Modular Sports Tiles

What sits under the tile matters as much as the tile

This is where garden courts go wrong and budgets slip. The tiles clip onto a flat base and they are only as flat as that base, so the groundworks are the part worth getting right. A tarmac or concrete slab you already have is usually fine. If you are starting from grass, you need a proper build-up.

Your design comes with the base drawings, the falls and the hoop footing position already worked out, so a groundworker is pricing off a drawing rather than a guess. How to build a basketball court covers the sequence, and how to install a court picks up from the point the pallet arrives.

Worth checking before anything else: whether you need permission. Most home courts in the UK do not, but a fence, a retaining wall or floodlighting can change that, and it is a cheaper question to answer now than after the base is poured. Planning permission for a garden court covers where the line falls.

What it costs

Tiles are priced per square metre and the rate is on each card above, so the surface itself is easy to work out once you know the size. What people underestimate is the base and the hoop, which is why the total lands where it does. Our UK cost guide breaks a real court down line by line. Key courts start at around £2,000 and half courts cost more, and the guide shows which part of the number is the tile and which part is the groundworks.

Or skip the reading: build the court in the 3D designer and the price moves as you change the size, the tile and the markings. No form, no callback.

The hoop is the other half

A surface and a hoop are one job, not two. The footing for the pole goes in while the base is being prepared, not after the tiles are down, so it is worth choosing the hoop before the groundworker starts. Our MegaSlam range is tempered glass on a bolted base plate, and the designer places it on your layout with the run-off behind the baseline already accounted for.

You can also start from a finished court instead of a blank one. Browse the court range for a size that fits, then take it into the designer and change what you want.