http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/ShaleCourts/ Shale Tennis Courts Sun, 11 May 2008 22:32:53 GMT david.garrett http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/ShaleCourts/message/101 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/ShaleCourts/message/101 I'd like to know that too! David. ... From: korkymildred To: ShaleCourts@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, May 11, 2008 9:53 PM Subject: [Shale Courts] Re: Court Sun, 11 May 2008 20:53:23 GMT korkymildred http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/ShaleCourts/message/100 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/ShaleCourts/message/100 David, sorry, I think I meant to direct this to you at SC but if Malcolm or anyone else can comment please advise. John Sun, 11 May 2008 20:49:33 GMT korkymildred http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/ShaleCourts/message/99 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/ShaleCourts/message/99 How is it possible to build up the level of a small section of court? This is a common requirement at the baseline and the addition of shale to make up the Fri, 25 Apr 2008 22:06:09 GMT Malcolm Gibbon http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/ShaleCourts/message/98 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/ShaleCourts/message/98 Basically our court construction is the same as yours with a clinker base. The only thing that I can think of that might make a difference is the age of our Thu, 24 Apr 2008 20:06:12 GMT korkymildred http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/ShaleCourts/message/97 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/ShaleCourts/message/97 I have added an action shot of the Travelling Sprinkler. Thanks to Joanne for alerting to the appearance of this set. There are a couple of puddles when I Thu, 24 Apr 2008 13:45:21 GMT Joanne at Sutton Churches Tennis Club http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/ShaleCourts/message/96 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/ShaleCourts/message/96 Thanks to John Lord for posting some new photos of Peebles LTC to the group. Your courts look very good. If you would like to view any of the photos in the Thu, 24 Apr 2008 08:57:38 GMT korkymildred http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/ShaleCourts/message/95 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/ShaleCourts/message/95 Absolutely fascinating about the worms..I'm glad that David confirmed his own wormless experience as this is a very unusual observation. No worm could live in Wed, 23 Apr 2008 23:01:02 GMT david.garrett http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/ShaleCourts/message/94 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/ShaleCourts/message/94 Malcolm, What is the substrate for your shale courts? Ours have a thick layer of clinker, and I've never seen a worm on them, nor a worm cast. Oddly enough, Wed, 23 Apr 2008 19:41:52 GMT Malcolm Gibbon http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/ShaleCourts/message/93 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/ShaleCourts/message/93 John I guess the worms are already in residence as we have had to cope with worm casts for years. The regular dragging of the courts takes care of the casts Sat, 19 Apr 2008 18:17:09 GMT korkymildred http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/ShaleCourts/message/92 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/ShaleCourts/message/92 If all goes well a picture of the travelling sprinkler should appear in the Photo section. The sprinkler is composed of a metal plate mounted on 2 pairs of Fri, 18 Apr 2008 14:18:45 GMT david.garrett http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/ShaleCourts/message/91 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/ShaleCourts/message/91 John, Our nails are normally lifted by an inch or so by frost. They were this last winter. Some of our newer members were very worried when they saw the Fri, 18 Apr 2008 11:08:38 GMT korkymildred http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/ShaleCourts/message/90 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/ShaleCourts/message/90 Malcolm This seems a bit surprising to me as I have hardly ever seen worms on a court. So if, for instance, you covered the playing surface (and beyond for Fri, 18 Apr 2008 11:08:12 GMT korkymildred http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/ShaleCourts/message/89 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/ShaleCourts/message/89 David What degree of frost heave do you normally get? Are the nails lifted out of the court surface? What amazes me is that I hear some shale courts are Fri, 18 Apr 2008 09:23:03 GMT korkymildred http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/ShaleCourts/message/88 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/ShaleCourts/message/88 I have now tried the method of rolling the nailless line into the court previously described by Len. Great results. I had temporarily forgotten about this Sat, 12 Apr 2008 08:42:53 GMT korkymildred http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/ShaleCourts/message/87 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/ShaleCourts/message/87 I start this as a fresh topic to help identification of subject. I hope this is appropriate. Good information from members on these topics. I had wondered