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Basketball court SOG thickness

Basketball court SOG thickness

Basketball court SOG thickness

(OP)
SOG for a BB court in a community center (supposed to be HighSchool grade BB court)with proper flooring:

I have used 4" thick SOGs for autoshops without problems so I think a 5" thick slab should work fine. Any input from folks here would be great.

RE: Basketball court SOG thickness

I'll let the structural types discuss thickness although I think 5 inches would probably be fine.  However, you might wish to take a look at the link below - it is a guide to sports flooring.  For your purposes, there would be a flooring requirement for resilience, etc. that does not occur with outdoor concrete courts.  Having played on both and more on concrete as my knees will attest, the "springiness" of a proper floor is important.

http://www.safea.co.uk/upload/documents/webpage/Maintenance/Floors_for_indoor_sports.pdf

RE: Basketball court SOG thickness

I would think a typical 5" sog thickness for slab on ground would be sufficient. Depending on the floor finishing and joint layout, I would provide a 4" thick slab with 16" x 12" thickenings at 20' crs with a thicker wwf mesh to increase the joint spacing.

RE: Basketball court SOG thickness

Asixth,
Welcome back, been a while since I have seen a post of yours.

I would think that a 5" slab will do the job, however if PT is local and affordable I would consider this just to remove the joints.

How could you do anything so vicious? It was easy my dear, don't forget I spent two years as a building contractor. - Priscilla Presley & Ricardo Montalban
 

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