SAW CUTTING TENNIS COURTS
SAW CUTTING TENNIS COURTS
SAW CUTTING TENNIS COURTS
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<strong>SAW</strong> <strong>CUTTING</strong><br />
<strong>CUTTING</strong><br />
<strong>TENNIS</strong> <strong>TENNIS</strong> <strong>COURTS</strong><br />
Presentation By:<br />
Tom DeRosa<br />
Mike Mike Edgerton<br />
Matt Strom
Typical yp Crack on<br />
Asphalt Tennis Courts
Saw Cutting is<br />
Recommended Recommended for<br />
Courts in in a a Battery<br />
Battery
Stress Stress Relief Relief @ @ Posts<br />
Posts
Net Post Cracking g &<br />
Paving Joint Crack
Why do we want to Saw<br />
C Cut t i into t a new Asphalt A h lt<br />
Court?<br />
• It is the nature of Asphalt to<br />
shrink.<br />
• Asphalt will crack crack at at its its weakest<br />
point.<br />
•Let’s L LLet’s t’ tell t ll it it where h we want t it it to t<br />
crack. cac
Where do we make the Saw<br />
Cuts on a Tennis Court?<br />
• The h purpose of f S Saw C Cutting is to<br />
keep the Playing Area free of cracks.<br />
• At the h NET LINE LINE.<br />
• The most stress on an Asphalt p court<br />
is due to the tension from the Net<br />
Cable.<br />
• In BETWEEN <strong>COURTS</strong> because it is<br />
out of the playing area.
How deep p are the Saw<br />
Cuts?<br />
• It is recommended d d to Saw S Cut C at<br />
least through the Asphalt surface<br />
course.<br />
• It would still relieve relieve stress stress if the<br />
Saw Cut was only through the top<br />
lift to of Asphalt. sp at<br />
• Saw Cuts should be made from<br />
Fence to Fence.<br />
Fence
TYPICAL <strong>SAW</strong><br />
<strong>SAW</strong><br />
<strong>CUTTING</strong> <strong>CUTTING</strong> MACHINE<br />
MACHINE
Typical Typical Caulk Caulk Line Line Layout<br />
Layout
Saw Cutting Cutting Operation
Saw Cutting Cutting Operation<br />
Operation
Saw Cutting Operation
Depth of of Saw Cut?
When should we Saw<br />
Cut?<br />
• Saw Cutting can can be done after after the<br />
Courts are color color-coated. coated.<br />
• Saw Cutting can can be done prior prior to<br />
to<br />
Color Color-Coating. Coating.<br />
• Note: The surface must must be<br />
be<br />
properly cleaned.
Clean up p Operation p
Chain Gang<br />
Gang
What do we do after the<br />
Saw Cuts are made.<br />
• The surface needs to be washed<br />
clean of all dust and dirt.<br />
• A Backer Rod is recommended to put<br />
into into the the crack.<br />
• Sand or Screening may also be used.<br />
• Ca Caulking lking is is then then injected injected into into Saw Sa Cut C t<br />
until refusal.<br />
• More permanent crack overlay fabric<br />
systems
Installation of of Backer Backer Rod<br />
Rod
Completed Cut Cut w/Backer w/Backer Rod
What type yp of Caulking g is<br />
used?<br />
• Silicone Caulking can be used.<br />
• Acrylic Caulking Caulking is is recommended recommended so<br />
so<br />
as to allow the surface to be Painted<br />
with Color Color-Coating. Coating.<br />
• A Colored Caulking can be used but<br />
probably will will not not match match the the Court<br />
Court<br />
Surface.
Repairing Repairing Old Old Saw Saw Cuts<br />
Cuts
1 1 Year Year after after Saw Saw cutting<br />
cutting<br />
• When should the Saw Cuts be<br />
checked checked for maintenance?<br />
• Every Year before the winter.<br />
• It is recommended to Refill all<br />
Saw Cuts Cuts, to not allow water water to<br />
freeze in and under joints.
NO CRACKS ON<br />
PLAYING SURFACE
Saw Cutting g<br />
Between Courts
Saw Cut after resurfacing
Saw Cut before Maintenance
Saw Cut after<br />
Maintenance
Saw Cut @ Net Line
SSaw CCut t RRepair i @<br />
NNet t Line<br />
Li
No Effect to<br />
Playing Area
Intersecting Intersecting Saw Cutting
Battery of 4 Courts<br />
Stress Cracking Cracking began began to<br />
to<br />
occur @ net line after<br />
several years of<br />
i installation t ll ti<br />
Can we still Saw Cut?<br />
And d will ll it still ll help?<br />
h l
Stress Relief @ Net
6 Years After<br />
Saw S SSaw C Cutting<br />
tti
Saw Saw Cut Cut @ @ Net Only
3 Batteries Batteries of 2<br />
Back to Back<br />
Saw Cutting 7 Years Old
Saw Cut Between Courts
½” ½ Crack after 7 years
Relief from Net Post<br />
Footing
No Cracking g on Playing y g<br />
Surface
Saw Cut After 10 Years
22-1/2 1/2” 1/2 Opening
Saw Cut between Playing<br />
y g<br />
Area
Saw Saw Cut Cut After After 20 Years
4” 4 4” 4 Opening
Battery of 6 Courts<br />
14 Years Years Old<br />
Old
Saw Cut Between Courts
Saw Saw Cut Cut @ @ Net Line
11-1/4 1/4’’ 1/4 1/4’’ Opening
No Cracking g on Playing y g<br />
Surface
Saw Cutting g<br />
Asphalt
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