A regulation 20x44 court on a slab built for Utah winters, not a striped driveway that cracks by year three.
A real pickleball court starts underground. We over-excavate the subgrade, moisture-condition it, and pour a post-tensioned concrete slab rather than a standard rebar slab. Post-tensioning puts the concrete under compression as it cures, which is what actually resists the cracking that rebar-only slabs develop here, not the surfacing on top of it. Once the slab has its 28-day cure, we bond a UV-stabilized cushioned acrylic system, set net posts and sleeves, and stripe to regulation 20x44 court dimensions with the correct kitchen, service box, and baseline markings.
Northern Utah averages 110-plus freeze-thaw cycles a year. Water works into a slab's microscopic pores, freezes, expands roughly 9%, and pulls the concrete apart from the inside over repeated cycles. Add the Wasatch Front's expansive lakebed clay soils, which shift under that same freeze-thaw cycling, and a rebar-only slab is the single most common reason a backyard court looks great for two winters and then opens hairline cracks that telegraph straight through the acrylic surface. Post-tensioning is the accepted fix in this market, and it's why we build it standard, not as an upsell.
We walk the yard, confirm a 20x44 court fits with clearance, check drainage direction and grade, and flag anything relevant to your HOA's architectural review.
Post-tension slab design, surfacing spec, and a flat price in writing, in a format your HOA's ARC can review if one applies.
Over-excavate, moisture-condition the subgrade, form and pour the post-tensioned slab, 28-day cure before surfacing.
UV-stabilized cushioned acrylic system, regulation 20x44 striping, permanent net posts and sleeves set into the slab.
We walk the finished court with you, confirm net height and striping, and go over the resurfacing timeline before we call it done.
Utah backyard pickleball courts typically run $30,000-$55,000 all-in for a single dedicated court, with the slab and site work usually representing about two-thirds of that total. Below is what that spread actually reflects.
Get my flat written quoteBecause it's the part that fails first here. Northern Utah's 110-plus annual freeze-thaw cycles and expansive clay soils crack an under-built slab within a few winters, and once the slab cracks, the acrylic surface cracks with it. A post-tensioned slab resists that in a way a standard rebar slab doesn't, which is why we build it standard rather than as an upsell.
A UV-stabilized cushioned acrylic system on a properly built slab typically holds up 5-7 years under normal residential play before it needs a fresh coat. High-altitude UV is real here, it's part of why we spec UV-stabilized acrylic rather than a standard interior-grade coating.
If you're in an HOA community, almost certainly yes. Traverse Mountain, for example, requires a Property Improvement Form through its Architectural Review Committee, with plans, specs, and neighboring-property signatures, and up to a 45-day review window that runs longer during spring and summer. We build our plans in a format ready for that submission.
A regulation court is 20x44 feet of playing surface, but you need real clearance around it for players to move and for a fence line if you're adding one. We generally look for at least 30x60 feet of usable flat or gently sloped yard before a dedicated court makes sense.
Yes, that's our multi-use court design service. A 30x60 pad can be striped for both a regulation pickleball court and a half-court basketball layout on the same slab, see our multi-use court page for how that works.
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