Pickleball courts built for Orlando yards

Why building here is its own trade

Most of the Orlando metro sits on fine sand, sometimes 20 feet of it before you hit anything else. Sand drains, which is good news. It also shifts when water moves through it, and from June through September the water table in a lot of neighborhoods comes up within a few feet of the surface. A slab poured straight on lawn grade will hold water at the edges, and water sitting against concrete in a Florida summer grows mildew by August.

So we raise the court. The finished slab sits four to six inches above the surrounding yard on a compacted crushed concrete base, with a one percent fall in one direction so a thunderstorm runs off in minutes instead of pooling in a birdbath. On lakefront lots in Windermere, Winter Park and the Conway chain, we check for organic muck near the shoreline before anyone orders concrete. Peat under a court is a slab that settles.

Then there is wind. Orange County is not in the state's high velocity hurricane zone, but a 10 foot fence and 20 foot light poles still need footings sized for the Florida Building Code. Chain link lets a storm through. Windscreens turn a fence into a sail, which is why the ones we hang come down in June.

What we build

• New pickleball courtsGrade, base, 4 inch reinforced slab, acrylic surface, net, and whatever fence and lights the yard calls for.
• Courts on a slab you ownA sound driveway pad or old patio becomes a court for a fraction of a new build.
• Basketball courtsHalf courts with goals set in the ground, full courts for the big lots in Lake Mary and Windermere.
• Multi sport game courtsOne slab striped for pickleball and basketball, sometimes volleyball too.
• Tennis to pickleballUp to four pickleball courts on a 60 by 120 tennis pad, or one tennis court kept with pickleball lines added.
• ResurfacingNew acrylic for courts that have gone chalky in the sun or green in the shade.

Numbers before anyone drives out

These are planning ranges built from Florida per square foot rates, not quotes. The pickleball court cost page breaks each one down and explains what moves a job from the bottom of a range to the top.

Eight to ten weeks, in this order

1. Site visit. We measure the usable rectangle, pull your plat for easements, look at where the lot drains, and find a path for a concrete truck. Pool cages and 6 foot vinyl privacy fences decide a lot of layouts.
2. Written estimate. Itemized. Fill, base, slab, surface, net, fence, lights, permit fees. If a line is missing from someone else's bid, ask why.
3. Approvals. HOA architectural review first, because it is the slow one. Then the permit, from the City of Orlando, Orange County, Seminole County, or your town's own building department.
4. Dirt and concrete. Strip sod, bring in fill if the court needs to come up, compact the base, pour. Then 28 days of cure. We do not coat green concrete.
5. Surface and lines. Two textured acrylic color coats and 2 inch lines, scheduled around the afternoon storm. Dry season is easier; summer means morning starts and watching the radar.

The full walkthrough lives on the pickleball court construction page.

Where we build

Orlando proper and the ring around it: Winter Park, Lake Nona, Windermere, Dr. Phillips and Lake Mary have their own pages because each one permits differently. We also work in Winter Garden, Oviedo, Maitland and Celebration.

Request a written estimate

Call (407) 641 3666, email info@pickleballcourtsorlando.com, or send the form. A licensed local builder calls back within a business day.