Here’s how to build an ice rink in your backyard

寒冷，下雪冬天可能会很长 - 但是准备好进入溜冰场可以将沉闷的一天变成冬季仙境。即使您的镇上没有溜冰场，也很容易在您的后院建造溜冰场。大多数人可能可以在一个周末建造一个，并在另一个周末度过一个周末。

这是在您的后院建造溜冰场的方法。

在后院建造溜冰场需要什么

材料

• 62-by-10s, 12 feet long
• 4镀锌的L支架
• 2领带板
• 1盒＃9 SD连接器螺钉
• 1卷20 x-100 6毫米塑料布
• 242英寸弹簧夹
• 1pack木制花园赌注
• 缠绕

Tools

• 钻头
• 线级
• Carpenter’s square
• 园艺软管that can reach your rink
• 圆锯

如何在后院建造溜冰场

Step 1: Determine your size and space

在构建任何内容之前，制定适合您可用院子空间的计划。除非您想支付挖掘机来平整景观，否则您将仅限于院子最大，最平坦的区域的大小。

它的斜坡不应超过几英寸，并且应该足够大，可以满足您本赛季的滑冰需求。如果您只想教您的小孩如何滑冰，那么10英尺乘10英尺的区域可能很好。如果您想真正获得小型曲棍球游戏，那么您将需要更大的东西。

如果您正在努力制作溜冰场，我将使您的空间和预算能够应付。这些说明是针对12 x 24英尺的溜冰场。

步骤2：赌出您的溜冰场并创建水平线条

Once you know where and how big you want the rink, drive wooden garden stakes into the ground at each of your corners.

Starting with the corner that you think is highest, tie a piece of twine to the stake about four inches off of the ground. Then tie the other end of the twine to the next stake. Use a line level to ensure that the string is level.

检查绳子在整个侧面的整个长度上至少离地面四英寸。如果您到处都没有四英寸的间隙，请抬起绳子直到这样做。该弦表示冰的顶部，为了安全起见，您需要冰至少四英寸厚。

Repeat this process with all four sides and the diagonals to ensure that you have at least four inches of clearance everywhere.

一些地区的草坪有最低克丽rance of four inches, while other areas will have much more.

步骤3：布置并构架盒子

Lay out all of your two-by-10s boards to make sure everything fits as needed.

Once everything is in place, start building from the corners. Butt two two-by-10s together and secure them with L brackets and #9 SD connector screws, checking that the corners are square with your carpenter's square.

当所有四个角都建造并布置时，将它们放置在将它们遵循您设置的麻线布局。通过沿对角线的角度拐角，检查盒子是正方形的。每个对角线的长度应相同。如果不是，请将更长的对角线推到更近的位置，直到两个对角线长度匹配。

Once the box is square, or close enough, then secure the remaining boards along the long edges together with the tie-plates and No. 9 screws.

步骤4：如果需要，创建第二层

木材的顶部应一直在麻线上方几英寸处。如果您的角落或侧面靠近冰线或下面，则需要建造第二层以容纳水。为了降低成本，仅构建水深实际需要的第二层。

Build corners the same way as in Step 3, and secure the second level to the base using additional tie-plates.

步骤5：建立支撑和支持

Drive wooden garden stakes into the ground at periodic intervals, pressed tight against the box. I recommend three per board. These stakes will help hold the lumber in place as it takes the weight of the water. Try to drive the stakes at least a foot into the ground, more if you can.

Use a circular saw or reciprocating saw to cut off the tops of the stakes above the box.

Pro tip:If your ice rink has a second layer to hold the water, consider using two-by-fours to create additional bracing.

步骤6：安装衬里

盒子建造，平方和支撑后，安装塑料衬里。始终将白色或透明的塑料用于衬里。较深的颜色会吸收热量，并使冬季温暖的冬季更快地融化。

首先，清理盒子内的区域。删除任何可能撕裂衬里的东西：棍棒，岩石，金属，您忘记拿起的工具。

测量足够的塑料，使衬里在各个侧面的木制框架上完全覆盖并包裹。将其切成长度，然后将其铺在盒子内。

拉紧塑料。您不想要大褶皱和折痕，尤其是那些坚持的折痕。这些干扰了坚固的冰层，如果它们足够大，可以伸出冰的顶部，然后溜冰。

将塑料拉紧后，将其固定在带有弹簧夹的木制框架上。使用夹具代替钉书钉或指甲来避免撕裂衬里，并让您在填充时根据需要调整塑料。

Step 7: Fill the rink with water

当您预计连续几天获得非常寒冷的日子时，填补溜冰场。将软管放下，将末端放入溜冰场，然后将其打开。您可能需要将软管夹在适当的位置，这样它就不会将自己推开。

The size and depth of your rink determines how long filling takes. Expect it to take hours. Check on it periodically, and adjust any plastic that is moving around by loosening the clamps.

一旦水达到麻线的高度，请停止填充。让水冻结几天，直到一直固体。

Step 8: Maintain the ice

The work doesn’t end when the ice is frozen. Skating is going to chip and scratch the ice, and snowfall will leave a crusty, slushy surface behind that’s hard to skate on. If you want to skate all winter long, you need to maintain the ice.

您可以投资ice resurfacer。这些设备将冰弄平，并重新涂一层薄薄的水，使其产生玻璃状，可滑的饰面。

However, they can be out of budget, and aren’t strictly necessary, particularly for smaller rinks.

Instead, you can refinish the ice yourself by shoveling out all of the loose snow and ice, and then flooding the rink again with a thin layer of water. When this refreezes, you’ll have a smooth, clean surface.

Step 9: Dismantle your rink at the end of the season

All good things come to an end, and ice skating season is no different. If you want your yard back for spring and summer, you’ll need to take your ice rink down.

Actually taking it down is easy. Unclamp the liner, roll it up or throw it away depending on its condition, and unscrew the frames. There should be no reason that you can’t save the lumber to reuse next winter.

The problem comes from the hundreds or thousands of gallons of water in the rink. It has to go somewhere, and you don’t want that somewhere to be your neighbor’s yard, or worse, their basement. You also don’t want it to completely ruin your yard.

如果您对水的方向充满信心，那么您可以在衬里中切一些孔，然后让它自身排出。较小的孔会降低较慢，而损坏较小。但是，如果您对洪水的方向不信心，请考虑使用池塘泵to direct the water.

当然，如果您离房屋足够远，并且朝着正确的方向倾斜，那么没有什么比仅仅击倒其中一个木板了，看着几千加仑赶走以庆祝冬季结束了。

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