Have been putting up a backyard ice rink the past few years. Got it down again this year and just filled it up before we finally get some cold weather. Annnd.... It leaks... cant find the leak... So I just watch it drop and lose about 3-4" of water out of it... so yeah im screwed before the season even starts... pray that eventually it stops so at least i'd know it's in the real shallow end or along the edge... if thats true at least it wont drain entirely and when it freezes it should stop.. .
But it never stops... i mark it everyday and everyday it's lower... So I got desperate and searched the internet for some sorta leak stop product... came upon this stuff for pools called fix a leak... I never heard or saw anything about it on ice rink forums.. people say drain the rink and replace the liner or just be prepared to keep refilling the rink until hopefully it freezes shut... so that was the winter i was looking at... figure what do i have to lose.. its only around $27 and showed up in 2 days...
So i dropped the hose in to refill it a bit.. i break thru the bit of ice i had already... I rigged up a submersible pump with a splitter to create some water flow in the rink in addition to the water from the hose.. to get this stuff circulating around the rink.. i dumped this fix a leak stuff in a few spots around where i think the leak might be... and no crap.. the leak stopped.. so i am filling her back up full and will be waiting for the next freeze..
anyway... if you have a pool, hot tub, or backyard rink leaking a bit of water from a place you cant find.. you might want to give this stuff a try...
can see the pump i rigged up and the lines i kept making to mark the water level.. the lowest ones washed away... current level has held for 24 hours... or its slowed down enough to be imperceptible... i also no longer have a swamp of water behind the rink... will post pics when I can get some skating in...
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But it never stops... i mark it everyday and everyday it's lower... So I got desperate and searched the internet for some sorta leak stop product... came upon this stuff for pools called fix a leak... I never heard or saw anything about it on ice rink forums.. people say drain the rink and replace the liner or just be prepared to keep refilling the rink until hopefully it freezes shut... so that was the winter i was looking at... figure what do i have to lose.. its only around $27 and showed up in 2 days...
So i dropped the hose in to refill it a bit.. i break thru the bit of ice i had already... I rigged up a submersible pump with a splitter to create some water flow in the rink in addition to the water from the hose.. to get this stuff circulating around the rink.. i dumped this fix a leak stuff in a few spots around where i think the leak might be... and no crap.. the leak stopped.. so i am filling her back up full and will be waiting for the next freeze..
anyway... if you have a pool, hot tub, or backyard rink leaking a bit of water from a place you cant find.. you might want to give this stuff a try...
can see the pump i rigged up and the lines i kept making to mark the water level.. the lowest ones washed away... current level has held for 24 hours... or its slowed down enough to be imperceptible... i also no longer have a swamp of water behind the rink... will post pics when I can get some skating in...
