Saturday, November 25, 2006
Build your rink
An interesting story that I have a personal interest in.
As winter temperatures appear to be rising, skating on natural ice may be a thing of the past, something we remember, the way we remember wearing scratchy woollen socks when we go out in the cold instead of smooth, modern polypropylene ones.
I used instructions from rinkrake.com, and so far, have invested hours and hours of time and nearly $1000 to buy lumber and tarps to make a great rink.
Rinkrake.com is a little pricey for tarps, so I ordered a huge tarp from Polytarp. Ask for Irving when you call - they supply a lot of backyard rinkmasters with their white poly.
Last year we had a pretty good rink. The biggest problem was the slight slope in the yard, which creates severe stress on the boards in one corner.
That said, it’s great building a rink when the weather is in double digits above freezing.
Wonder if it’ll get cold enough this year at all?