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DIY cement slab for basketball
Posted on 1/11/15 at 4:11 pm
Posted on 1/11/15 at 4:11 pm
My nephew is in 9-10 basketball and for his bday in a few weeks I'd like to level off, form up, and pour a little slab for him in my parent's acre back yard.
How difficult would this be? Guess it wouldn't need to be that big. What size should I go? Is there some commercial grade cement that I could need to use where the aggregate would be more smooth and you woils have a more consistant dribble?
Anyone have any experience with this?
Right now he just has an adjustable goal that he shoots around on where the ground/grass is half dirt. Sorta hard to achieve any handles with this situation.
Thanks in advance.
How difficult would this be? Guess it wouldn't need to be that big. What size should I go? Is there some commercial grade cement that I could need to use where the aggregate would be more smooth and you woils have a more consistant dribble?
Anyone have any experience with this?
Right now he just has an adjustable goal that he shoots around on where the ground/grass is half dirt. Sorta hard to achieve any handles with this situation.
Thanks in advance.
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Posted on 1/11/15 at 4:13 pm to SuperSaint
You're not going to poor anything of significant size for a basketball court with Quickcrete if that's what you are getting at.
Posted on 1/11/15 at 4:14 pm to stout
Posted on 1/11/15 at 4:15 pm to stout
I don't really know what I'm getting at...... I have no knowledge of this..
Thanks for replying.... But could you give me the best way to go to get just something that is just decent for a 10 year old to enjoy possibly a couple times a month??
Thanks for replying.... But could you give me the best way to go to get just something that is just decent for a 10 year old to enjoy possibly a couple times a month??
Posted on 1/11/15 at 4:16 pm to SuperSaint
Are you talking about a half-court made of concrete?
That would be quite the undertaking for a DIY project...
That would be quite the undertaking for a DIY project...
This post was edited on 1/11/15 at 4:17 pm
Posted on 1/11/15 at 4:20 pm to SuperSaint
a full court would be pretty sweet but that is a fairly large undertaking. You could go out to what would be a nba 3 point line and he would be pretty good to go for at least a few years.
the dimensions of courts.
the dimensions of courts.
Posted on 1/11/15 at 4:20 pm to SuperSaint
home depot>mexicans>dig out earth to 3-4 inch depth>frame out court with cheap lumber(1x4's, don't forget expansion joints>call short loads>have cash ready.
Posted on 1/11/15 at 4:21 pm to SuperSaint
hire some Mexicans from home depot
Posted on 1/11/15 at 4:21 pm to SuperSaint
With labor and materials for a 20x20 area poured you are looking around $1000 at least.
Posted on 1/11/15 at 4:24 pm to SuperSaint
Isn't there a place off seigen that sells something like this for outside courts?
Posted on 1/11/15 at 4:27 pm to stout
quote:
With labor and materials for a 20x20 area poured you are looking around $1000 at least.
Wrong! A yard of good concrete with high strength will cost about $100 a yard. He's looking at a couple of grand to do anything of any size unless it's half court without footings and easily accessable.
Posted on 1/11/15 at 4:28 pm to SuperSaint
Concrete calculator
4"x20'x25' is about 6 yds, or about 275 80# bags of concrete mix.
You're going to need a concrete truck if you want to do this.
4"x20'x25' is about 6 yds, or about 275 80# bags of concrete mix.
You're going to need a concrete truck if you want to do this.
Posted on 1/11/15 at 4:28 pm to TigerBait1127
quote:yea I think it's Goals and Poles, they have a matt for the concrete but be prepared to spend some $$$$
Isn't there a place off seigen that sells something like this for outside courts?
Posted on 1/11/15 at 4:31 pm to RummelTiger
Not even a half court.... Just something to shoot around on. Maybe a 3-4 man 21 game or something. We talking pre-teens
So nothing even close to being a half court would e needed. Something used maybe 2-3 times a month
So nothing even close to being a half court would e needed. Something used maybe 2-3 times a month
Posted on 1/11/15 at 4:31 pm to Mie2cents
quote:
Wrong! A yard of good concrete with high strength will cost about $100 a yard
I know what concrete cost. I am a contractor and I have poured a lot of 20x20 parking pads on specs houses. A 20x20 area on grade will use roughly 4.5 cu yds. Add in the labor to form it and finish, which I pay $1.25 per sq ft for, then add in the framing materials and that puts it around $1000 give or take like I said.
Now, if you want to pay me $2K to do you a 20x20 area I will gladly take it.
This post was edited on 1/11/15 at 4:36 pm
Posted on 1/11/15 at 4:33 pm to SuperSaint
Just want a little slab and he has one of the roll
Up goals to roll up the the slab to shoot on
Up goals to roll up the the slab to shoot on
Posted on 1/11/15 at 4:34 pm to heartbreakTiger
quote:
the dimensions of courts.
Interesting. So, when the high school state championships take place in Lafayette or Monroe (on a college court), they are playing on a court that is 10 ft longer? How do they allow that?
Posted on 1/11/15 at 4:36 pm to SuperSaint
I'd pay Stout $1,000 to do it and drink some iced tea while sitting in a lawn chair as he does.
Posted on 1/11/15 at 4:36 pm to Smalls
Or they put temporary tape down to make the court their size...
Posted on 1/11/15 at 4:37 pm to RummelTiger
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and drink some iced tea while sitting in a lawn chair as he does.
It's rough being the brains of an operation, Rummy.
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