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Contain the Game

Sport Court Fencing in Montana

Every ball chased into the creek is a point against your court. Purpose-built fencing keeps play on the surface, tames Montana wind, and frames the court like it belongs.

Fencing is the difference between playing on your court and playing near it. Without containment, tennis and pickleball turn into fetch — and in Montana, the wind adds its own opinion to every rally. We build court enclosures the way the sport demands: 10-foot chain link for tennis and pickleball, 8- to 10-foot configurations for basketball, in galvanized or black vinyl-coated finishes with gates placed where players actually enter. Posts are set in engineered concrete footings sized for Montana wind and frost depth, because a leaning fence line cheapens everything inside it.

Beyond containment, fencing carries the accessories that finish a court: tensioned windscreens that cut gusts and add privacy, divider fencing between courts in multi-court layouts, and lockable gates for commercial and community facilities. Black vinyl-coated chain link has become our most popular residential choice — it visually recedes so the court and the view stay the stars. We fence courts we built and retrofit courts we didn't, licensed, insured, and warrantied.

Full enclosures run $12,000–$30,000 depending on court size and finish; partial baseline fencing and windscreen packages scale to budget.

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Benefits

Why Homeowners Choose Us for Sport Court Fencing

Purpose-Built Heights

Ten-foot enclosures for tennis and pickleball, eight to ten for basketball ends, lower rail options for open sightlines — heights chosen by sport, not by leftover material.

Footings Rated for Montana

Posts set in engineered concrete footings below frost depth and sized for local wind loads. Frost heave and gusts take down bargain fences a little more every winter.

Windscreens That Change the Game

Tensioned mesh windscreens knock down the crosswind that ruins pickleball and tennis in exposed Montana sites — and add privacy and a finished, club-like look.

Black Vinyl That Disappears

Black vinyl-coated chain link visually recedes against landscape and mountain views far better than bright galvanized — the premium look most residential clients choose.

Gates Where Players Walk

Gate placement planned around real circulation — house to court, court to court, mower access — with lockable hardware for facilities that need controlled access.

Retrofit-Ready Installation

We add fencing to existing courts with core-drilled or perimeter footings and clean edge details, protecting the surface we are working beside.

Our Process

How Your Sport Court Fencing Project Runs

Enclosure Consultation

We evaluate wind exposure, sightlines, ball-containment needs, and access patterns, then recommend heights, finishes, and gate locations.

Layout & Specification

A fencing plan documents post spacing, heights, gate hardware, and windscreen coverage, with finish samples and a fixed-scope quote.

Footings & Posts

Post holes are drilled below frost depth, footings poured, and posts set plumb and aligned — the step that determines whether the fence stays straight.

Fabric, Rails & Gates

Chain link fabric is stretched and tied, top and bottom rails secured, and gates hung and adjusted for smooth, sag-free swing.

Windscreens & Walkthrough

Windscreens are tensioned, hardware is torque-checked, and we walk the enclosure with you before signing off the warranty.

Recent Work

Sport Court Fencing We've Built

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FAQs

Sport Court Fencing Questions, Answered

How tall should court fencing be?
Ten feet is the standard for tennis and pickleball enclosures — tall enough to stop the vast majority of errant shots without feeling cage-like. Basketball courts usually take 8–10 feet behind the baselines where long rebounds fly, with lower side runs or none at all. Sloped sites sometimes warrant taller sections on the downhill side, which we identify during the site walk.
What does court fencing cost?
Full 10-foot enclosures for a pickleball court typically run $12,000–$20,000; tennis court enclosures, with their larger perimeter, run $18,000–$30,000. Partial fencing — baseline runs only — costs proportionally less and suits many basketball courts. Black vinyl coating adds roughly 15–20% over galvanized, and windscreens run $2,000–$5,000 per court. Site access and soil conditions move the numbers.
Do windscreens matter in Montana?
More here than almost anywhere. Pickleball's light ball drifts noticeably in a 10 mph crosswind, and many Montana valley and bench sites see that daily. Tensioned mesh windscreens cut wind at court level dramatically, and they double as privacy screening and a visual backdrop that makes the ball easier to track. We spec wind-rated attachment so gusts vent instead of racking the fence line.
Will the fence survive frost heave?
Ours are built to. Posts are set in concrete footings drilled below local frost depth — typically four feet or more in Montana — so seasonal ground movement cannot jack them upward. Shallow-set fence posts are the classic failure: each winter lifts them slightly and each spring leaves the line more crooked. Proper footings cost more once and stay straight for decades, covered by our warranty.
Can you fence a court another contractor built?
Yes, routinely. We assess the existing pad and perimeter, then either core-drill footings at the slab edge or set posts just off the pad, depending on how the court was built. We protect the playing surface throughout, and enclosure work typically takes one to two weeks with the court playable most of that time. It pairs naturally with resurfacing if the court is due.
Service Areas

Sport Court Fencing Across Montana

One crew, one standard of work — from the Bitterroot to the Flathead, and west into Spokane and Coeur d'Alene.

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