re: DIY cement slab for basketball

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Framing and Smoothing for 100sq ft was an hour,

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All finishers charge a minimum when the total job is paying under $400. That is usually their cut off. At least in my experience.

Same with trucks bringing you any less than 4 cu yds.

Or you could always call around to see if any trucks expect to have an overage after a pour, and then see if you can pay them a little to come and dump it at your place...

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Or they put temporary tape down to make the court their size...

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I guess that could work. Never been, honestly.

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I was amazed at the two guys I used. So smart to pay for pros that know what they are doing

Just the leveling and smoothing phase is worth paying for pros

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I had a home owner that was convinced he could pour his own driveway and him and his sons could finish it. We formed it for him and I helped him set up the trucks. He rented the tools and went to it. This was in the middle of August and they were throwing up in the middle of the job. It looked like shite because the concrete cured faster than they could work. All to save a few hundred dollars.

the extra length doesn't really bother teams. It provides room for better spacing.

Make sure whoever pours it puts down a vapor barrier before pouring the concrete.


To help with a budget figure on $2.50 a square foot for a 4" thick slab.

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My nephew is in 9-10 basketball and for his bday in a few weeks I'd like to level off, form up, and pour a little slab for him in my parent's acre back yard.

How difficult would this be? Guess it wouldn't need to be that big. What size should I go? Is there some commercial grade cement that I could need to use where the aggregate would be more smooth and you woils have a more consistant dribble?

Anyone have any experience with this?

Right now he just has an adjustable goal that he shoots around on where the ground/grass is half dirt. Sorta hard to achieve any handles with this situation.

Thanks in advance.

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what you are talking about, unless you just absolutely want concrete, I would just get a truck of crush and run and drag it with a box blade until you are pretty flat. Unless you plan on the kid going pro, that is as good as anything a teenager would use anyway. Plus it would hurt a lot less than concrete when someone falls.

If you are stuck on concrete, this isn't a DIY project to have unless one of your buddies does concrete and will help. 20' by 20' at 4" is about 5 yards, most likely going to cost you in the 650 range for a truck to bring it to you. I would think that 400 to 600 to have someone finish it for you which is well worth the money. I would think that 1200 to 1500 is what you are looking at for a 400 SF pad and that isn't a big area for basketball.

Hire someone. You will never be able to get it level on your own

Ok thanks....
Was just thinking some were thinking I was looking for something nicer and maybe something that would last a lifetime that the Pelican's would be happy to ball on.... Not just ons bullshite in the back yard a kid wouldn't mind bouncing a ball on even though he has no handles as it is


You can anchor now Rummy thanks boo<3