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Court Construction, Base And All
Excavation, drainage, slab, fencing and the finished surface handled under one contract.
Excavation, drainage, slab, fencing and the finished surface handled under one contract.
A court that does not drain is a pond by August. Our ground is sand over limestone and the water table sits close to the surface, so a flat pad with nowhere to send water will hold it after every afternoon storm. Before anything is poured we shoot the levels and set the fall. On a tennis or pickleball court that means a single plane running one way, not a crown, because a crown puts a ridge down the middle of play. Around the pad we cut a swale or run a trench drain to daylight. If your neighbor's yard drains into yours, we deal with that first and show you where the water is going. Get this wrong and no surface, ours or anyone's, will survive the wet season.
Under the finish there is a stack, and each layer has a job. Compacted subgrade first, then crushed stone rolled in lifts so it locks instead of shifting. On top of that goes the slab. Concrete is the choice for most residential courts here because it does not soften in the heat the way asphalt does in a Hollywood August. Asphalt still makes sense on bigger areas and where the budget runs long. Either way it gets cured, cut and left to move before we touch it. We do not surface a green slab. Rushing that step is why so many South Florida courts crack at the joints inside two years. When the slab is ready we prime it and pour, and the whole stack is on your written spec.
Posts go in before the surface, not after. Drilling a fence post through a finished court is a repair you pay for twice, so the layout gets set at the measurement and the sleeves go in with the base. Same for hoop footings, net posts and any conduit for lighting. Hurricane season decides the fence detail. Footings get sized for wind load and the fabric is specified so the board can approve it, because most HOAs here have a height and color rule for perimeter fence. Court markings are poured in, not painted on, so they do not wear off the service line first. Tell us at the measurement which sports you actually play and we lay the lines for those, in colors that stay readable in full sun.
1We visit within 24 hours, measure and hand you a fixed price.
2Pick the blend and the depth. We repair the base so it holds.
3Poured, cured and walkable in 24 to 48 hours.
We do it. Clearing, cut and fill, compaction and the stone base are all on our contract along with the surface. You are not chasing a dirt contractor and a surfacing contractor and standing between them when something goes wrong. One crew, one schedule, and one number to call at 754-999-9766.
Often yes. If the slab is sound and drains, we grind it, bridge the cracks and pour over the top. If the slab is broken up or holds water, a new surface on it will fail and we will tell you that at the free measurement rather than take the job. You get both options priced in writing.
The surfacing itself is 1 to 3 days on site. The base work in front of it depends on how much dirt has to move and how long the slab needs to cure before we can pour. You get the whole calendar at the quote, with the dates written down. We do not start a build we cannot finish on schedule.
That is a board question, not ours, but we have been through it plenty in Broward and Palm Beach. Boards usually care about fence height, lighting spill onto neighbors and the color of the surface. Bring them the written spec and the color sample from the measurement. Most approvals stall because the packet is vague, not because the court is a problem.
For the playing surface that goes on top of all that base work, see our court systems.
Free on-site measurement within 24 hours. No obligation.