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Home tennis court build

  • 17-09-2020 1:18pm
    #1
    Tommysocks11
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 249 ✭✭


    Hi, have 2 young kids and have room behind my house and am thinking of putting down a tennis court, i reckon it might cost around 15k which includes tarmac, fended off etc, anyone ever build one and any ideas or tips etc, thanks


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  • #2
    Raymond firstborn
    Registered Users Posts: 2 ✭Raymond firstborn


    Tommysocks11 wrote: »
    Hi, have 2 young kids and have room behind my house and am thinking of putting down a tennis court, i reckon it might cost around 15k which includes tarmac, fended off etc, anyone ever build one and any ideas or tips etc, thanks


    Before you start thinking of starting the project, you get an architect to give you a sketch.


  • #3
    byronbay2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,772 ✭✭✭byronbay2


    Tommysocks11 wrote: »
    Hi, have 2 young kids and have room behind my house and am thinking of putting down a tennis court, i reckon it might cost around 15k which includes tarmac, fended off etc, anyone ever build one and any ideas or tips etc, thanks

    Don't use tarmac as a surface. Clay would be ideal but, if not, some type of astroturf would be better than tarmac.


  • #4
    Tommysocks11
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 249 ✭✭Tommysocks11


    Good points but why go to expense of an architect, im good with levels etc and its not rocket science, why not tarmac, its durable and cheapest option, clay or astroturf would be too dear, plus tarmac can be touched up in a few years,


  • #5
    Lumen
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    Because rain? Also moss.


  • #6
    Tommysocks11
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 249 ✭✭Tommysocks11


    Wont the rain soak down through it and also i will put a small slope in it which wont be noticeable and will salt keep moss off


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  • #7
    Wildsurfer
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    Raymond firstborn wrote: »
    Before you start thinking of starting the project, you get an architect to give you a sketch.

    To draw a sketch of a rectangle... really?


  • #8
    listermint
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34,104 ✭✭✭✭listermint


    Might be completely wrong but wouldn't clay be cheaper than tarmac?

    Also how many houses I've seen across the country with ugly tennis courts that are in absolute ****e. Must have been an 80s fad.


    For me OP it's a complete waste of money have them join a tennis club instead they'll make friends and improve their skills better than a back garden


  • #9
    listermint
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34,104 ✭✭✭✭listermint


    Tommysocks11 wrote: »
    Wont the rain soak down through it and also i will put a small slope in it which wont be noticeable and will salt keep moss off

    Rain soak down in tarmac
    ..quality trolling or ....?


  • #10
    Wildsurfer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,437 ✭✭✭Wildsurfer


    Would astro turf be a better option as it could double as a soccer pitch?


  • #11
    Solli
    Registered Users Posts: 116 ✭✭Solli


    Don’t put salt down on tarmac. We did. It corroded the tarmac and got potholes which we had to repair. Not good for levels on a court


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  • #12
    koheim
    Registered Users Posts: 156 ✭✭koheim


    Go for it, we chose Astro and it is now used for tennis, badminton, volleyball, gaa and every other sport all year.


  • #13
    Tommysocks11
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 249 ✭✭Tommysocks11


    koheim wrote:
    Go for it, we chose Astro and it is now used for tennis, badminton, volleyball, gaa and every other sport all year.


    Very good, sounds great, did it cost much, is it a full size court?


  • #14
    koheim
    Registered Users Posts: 156 ✭✭koheim


    Tommysocks11 wrote: »
    Very good, sounds great, did it cost much, is it a full size court?

    No, not full size that would be too big for young kids. Our playing area is 8m x 14m total area is 10m x 16 m

    Should be no problem to keep within you budget


  • #15
    kieran.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,175 ✭✭✭kieran.


    Raymond firstborn wrote: »
    Before you start thinking of starting the project, you get an architect to give you a sketch.

    I would say get an engineer to give you some advice. Key will be a solid base and suitable drainage, no matter what surface you go for.


  • #16
    tedimc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 623 ✭✭✭tedimc


    My best mate when we were kids had one at his house. Tarmac, with the proper net and surround fence. Savage job and many great games were played there. Funnily enough, never tennis :-)

    For reference, I was looking at artificial grass at my own house. Initial prices for supply and fit were huge, but after talking to our landscaper he said he could do it for 25/m2 if it was the full width of a roll, with straight joints. He reckoned it was easy to put down in a full strip, but had to charge a lot to cover labour for cutting curves, fitting to verges, etc. The rolls comes in 4m or 2m widths.

    Keep us updated as I would be interested in this too in the future - after the trampoline, swingset, treehouse, driveway tarmac, lawn seeded, wing wall, hedging, fencing, garage, etc. etc. are finished.....


  • #17
    pitchfork
    Registered Users Posts: 5 ✭pitchfork


    My advice, try a grass court for a year and see how everyone likes it. Dad got a tennis court built and used it for about a year (himself) and gradually it turned to a grass court over 35-40 years before we built a house on it. He didn't like cutting the grass and that's why he got a court built. Brother Sister and I ended up playing tennis in school/tennis club where there were other kids to play with after using it for about a year. I think Dad used the tennis club a lot more as well rather than the court. Anyway, best of luck and if you do build the court, the kids will find other uses for it if they don't like tennis so don't worry if tennis isn't played on the court (Astro might be a good idea).


  • #18
    Tommysocks11
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 249 ✭✭Tommysocks11


    Great replys and yea i will keep ye posted and thanks for advice too


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