Pickleball Court Construction
Considerations before building a Pickleball Court
Pickleball continues to be the fastest growing sport in America. We have been building and designing Pickleball courts since 2005. Pickleball was first introduced to Arizona in 2001 in an RV resort for the Arizona Senior Olympics. From then on, Pickleball’s popularity started grazing the whole state year after year. We first begin by learning our customer’s plan about their vision of their future court and obtain answers for important project questions such as the following:
- What are the surroundings of the court?
- What features does the owner want in the court?
- What is the current subgrade of the court like?
- Is the onwer planning to pull a permit this project?
- How much space is available for the court?
- What time of day does the owner plan to play the most (if in the day, a North-to-South court orientation is key)?
- What is the drainage like in the area where the court will reside?
- What are the working hours and noise ordinance in municipality where court will be built?
We are qualified to build official USAPA tournament courts and of course, we also offer the option to build your own custom Pickleball court, according to your own vision and specifications.
Typical Athletic Court Construction Schedule
- The area where the court will be built is marked
- The first sub-grade is graded and leveled
- The court is formed to prepare for the concrete pour
- An ABC Foundation is poured over the first sub-grade, is then graded, leveled, and compacted
- Net post sleeves are installed on the center of the court
- Vapor barrier is applied over the graded and compacted ABC sub-grade
- Post-Tension/Rebar (Most cases Post-Tension and preferably Post-Tension) is put down in the concrete slab area according to dimensions of the slab construction
- Level stakes are set within court to control court's slope
- Court is poured, leveled, and finished
- Slab is covered wit vapor barrier over it's surface to allow for curing
- Court vapor barrier is removed
- Concrete forms are removed
- Court is left to continue to cure and strengthen until the minimum 28-day full concrete strengthening time period
- Court is flood checked to look for any possible low/high spots and repaired if there are any imperfections on the slab's surface
- Fence posts and light posts are installed
- Chainlink fabric is installed
- Lightheads are installed
- Court is prepped for surfacing, then surfaced (painted)
- The court is complete!