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*Looking for some PRO TIPS from anyone who would like to reply here* I had my court professionally made last year complete with redwood weatherproof rails and nighttime lights built into the ground being dug nearly 2' feet deep where the first layer was drainage perforated 8" inch ABS lines for fast water drainage away from the court surrounded by 1.5" inch round rock roughly 10" inches deep, the next 4" inches went to 1" round rock and finally, 2" inches 1/2" inch rock, followed by a top 12" inch thick layer of Golden DG and the top with the final top 1" inch of the DG (after all was compacted down) layered with sifted DG through window screen for a very fine top layer that wasn't too soft and slow rolling but perfectly smooth and groomable. I spent around $4k to have it built in all and only because I couldn't find crushed oyster shell flower anywhere, that was the only thing I skipped on. Well, everything has been beautiful up until what some of you may have heard when we here in Southern California got a big surprise with a record breaking rain fall and even snow in the low lands where it never snows and I just wasn't read for that, had no tarp but figured the drains would do the work. To a point they did but in the end, the top grade was so fine it literally compressed nearly to the hardness of concrete!!!! So I'm here now hoping to hear from some seasoned pros on a fix. I'm told once I get it right again to apply a stabilizer such as a liquid polymer to the decomposed granite. I still need to do something to this top cement hard area first. I've tried using a hard steel rake similar to the one seen in this video @0:50 but it only chunks up the crushed granit which is now like hardened clay into big chunks. Would Gypsum help similar to like it does softening hard clay or is that a bad idea? What about importing Crushed Oyster Shell, would the natural calcium help prevent this from happening in the future? Helpful Thoughts, Comments, and Tips would be appreciated from how to break up the top layer now to improving what I've done (the reason I explained the total job above) so it doesn't happen again other than the fact that I know I should make a button down tarp for my court I suppose. Thanks
WAY TOO MUCH DG........after drain rock it should there should have a been a filtration fabric and then mayne 3 or 4 inch 3/8" decomposed granite and then 2 inches of oyster shell blend. You had so much dense material it could not drain.
p.s. Looks just like my court, down to the lighting where I had done the same exact thing. It has a really cool look at night.
Where can I find those lights? Im installing my own court. Ty
Hi have you purchased the bocce materials you need?
*Looking for some PRO TIPS from anyone who would like to reply here*
I had my court professionally made last year complete with redwood weatherproof rails and nighttime lights built into the ground being dug nearly 2' feet deep where the first layer was drainage perforated 8" inch ABS lines for fast water drainage away from the court surrounded by 1.5" inch round rock roughly 10" inches deep, the next 4" inches went to 1" round rock and finally, 2" inches 1/2" inch rock, followed by a top 12" inch thick layer of Golden DG and the top with the final top 1" inch of the DG (after all was compacted down) layered with sifted DG through window screen for a very fine top layer that wasn't too soft and slow rolling but perfectly smooth and groomable. I spent around $4k to have it built in all and only because I couldn't find crushed oyster shell flower anywhere, that was the only thing I skipped on.
Well, everything has been beautiful up until what some of you may have heard when we here in Southern California got a big surprise with a record breaking rain fall and even snow in the low lands where it never snows and I just wasn't read for that, had no tarp but figured the drains would do the work. To a point they did but in the end, the top grade was so fine it literally compressed nearly to the hardness of concrete!!!!
So I'm here now hoping to hear from some seasoned pros on a fix. I'm told once I get it right again to apply a stabilizer such as a liquid polymer to the decomposed granite. I still need to do something to this top cement hard area first. I've tried using a hard steel rake similar to the one seen in this video @0:50 but it only chunks up the crushed granit which is now like hardened clay into big chunks. Would Gypsum help similar to like it does softening hard clay or is that a bad idea? What about importing Crushed Oyster Shell, would the natural calcium help prevent this from happening in the future?
Helpful Thoughts, Comments, and Tips would be appreciated from how to break up the top layer now to improving what I've done (the reason I explained the total job above) so it doesn't happen again other than the fact that I know I should make a button down tarp for my court I suppose.
Thanks
WAY TOO MUCH DG........after drain rock it should there should have a been a filtration fabric and then mayne 3 or 4 inch 3/8" decomposed granite and then 2 inches of oyster shell blend. You had so much dense material it could not drain.
apply a stabilizer such as a liquid polymer to the decomposed granite.............will make it even worse as it will become ever harder to drain