Backyard Hockey

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Backyard Hockey

Post by Zedman05 » Sun Oct 26, 2014 7:05 pm

My first attempt at a backyard rink.
I bought this house because it has a larger yard compared to most places around just so I had the opportunity to build a rink.
I figured that I would pay it forward so to speak, as my Father built a rink for my brother and I.
45' long x 28.5' wide.
Now it is wait time until cold enough constantly to freeze the ground for a couple weeks, then the water goes down.

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Re: Backyard Hockey

Post by Stewmuse » Mon Oct 27, 2014 10:16 am

Th e site dropped Ian's and my post here.

Zed, this is cool. I tried, WAY back in the day, a similar, tho much less ambitious project. I failed. Better luck to you!
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Re: Backyard Hockey

Post by IWinchester » Mon Oct 27, 2014 7:24 pm

Blah blah back when I was a kid...hockey...


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Re: Backyard Hockey

Post by Steve D. » Mon Oct 27, 2014 11:27 pm

I for one love hockey, but I am happy to love in a place that is not conducive to ice sticking around!


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Re: Backyard Hockey

Post by kurtdesign1 » Tue Oct 28, 2014 11:53 am

Lol. This would be so awesome. I might even consider doing it myself...


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Re: Backyard Hockey

Post by Zedman05 » Sat Dec 27, 2014 9:37 pm

Well, today was the first time on the ice. It has been so warm this past month that it has been hard flooding and freezing.
I was finally satisfied enough with the surface, and got rid of almost all the air bubbles, so it was ice time.
I also got a couple LED flood lights for the rink from the brother in law for free, which is better than the $300 each that they wanted.
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Re: Backyard Hockey

Post by IWinchester » Sun Dec 28, 2014 4:25 pm

Awesome to see it finished!


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Re: Backyard Hockey

Post by kurtdesign1 » Wed Dec 31, 2014 8:17 am

Holy crap I want to live next to you.

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Re: Backyard Hockey

Post by kurtdesign1 » Wed Dec 31, 2014 8:17 am

Then knock on your door at 3am when I'm asking if you can come out and play.

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Re: Backyard Hockey

Post by kurtdesign1 » Wed Dec 31, 2014 8:18 am

Then pea "ice princess" into your rink when you tell me to go home and that I can't use your rink.

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