Normally resurfacing is required after around 7-10 years or when the surface is showing signs of ageing.  There are many factors which will speed up or slow down the necessity for resurfacing.  Regular maintenance, amount of usage, location of the court in relation to trees for instance.  If in doubt always call us inspect the court to offer our professional advice and provide you with the right solution to meet your requirements. 

TruBounce Macadam Resurface

If you have a macadam type court either painted or unpainted and it is beginning to break up and fret, but is still basically sound then we should be able to simply resurface the court by laying a new layer of our TruBounce porous macadam directly over the existing old surface. The standard preparation procedure would be to clean and weed/moss kill the existing old surface, pierce holes in a grid all over the surface to allow drainage through the surface and cut a chase against the existing edging, and then apply a tack coat of bitumen emulsion to allow the new surface to bond to the old surface. The new TruBounce surface could be laid and bevelled down around the perimeter to the existing edging. An optional colourspray can be applied normally in two tone green or red and green.

Please note that in the 7-10 time span the court will normally have been cleaned and coloured once.

Additional items that can often be necessary include a new brick or concrete edging to retain the new surface, and new tennis post sockets, posts and tennis net.

ProLawn Synthetic Grass Resurface

Should you wish to upgrade your macadam court to a new synthetic grass surface and your court is fairly level and in a sound condition it may be possible to directly overlay the existing macadam surface with the new synthetic grass.

If you have an existing synthetic grass court that has become compacted and lost porosity over time and it needs replacing then again if levels are good and the base suitable you can cut up and remove the old synthetic grass and lay the new surface straight down.

Should the base have areas of subsidence and movement then it may be necessary to repair localised areas or lay a new levelling layer or macadam to the complete court area, before laying the synthetic grass surface.

Poraflex Resurface

Whatever type of court you have, you may wish to upgrade to this new porous acrylic surface. Depending on the condition of your current court, it is possible to lay this surface directly over your existing surface. If you have a macadam court in fairly good condition, it would simply need cleaning off to remove dirt, debris and moss and then patched in any small areas where necessary before laying the Poraflex surface.

If your current court is a synthetic grass then it is possible to take up the existing carpet to reveal the macadam layer underneath. If this macadam layer is sound enough then it would be simply cleaned and prepared as above for the new Poraflex surface. Should your court be fretting, subsiding or breaking up then it would be necessary to first lay a new layer of macadam over the existing macadam and then lay the Poraflex surface over the top.