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DC Construction and Development builds pickleball court slabs in Gilbert, from excavation and base prep to cured concrete. We are based in Queen Creek, and our crew pours backyard court slabs across the East Valley. We poured a 60 by 90 foot sport court slab in Gilbert. The photo at the top of this page is that slab, and other photos from the job show the rebar grid before the pour and the power-trowel finish. The slab is our part of the project. Acrylic surfacing, striping, nets, fencing and lighting come from specialty trades that follow the concrete. For court sizing and slab thickness in any yard, see our pickleball and sport court slabs page. Estimates are free after a look at the yard.
A backyard court involves more than concrete. The Town has rules for the fence and the wiring that can come with a court. A home in an HOA community also has a second set of rules to clear. The yard itself shapes the plan. That means where the pool sits and how a concrete truck or pump reaches the back. It also means which way water drains in a monsoon storm. This page covers those pieces from the Town's own code pages, then how we plan the pour around them. For driveways, patios and more in town, see our concrete contractor page for Gilbert.
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Our part of a court is the concrete slab and everything under it. We excavate and compact the base, then set forms to the court's footprint. Reinforcement goes in next, then the pour and the finish. We slope the slab so rain runs off and place joints where the court plan calls for them. Then the concrete cures. On our 60 by 90 foot Gilbert slab, that meant a rebar grid before the pour and a power-trowel finish after it, inside a block-walled backyard.
A court surfacing installer adds the acrylic surface, the court lines and the net system. Fencing and lighting come from their own trades. Those trades follow the slab, so it has to be ready for them. Tell us early who will surface the court, and we plan the slab around what that installer expects. Knowing the layout early also helps us plan joints around the lines. Settle the fence and light locations before the pour. Then neither trade has to cut into a finished slab.
A building permit is applied for by the property owner or by the contractor doing the work. Gilbert's amended residential code lets fences up to three feet high skip the building permit. A taller court fence falls outside that exemption, so the fence contractor should confirm the permit with the Town. If the plan includes a storage shed, the Town's code FAQ says one under 200 square feet needs no permit. That changes if the shed gets power or plumbing, or connects to the house or another structure.
Hardwired court lights are a job for an electrician, so ask Gilbert's Development Services what the lights need. The Town's amended code also recognizes lot drainage designed as part of a subdivision plan by a registered professional engineer. We slope the court so water keeps moving the way the lot was graded to drain. Confirm whether the slab itself needs a permit with Development Services, at (480) 503-6700, before the pour. We tell you up front whether your project needs one and what the Town will ask for.
If your home is in an HOA, its covenants are a second set of rules to check. Gilbert's code FAQ calls those covenants a civil contract, binding on the owners who agreed to them. The Town does not enforce them, and it is up to the HOA to do so. Violations can be penalized and fined under the covenants. The same FAQ says the Town does not regulate recreation equipment like basketball hoops. If your HOA's rules limit that kind of equipment, those rules still apply to you.
The Town of Gilbert and your HOA each get a separate say. The FAQ adds that Town codes prevail when an HOA allows something the Town does not. A court can need both the HOA's approval and whatever the Town requires, as separate steps. Ask whether your HOA's design review needs to see the court, and get its answer in writing first. We give you the slab dimensions and the drainage direction for that request. The fence and lighting trades add their own details to it.
If there is a pool, its barrier has to stay in place. Gilbert's code FAQ says a pool must be enclosed by a wall or fence. That barrier runs at least five feet and no more than six feet high, with self-closing, self-latching gates. We lay out the court to work with your patio and concrete pool deck. When the yard sits behind a block wall, we plan the concrete's route at the estimate. The concrete reaches the forms by pump or through a side yard.
Monsoon season runs June 15 to September 30, and its storms drop heavy rain fast. The court's slope carries that water off the slab toward the lot's drainage path. Heat shapes the schedule too. In summer we start early to beat the heat, and Gilbert limits how early work can start. Its code FAQ says construction work near a residential zone cannot begin before 5:00 a.m. On weekends and holidays, concrete pouring cannot begin before 6:00 a.m., and we plan a Gilbert pour around those hours.
Gilbert areas we serve: Power Ranch, Seville, Val Vista Lakes, Morrison Ranch, Agritopia, Layton Lakes, Adora Trails, Lyon's Gate, Greenfield Lakes, The Islands, Higley Park, Coronado Ranch.
Gilbert ZIP codes served: 85233, 85234, 85295, 85296, 85297, 85298.
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