Costs & Materials

The money and the materials under every backyard court: concrete pads, base work, surface systems, and where budgets really go.

What is under a backyard court: base, pad, and surface, explained

A court is three builds stacked up: compacted base, reinforced concrete pad with a 1 percent fall, and a surface a few millimeters thick. What each layer does, how each fails, why new concrete cures about 28 days before coating, and the questions that make builders respect you.

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