Bocce Ball Courts - Rebuilding
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- čas přidán 24. 03. 2012
- This video shows the process of rebuilding 4 championship size Bocce courts in Napa Valley, Calif. in the Town of Yountville. These courts were originally constructed with an oyster shell ( flour ) playing surface. The oyster shell material is a nice playing surface but is also a great fertilizer and over the winter months the moss and algae have taken over.
The Town of Yountville decided this year to clean the organics off the court, regrade ( lazier grade ) the base material and go with a brick dust playing surface.
The orange/red brick dust will be a change from the white color of the oyster shell.
The brick dust will not encourage as much organic growth in the winter and the color will be easier on the eyes and not as reflective as the oyster shell.
A very important part of any organic playing surface is an annual or spring maintenance. The idea is to clean the court up after the winter and have it at its optimum playing level for the dry season. This consideration for maintenance must be considered and factored in during the planning, construction, and lifetime of a court.
I thank the Town of Yountville for allowing my company to rebuild their courts and to shot this video.
www.claycourtconst.com/
www.oldeworlddesign.com - Sport
How effective & sustainable is the brick dust?
John - just before the brick dust was applied the video mentioned the court was "lasered in". Do you use a surface laser, like the Bosch GSL2, or a line laser that you measure down from at various points, or something else?
Lazier Grade. Look it up.
will limestone screenings or HPB gravel (High Performance Bedding- granite) work instead of red brick dust?
where can I buy "brick dust" in the Bay Area?
Use limestone grit or grow grass use golf course leavening sand
can you leave the DG as the playing surface??
YES
Earth Stone & Rock do you suggest to put on a top layer to DG? Or just leave as is? Thanks again!
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