Pickleball Court Construction, Conversion & Resurfacing
New slabs engineered for sandy subgrade and high groundwater, tennis and patio conversions, and Laykold resurfacing — court design and tournament-grade surfacing for every project.
Court Conversions
Florida has a lot of tennis courts built for a sport the household stopped playing. If the slab is sound, converting it is the cheapest good court you will ever own.
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Old Tennis Courts:A standard 60×120 ft tennis footprint takes two regulation pickleball courts side by side, or three in a tighter layout. Common in older Gulf Coast neighborhoods and aging club amenities.
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Basketball & Patio Pads:Often thinner than a court slab, so we core or probe first rather than assume. If the depth is there, it converts beautifully.
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Settlement & Crack Repair:The question on a Florida slab is always whether the crack is cosmetic or the sand beneath has moved. We assess that before quoting, because patching over active settlement just buys you a season.
New Pickleball Court Construction
Starting from the sand up. On a Florida site the first two phases decide whether the court is still flat in ten years. Everything after that is finish work.
- 1 Excavation, Compaction & Drainage: Sand has to be compacted and density-tested, not just levelled. Where we hit organic soil or muck it comes out rather than getting built over, and the court is graded for the water volume a Florida summer actually delivers.
- 2 Concrete Slab (Post-Tension, Rebar, or Wire Mesh): Reinforcement follows the soil, not a house style. Post-tension earns its cost on weak or variable subgrade and on filled lots; a properly thickened slab with rebar, mesh, or both is the right call over well-compacted sand. Where groundwater sits close to grade the base gets raised or under-drained rather than trapping water beneath the slab.
- 3 Fencing & Lighting: Court fencing runs taller than the 6 ft the code exempts, so posts and footings get engineered for Florida wind load, and coastal sites get hot-dip or stainless hardware. LED systems are specified to keep spill off the neighbors, which is usually what the ARB actually cares about.
- 4 Surfacing & Striping: Applied by our own crew as an authorized Laykold installer — the part we do ourselves, start to finish.
Surface Resurfacing
Chalky color, hairline cracking, or patches that never seem to dry out? A resurface restores the court for a fraction of a new build, provided the slab underneath is sound. That is the first thing we check rather than the last.
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Cleaning, Kill & Prep: Washing alone doesn't remove algae and mildew, it just wets them. The surface gets treated and mechanically abraded so the new coats bond to concrete rather than to a layer of biological growth.
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Crack Filling: Elastomeric sealants that stay flexible through daily thermal cycling, so the repair moves with the slab instead of telegraphing back through the new color.
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Three-Coat System: A premium acrylic resurfacer followed by three coats of genuine Laykold. Applied on our own weather windows — Florida humidity and afternoon storms dictate cure times, and rushing a coat is how a resurface fails early.
Court Cleaning & Maintenance
Florida courts lose grip before they lose color. Humidity, shade, and near-daily summer rain keep the surface damp long enough for algae and mildew to establish, and once the texture fills in the court is slick whether or not it looks dirty. We clean residential, HOA, community, and commercial courts on one-time or recurring plans.
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Buffing & Low-Pressure Wash:Machine buffing with washing held under 1,500 PSI. Driveway-pressure washing strips court texture permanently, which is how most healthy Florida courts get ruined.
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Algae & Mildew Treatment:Growth is treated rather than just rinsed, starting with the north side and the tree line where it always takes hold first.
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Seasonal Plans:One-time, three times a year timed to pollen and the wet season, or monthly. Staying ahead of growth is what postpones a five-figure resurface.
Interactive Court Builder
Design your dream court right now. Mix and match official Laykold tournament colors in our interactive 3D studio to find the perfect style for your property before you even request a quote.
Design Your Court
Commercial Court Construction
From HOAs and resorts to schools and sports clubs, professional court design and tournament-grade Laykold surfacing for multi-court commercial facilities that meet USAPA specifications and stand up to heavy daily use.
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Multi-Court Layouts:We design and build 2–10+ court facilities with proper spacing, fencing, and lighting.
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HOA & Resort Ready:We coordinate with HOA architectural committees and provide full permit documentation.
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USAPA Compliant:Genuine Laykold acrylic surfaces that meet tournament-grade specifications.
Serving Florida’s Gulf Coast & Central Florida
We've built and converted commercial courts for HOAs, resorts, schools, and sports clubs across Florida.
The Laykold Advantage
We refuse to use standard hardware store paint. As an authorized Laykold installer, we exclusively apply genuine Laykold acrylic systems — the official court surface of the US Open, Indian Wells, and the Miami Open — chosen because 100% acrylic is what survives Florida's UV load and humidity without chalking out or turning slick.
Heat Reflective
Chill pigments reflect solar radiation and pull real degrees off the surface. That is the difference between a playable court and an unusable one in July.
True Bounce
Engineered for the hard plastic ball, with a texture that holds grip when the court is damp, which in Florida is most mornings.
UV Protected
100% acrylic holds pigment under a year-round UV load. Filled coatings chalk out and go dull by about year three here; this doesn't.
Dominator™ Premium Nets
Every court we finish gets a Dominator™ net system — aerospace-grade aluminum, rust-proof, and built to USA Pickleball's official net specifications. It is the piece of the court you touch every point, so it is not where we save money.
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