Tennis Court Reconstruction
Phone: 770-312-6629
Email: matt@matchpointtennis.info
A tennis court has an average life expectancy of twenty years. There are many reasons why a tennis court reconstruction may be the best solution for your tennis courts. A Match Point Tennis representative will look for many different items before suggesting a tennis court reconstruction. The first would be any major depressed areas in the tennis court surface where water ponds after a heavy rain. This would indicate your court has poor, or not properly compacted soils in the sub base. If your court has wide cracks that are structural in nature, then your court will most likely be a reconstruction candidate. Courts that have wide cracks are only going to get worse over time and resurfacing is typically not the best solution. Once wide cracks are prevalent on the playing surface, safety becomes a major concern and tennis balls will start taking untrue bounces drastically impacting play. There are also many other reasons that Match Point Tennis would recommend a total reconstruction that can be identified with an onsite inspection of your tennis courts.
Tennis Court Reconstruction Process
A tennis court reconstruction is a major process that will shut down your courts for roughly 45 days. The Match Point demolition crews will mobilize all the necessary equipment to the tennis courts, and start by taking down all of the existing fence mesh, posts, and rails. Our firm will then use front end loaders and large bobcats to remove, or in some cases mill, the existing asphalt. Any asphalt removed will be hauled to the recycling facility. Match Point Tennis crews will then remove the old net post foundations. These are large pieces of concrete that hold the net posts in place. We will then proof role the entire court to make sure there are no weak or compromised areas in the sub base. If it is discovered during the proof role that areas of the tennis court have poor soil, we will excavate those areas and replace with either clean fill or crusher run stone and compact the area in 6 inch lifts. Once the net post foundations and the asphalt are removed, Match Point Tennis will grade the sub grade to a 1% fall in a single direction for proper drainage using a laser guided motor grader. The next step is to haul in crusher run stone, or GAB, and spread it out over the court area. The new crusher run will then be laser graded to a 1% fall and rolled in with a combination of large rollers and compaction equipment. The next step in a tennis court reconstruction is the installation of the new asphalt. Once the asphalt is installed it must cure for a minimum of 14 days, but on occasion we will let it cure longer based on the current weather conditions and the thickness of the asphalt. We will then install your new fence, net post foundations, and center strap anchors. Match Point Tennis will lay out the new courts and saw cut out the new asphalt to install the new net post and center strap anchor foundations. The next step is surfacing your new tennis court with the colors that have been pre-selected from our online color customizer. We will flood the entire court area to identify any birdbaths, or low spots, and fill with acrylic patch binder. Then our crews will install acrylic resurfacer over the entire court area to insure a smooth and consistent surface prior to installing the acrylic color coat. Finally, we will paint the lines in accordance with the American Sports Builders Association with two coats of white textured line paint and will then install your new net posts and nets.