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<br />Building Your Own Court From The Ground Up <br />But what if you don’t have a big, flat driveway? Or the local tennis club doesn’t want to share their <br />courts with you and your group of pickleballers? Perhaps it’s time to call your local concrete <br />contractor and sports court surfacer. We talked to Jason Black at Cascade Sports and Tennis Court <br />Surfacing, about the costs and steps of putting in a new court or resurfacing an old one. Jason and <br />his team surfaced the court at our Kent, Washington headquarters and they did a fantastic job. <br /> <br />Jason recommends calling up a concrete contractor or landscape architect first and getting a quote <br />from them. Pouring a new court varies dramatically in cost depending on the site you’ve selected for <br />your court. Variables such as drainage, excavation, grading, and site layout will affect the cost per <br />square foot. You’ll also want to look into your community’s regulations regarding drainage, some <br />areas require a certain amount of drainage per lot, which your house and any other structures will <br />count against. Do you even have enough drainable space to put a new concrete pad? Do you have <br />room for parking? <br /> <br />For a minimum of a 1,500 square foot pad, the price could vary from $8,000 - $35,000. Asphalt is <br />cheaper to pour, but the surfacing costs are higher because there’s more air pockets to fill. <br />Contractors most likely will not give you a quote over the phone, they’ll need to come look at the site <br />to give you an estimate. <br /> <br />Once you’ve got your estimate and a trusted contractor, that’s when you call your local court <br />surfacing company and talk to someone like Jason. Your court surfacing company will contact with <br />the concrete contractor before they pour the slab and make sure they pour the pad properly. It is <br />imperative that the slab is poured specifically for court construction. <br /> <br />“It kills me when people pour their expensive pad and the concrete guy says a vapor barriers or zip <br />strips aren’t necessary,” Jason said. “It has to be poured specifically as a court, not as you would