Basketball Courts Contractors in Atlanta, Georgia

A backyard basketball court is a slab problem before it is a surface problem. A 30' x 50' half court on a properly compacted base will outlive three recoats; the same court on unprepared Georgia clay will show hairline cracks inside two summers.

**Common footprints:** shooting strip 20' x 26' - half court 30' x 50' - high-school full 50' x 84' - regulation full 50' x 94'. Modular sport tile court kits come pre-sized (half-court kits from roughly 20'4" x 26'4" up to 60'4" x 30'4", full-court kits from 36'4" x 66'4" to a regulation 60'4" x 96'4").

Every hard-surface court we quote in Georgia is built in the same five stages. What changes between a $18k pickleball court and a $60k tennis court is the size of the footprint, the depth of the base, and the surface system on top.

1. Layout, grading and drainage The contractor lasers the footprint, confirms setbacks and access for equipment, strips organics, and cuts the pad to grade. Georgia clay holds water, so the pad is built with a 1% planar slope in one direction — never a crown — and edge drains or a French drain are added where the yard sheds toward the court.

2. Structural base 4"–6" of graded aggregate base compacted in lifts to 95% density. This is the single most important cost line on the job: a court that cracks almost always failed in the base, not in the coating.

3. Slab or asphalt pad Post-tensioned or fiber-reinforced concrete (typically 4"–5") or 2"–3" of plant-mix asphalt. Concrete is the Georgia default for backyard courts because it tolerates our freeze/thaw and heavy rain cycles and can carry a modular tile surface later without rework.

4. Surface system Either an acrylic system — primer/sealer, acrylic resurfacer, two textured color coats, then textured white line paint — or a modular interlocking sport tile court kit laid over the cured pad. Acrylic gives the classic tour look; sport tile gives instant drainage, zero recoating, and a DIY-friendly install.

5. Lines, equipment and perimeter Game lines to governing-body spec, then posts, nets, hoops or backstops set in sleeves or footings, followed by fencing, netting, windscreens, lighting and landscape restoration.

**Space:** confirm the full pad plus a safety run-out on all sides. For a modular sport tile court kit, the pad must extend at least 2" past the finished kit dimension on every side so the tiles can expand and contract seasonally.

**Slope:** up to about a 3' fall across the pad can be absorbed with grading; beyond that you are into retaining walls or engineered fill, which is where budgets move.

**Base condition:** sport tile can only go over a solid, level surface — new or existing concrete or asphalt. It cannot be installed directly on gravel, compacted stone, or bare ground.

**Existing courts:** a cracked or faded slab is usually the cheapest court you will ever own. Crack fill plus an acrylic resurface, or a sport tile kit laid straight over the old surface, both avoid new concrete entirely.

**Access:** a 9'-wide path for a skid steer and concrete truck reach. Pumping concrete over a house adds cost.

**Permits and HOA:** most Georgia municipalities treat a backyard court as an impervious-surface addition. Expect setback review, impervious-coverage limits, and HOA architectural approval before build.

**Acrylic color system.** Primer/sealer, acrylic resurfacer, two textured color coats, textured white lines. Two-tone in-bounds/out-of-bounds is standard. Recoat every 4-7 years in Georgia sun.

**Cushioned acrylic system.** A rubber force-reduction underlay beneath the color coats. Noticeably easier on knees and ankles, and the preferred spec if the court doubles as a workout pad.

**Modular sport tile court kit.** Interlocking 0.75" polypropylene tiles that arrive pre-assembled in numbered 4x4 sheets with molded game lines and perimeter ramps. Over 1,500 perforations per tile move water off the court in minutes, there is nothing to recoat, and 15 color options let you build team colors, key fills and a custom center logo. Requires a solid, level concrete or asphalt pad extending 2" beyond the kit on all sides.

**Concrete only.** Sealed broom-finish concrete with painted lines is the budget entry point. It plays hot, glares, and offers no shock absorption, but it upgrades cleanly to acrylic or tile later.

- Adjustable breakaway hoop (in-ground sleeve, tempered glass backboard) - Second hoop for full-court play - Additional game lines: pickleball, volleyball, badminton, shuffleboard - Custom center logo or family crest - 5' or 10' perimeter fencing, or ball-containment netting on the open sides - LED pole lighting with dusk-to-dawn control - Backstop netting behind the hoop, courtside bench and ball rack - Windscreens, scoreboard, landscape surround and walkway