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Slava · 11-16-2010, 04:10 PM

I ran mu hose from the laundry hookups inside. I know that you can use a hair-dryer to get water flowing, but I just couldn't make that work. Finally I just out the hose on the laundry hook up and went to town. It worked well for me. At first I used hot water (not by plan, but it doesn't make a major difference as far as I could tell). If you have access this is the way to do things though. No frozen pipes, hose can be inside and it works well.

I just watered down the snow last year and made sure it was really slushy. For a bottom layer it was fine. I wanted the top to be nice and smooth though, so I shoveled once I was there. I didn't use a sprinkler. I'm sure you could, but I just went out with the hose and did it myself.

You only need about 1" of water at a time, so depending on the size of the rink it doesn't take hours to do.

11-16-2010, 04:10 PM	#57
Slava Franchise Player Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Calgary, Alberta Exp:	I ran mu hose from the laundry hookups inside. I know that you can use a hair-dryer to get water flowing, but I just couldn't make that work. Finally I just out the hose on the laundry hook up and went to town. It worked well for me. At first I used hot water (not by plan, but it doesn't make a major difference as far as I could tell). If you have access this is the way to do things though. No frozen pipes, hose can be inside and it works well. I just watered down the snow last year and made sure it was really slushy. For a bottom layer it was fine. I wanted the top to be nice and smooth though, so I shoveled once I was there. I didn't use a sprinkler. I'm sure you could, but I just went out with the hose and did it myself. You only need about 1" of water at a time, so depending on the size of the rink it doesn't take hours to do.