Elk Ridge, Utah
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Backyard pickleball courts, sport courts and putting greens on Elk Ridge hillside lots, with the level pad, retaining walls and drainage a slope needs.
“They leveled our yard and placed a pickleball court, patio, fire pit, and artificial grass. It looks great.”
“I will be using them for all of my landscape needs, a pleasure to work with!”
Pickleball and Sports Courts in Elk Ridge
A court has to be dead flat, and Elk Ridge lots almost never are. With homes stepped down the slope by city code, the backyard usually falls away from the house. To build a pickleball or sport court here, we make a level pad first. That means cutting into the hill, filling the low side, and holding it all with retaining walls. The earthwork is usually the biggest part of the job.
Done right, a hillside court is a great place to be. You look out over the valley between games. Done wrong, the fill settles, the slab cracks and the wall behind it starts to lean. At 5,361 feet, snow sits on the court for weeks and the frost goes deep, so the base and drainage have to be better than they would on a valley-floor lot.
We plan the court with the grading from the first visit. Jackson looks at where a court fits with the least cut and fill, which walls will need a permit, and how snowmelt will get around the slab. Sometimes the honest answer is a smaller court, or a putting green on a natural bench in the lot. We will tell you which fits.
Elk Ridge is the high, steep one, up around 5,361 feet on Loafer Mountain, where almost every lot is a hillside lot the city code steps down the slope, and the deer, wind and snow are all real.
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The Elk Ridge challenges
A full pickleball pad is roughly 30 by 60 feet. On a sloped Elk Ridge lot that takes a lot of digging and filling. Fill on the low side has to be packed in thin layers, or it settles over the next few years and cracks the court from underneath.
The cut and fill almost always needs retaining walls. When they go over 4 feet, Elk Ridge requires a permit and usually engineering. That adds design time up front, and it is the reason a court quote here looks different from one down in the valley.
Elk Ridge holds snow longer and freezes harder than the valley floor. Water trapped under the slab freezes and heaves it. Snow piled on the surface for weeks, then shoveled with a metal blade, wears the coating faster than you would expect.
Hillside courts sit out in the open, high above the valley. Wind off Loafer Mountain pushes a light pickleball around and makes long games frustrating. Without windscreens, the view you built the court for comes with a price on every lob.
The J&H approach
We design the cut, the fill and the walls as one plan. Fill gets compacted and tested layer by layer. Walls get drain rock and pipe behind them, plus engineering and a permit wherever the height requires it.
We use deep compacted road base, fabric and drains along the edges, so snowmelt moves around the slab instead of under it. Control joints are placed away from the playing lines so the court plays clean.
Fence posts go deep in concrete. Windscreens go on the sides that face the wind. Lights aim straight down at the court, so they do not shine into the homes on the hill below you, which matters more on a slope.
What homeowners say
"We had a really big project (full lot project) and a crazy timeline, and Jackson and his team were awesome. They are very efficient, work hard to get things done quick, and the quality of their work is top-notch. Great company. Great guys. I would highly recommend them for any landscaping needs."
"Jackson and his crew did a phenomenal job on our back yard. I had a vision and they brought it to life. We had them do a retaining wall, grading, underground trampoline, sprinkler system, and sod. They met deadlines, communication was on point, and the whole crew was friendly.…"
"…The job was completed quickly without sacrificing quality, and the results exceeded our expectations. We would absolutely hire this team again and recommend them to anyone looking for landscaping help."
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