Hi all,
Newby here (Buffalo, NY), moving into a new house in two weeks that has a tennis court. Despite missing out on a bunch of the season, I've somehow managed to convince myself (and my wife!) that putting up a rink is the first thing that should be done. I've found a lot of information on Joe's tennis court rink very helpful. I've researched this a ton and since I can't start construction yet, I've drawn up some plans of what I'm thinking (attached).
I'm looking for some input on the potential bowing of the walls outward along the long walls. Since I can't stake the walls in, I'm using the wooden bracket design featured on this site header. I think this will be sufficient in preventing the walls from being knocked over (tipping over), but am still concerned the length of walls together will bend outward from the corners and turn my rink into more of an oval shape, and therefore lose the liner below water level.
On each of the longer sides, I'll have 11 brackets along 40' of 2" x 12" x 8' boards (one at each board joint, and one in the middle). If I put a 50lb sand bag on every other bracket at the board joints, do you think that would be enough to resist the outward force and prevent the bowing of the boards?
Any other critiques, or potential problems with my design that those with experience might see?
I'll be sure to confirm the level of the tennis court before install, and I plan to use two angle brackets at each of the (8) 45degree corners to prevent a blowout there.
Thanks for all of the knowledge and help. Looking forward to joining this obsession.