How it’s built
Scroll to build your court.
A real 164 m² garden court, from the first spade to the first bounce. Six stages, no shortcuts.
01 · The site
Every court starts as a patch of grass.
A level-ish lawn, a fence, and about 164 m² to play with. We survey the fall across the plot before anything moves.
02 · Groundworks
We strip the turf and dig to a true level.
Out comes 230 mm, plus a footing hole for the hoop. Spoil goes off site the same day.
03 · The base
The base is the court.
150 mm of compacted MOT Type 1, then a 100 mm laser-levelled pad finishing just proud of the lawn so surface water runs off it. Get this wrong and no surface on earth will play true.
04 · The surface
Then it clicks together.
1764 interlocking tiles, laid by hand in rows. No glue, no infill, no curing, and any tile can be lifted out on its own years later.
05 · Lines and hoop
Markings on, hoop in.
FIBA lines, sprayed onto the laid deck so they run true across the seams. The pole drops onto the anchor already set in its concrete footing: a MegaSlam is far too heavy to sit on the surface.
06 · Game on
Finished Friday. Played on Friday.
No cure time, no waiting for paint, nothing to bed in. The day the last tile goes down is the day the court gets used.
What's under the tiles
The dig is 230 mm because that is exactly what goes back in, so the finished deck sits flush with your lawn, with no step at the edge.
Compacted sub-base (MOT Type 1)
150 mmSpreads load and drains. This is the layer that decides whether the court still plays true in ten years.
Levelled pad
100 mmLaser-levelled so the deck has a true plane to interlock across.
Interlocking tile deck
20 mmClicks together dry. Individually liftable, so a damaged tile is a single-tile repair.
Already have concrete?
Then chapters 02 and 03 are already done. Tiles lay straight onto a sound existing slab, patio or tennis base, which is the fastest, cheapest way to a court, and usually a one-day job.
- 01
We check the slab
Falls, cracks and surface condition. Tiles bridge minor imperfections; they can't fix a slab that ponds water or is actively moving.
- 02
We measure the real shape
Not the shape you think it is. Existing slabs are rarely square, and the tile layout is set out from what's actually there.
- 03
We lay the deck
No glue and no fixings into your slab. The deck floats, so it can be lifted, extended or taken with you.