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Backyard pickleball courts, sport courts and putting greens on Mapleton lots, using the room a big property gives you and a pad built level on cobbly bench ground.
“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 Mapleton
Most Utah County backyards have to squeeze a pickleball court in. Many Mapleton lots, from a third of an acre up to a couple of acres, have room for a full court with space left over, maybe a putting green beside it. So the question is rarely if it fits. It is where it goes, so it works with the house, the view and the slope.
The playing area is 20 by 44 feet, and with run-off room the pad usually lands around 30 by 60. That pad has to be nearly flat. On the east bench under Maple Mountain, the lot tilts, so the court needs a cut, a fill or a wall. And because Mapleton protects ground at 30 percent slope or steeper, the court has to go on the gentler part of the lot.
The ground is on your side. Mapleton's gravelly fan soil drains well and makes a strong base once the cobbles are out. We build the pad, pour a reinforced slab, lay the court surface, and finish with fencing, windscreen and lights. With bigger lots, neighbors sit farther away, so court lights and the pop of the paddle cause a lot less friction than in town.
Mapleton is big-lot country under Maple Mountain, a lot of it horse property, where the bench slopes on gravel fan soil and the deer come down out of the foothills in winter.
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The Mapleton challenges
With room to spare, it is easy to put the court in the wrong place: too far from the house to use, or right across your view. We look at sun, wind, walking distance and how the court looks from the back patio before we pick the spot.
Clearing a 30 by 60 pad on the Mapleton bench turns up a pile of cobbles and a few real boulders. Leave them under the base and the slab rests on hard points and cracks. We dig the rock out, compact the native gravel, and build a clean base.
East bench lots drop toward the valley. Leveling a court means cutting the high side, filling the low side and holding both. Walls over 4 feet need a Mapleton permit, and steep CE-1 ground is off limits. We set the pad height to keep walls modest.
Air moves down off Maple Mountain and across open fields, and Mapleton has a lot of open ground. Wind pushes a pickleball around. We add windscreen on the court fence where it helps, and set the posts deep enough for the extra load that screen puts on them.
The J&H approach
We stake a full court footprint on your lot and look at it from the house. We show you where the cut and fill go and how tall any walls get. You choose the spot with real numbers in front of you.
We clear rock, compact the subgrade, build a gravel base, and pour a reinforced slab with a slight pitch for drainage. After it cures, the court surface and lines go on. Basketball and multi-sport pads follow the same steps.
Court fencing, gates and windscreen go on posts set below frost. Lights get conduit while the trenches are open, aimed down at the court. We finish the edges with rock or planting that can handle deer and dry bench gravel.
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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