing the same thing over here http://****************.com/smile/emthup.gif if it's not in the lease the landlord must be OK with it, right?
We started the project on Sunday. 3 guys, we evened out a 20 by 30 area in our backyard. We just stamped it down with our feet, and layered snow along the low spots till it was flat.
Take a sprayer hose, and douse the snow one night evenly so it turns to ice. Use a shovel the following day to even it out.
Then it's a matter of flooding it...don't leave the hose going in one place because it'll eat through. Keep moving it, we're expecting this thing to be skatable tomorrow. Good luck, post some pics when you've acheived perfection http://****************.com/smile/emthup.gif
[edit] we didn't use house wrap at all, just good ol' snow. House wrap is a good idea if you can afford it, which we can't...it'll keep the water in during a thaw
[Modified by Brad Jar, 6:57 AM 2-6-2002]
Re: How can I make a backyard ice rink? (Brad Jar)
One of the guys here at work used to do this in his backyard for his kids. Apparently, there is a 'kit' you can buy at Canadian tire to do this but you can do it yourself, pretty much as Brad just explained.
Of course, I can just go skate on the pond behind my house if I really wanted to go skating outdoors
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One of the guys here at work used to do this in his backyard for his kids. Apparently, there is a 'kit' you can buy at Canadian tire to do this but you can do it yourself, pretty much as Brad just explained.
Of course, I can just go skate on the pond behind my house if I really wanted to go skating outdoors
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