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Re: In Nigeria needing help

korkymildred — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 19:59:31 GMT

Matt OK so I reread this original post and I am reminded that you describe your courts as hard.You have dry/hot conditions and also flooding. To my reasoning

Re: Clay Court Layers

korkymildred — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 09:32:11 GMT

Matt Very interesting now I have seen the courts. Photographs like this tend to make situations appear better than they actually are but nevertheless the

Re: Clay Court Layers

libertymaster2002 — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:55:36 GMT

John / David, Thanks very much for your comprehensive responses. I'm not sure if I'm happy or not that there are no hard and fast rules about what to use! It's

Re: Clay Court Layers

martin heckelman — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:01:14 GMT

Thanks for this info. I'll pass it on to the other members of my tennis club. ... From: David Garrett Subject: Re: [Shale

Re: Clay Court Layers

David Garrett — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 20:37:10 GMT

Hi Matt, I didn't rush into answering your request for info on building a court because I don't think it is an easy question. I was also trying to find the

Re: Clay Court Layers

korkymildred — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:59:44 GMT

Matt I would think that the best source of information will be David Garrett as Sutton Churches did some basic redevelopment of their shale courts and started

Clay Court Layers

libertymaster2002 — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 11:01:33 GMT

Hi, I have seen some diagrams on Terrebatue.org and terredavis websites but can anyone offer an explanation on the different levels that make up the surface of

Re: In Nigeria needing help

john lord — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 13:36:57 GMT

Just a comment from me on this. I mounted 2 similar sprinklers to this on a trolley and used the connecting hose to pull it so that I have a "travelling

Re: In Nigeria needing help

David Garrett — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 11:10:24 GMT

Hi Matt, The Gardena product looks like it should be useful, but how well it performs will depend on your water supply. The electrics for our system are not at

Re: In Nigeria needing help

libertymaster2002 — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 09:00:05 GMT

David, Thanks for the info on your sprinkler system, I would love to be able to install something like that but the erratic and fluctuating nature of our power

Re: In Nigeria needing help

David Garrett — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 08:31:42 GMT

Congratulations, Matt, on the progress so far, especially in sourcing the shale. After crushing, you really need a sieve to take out particles over 2mm. As

In Nigeria needing help

libertymaster2002 — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 17:55:05 GMT

Hi, Through my extensive searching online I have come across this group which has already given me a very useful insight into clay court maintenance. I am from

Re: Shale

korkymildred — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 20:02:20 GMT

Helen Not sure when you are spreading this but I assume the late autumn before the courts become too soft for work. Personally I would not be adding any fine

Shale

Helen at Kingussie TC — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 16:45:08 GMT

We are just about to order 8te of shale from Maxsports, hopefully for delivery in late September. Intending to spread this over 2 courts which haven't had any

Re: Clinker

korkymildred — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 22:45:37 GMT

Paul OK you have done the obvious. The other approach is to introduce drains in this area..I think Terre Davis mention this technique for poorly draining