We passed 325 completed courts across Texas this month. For a company built around one in-house crew rather than a network of subcontractors, that number took a while to reach, and it means more to us than a faster one would have.
Alongside it, we have been named a Gold Sponsor for the Houston Pickleball community, which is the part of this announcement we are most pleased about.
What 325 Courts Actually Represents
Spread across DFW, Houston, Austin, and San Antonio, those courts have gone into backyards, HOA amenity centres, school grounds, municipal parks, private clubs, and new residential developments. More than 150 clients, and a five-star rating across 37-plus Google reviews.
The mix has shifted noticeably over the last few years. Basketball and tennis were the bulk of the work when we started. Pickleball is now the largest single category by a wide margin, and multi-sport layouts, where one slab is striped for two or three games, have gone from occasional request to something we recommend on most residential projects.
What has not changed is the method. Every one of those courts sits on an engineered post-tension concrete slab, because Blackland Prairie clay does not forgive a standard rebar pour. Every one carries a 7-layer 100% acrylic surface rather than court paint. And every one was built by the same in-house crew from excavation through to the final walkthrough.
Gold Sponsor for Houston Pickleball
Sponsoring the Houston Pickleball community was an easy decision. Pickleball has grown faster in Texas than almost anywhere in the country, and most of that growth has been driven by local organisers running leagues and tournaments on whatever courts they can find, often unpaid and usually on their own time.
Those organisers are the reason we have a business. Supporting the community events they put on is the most straightforward way we can return some of that.
Why the sponsorship matters to us
We build courts. They build the thing that makes people want courts. That is not a small distinction, and it deserves backing.
What We Have Learned Along the Way
A few things stand out from 325 projects, and they are worth sharing whether you build with us or not.
Soil engineering is not optional in North Texas. The single most common repair enquiry we receive is a cracked court, and almost every one of them was poured without post-tensioning. The concrete is rarely the problem. The clay underneath moved and there was nothing holding the slab together.
Drainage causes more failures than wear. Water sitting on a surface degrades acrylic, grows algae, and makes a court unusable for days after a storm. A continuous 1% slope plane set before the forms go in prevents all of it, and it costs nothing extra at that stage.
Most people underestimate the HOA workload. Architectural review packets, variance requests, and city permits take real effort and specific documentation. It is the part of a project homeowners dread most, and it is the part a contractor is best placed to absorb. We handle it free on every project for that reason.
Multi-sport striping is the best value in court construction. Excavation, slab, and surfacing dominate the cost and you pay for them once. A second set of lines on a pad you were pouring anyway is the cheapest square footage in the whole project.
By the Numbers
| Measure | Where we are |
|---|---|
| Courts completed across Texas | 325+ |
| Clients served | 150+ |
| Google rating | 5.0 across 37+ reviews |
| Typical build window | 25–30 days |
| Combined team experience | 37+ years |
| Markets served | DFW, Houston, Austin, San Antonio |
What Comes Next
The honest answer is more of the same. We are not planning to scale by adding subcontractor crews, because the in-house model is the whole reason our schedules hold and our courts do not come back to us with problems.
What we are doing is going deeper on the things that keep courts alive longer: better drainage design on difficult lots, acoustic treatment as a standard conversation rather than an afterthought on pickleball projects, and clearer maintenance guidance at handover so surfaces reach ten years rather than six.
Thank you to every homeowner, board, facilities manager, and developer who has trusted us with a project. Court 326 is already under way.
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Brandon Fiume
Founder & Company Representative
Brandon Fiume is the founder of Pickleball Court Installers of Dallas, leading an in-house team with 37+ years of combined background across construction, fitness, and sports. He has overseen 325+ turnkey court builds across Texas, specializing in post-tension slab engineering for North Texas clay soil.
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