Sports Courts: From Base Prep to a Plexipave Finish

When people admire a finished tennis court they are looking at the colour coat. The part that decides whether the court plays true for twenty years is everything underneath it.

It starts with the base. The site is shaped and compacted to fall, so water runs off rather than pooling, then a bound or unbound pavement is built to a tight tolerance. On top of that goes the asphalt, laid and rolled flat enough that a straightedge barely rocks. Only then does the acrylic system, such as Plexipave, get applied, coat by coat, to give the court its cushioned, consistent surface.

We also offer alternative surfaces including synthetic grass, depending on the club and the budget. Whichever surface a community chooses, the recipe is the same: get the base and the drainage right, and the finish will look after itself.

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Grant Siviour
Plant, Materials & Surfacing Writer

Grant has spent three decades around hot-mix plants and bitumen tankers. On the blog he explains the trade, why sealing happens when it does, how pavements fail and what it takes to build a tennis court that drains.