How to cover a padel court? All the solutions.

One of the most popular questions from our – future – customers is “How to cover a padel court?” In fact, there are many solutions available today…and almost all of them are valid! 

For this reason, what is important to take into consideration are, first of all, the needs of the individual entrepreneurWe have already told you how Investing in padel This is an excellent business idea for this and the coming years: a hugely expanding sector in which demand far exceeds supply.

Let's see a complete list of all the solutions that can be implemented for cover a padel court and which can be considered the best.

Let's start from the beginning: agricultural or building land?

This question, which may seem silly, is actually very important. Depending on the type of terrain we have, we can choose different types of roofing. We've covered this in our articles. Padel court on agricultural land e Padel court on non-buildable land of all the precautions to be taken in the authorization process for the construction of padel courts on these lands. But how should we proceed with the roofing? In these cases, it will be necessary to use mobile coverage.

In particular, the aluminum covers we will talk about shortly are configured as the easier to assemble and disassemble.

On the contrary, iron structures may be too heavy and difficult to dismantle to be used in situations like these.

the aluminum cover

If you are wondering how to cover your padel court, the cover with aluminum structure could be the best choice. In this case we are talking about a light and efficient structure, made entirely of anodized aluminumThe following treatment allows the aluminum – already highly resistant to atmospheric agents and rust – to achieve a practically eternal lifespan. This is even more important if the padel court is located on a beach or seaside resorts where the saltiness could progressively damage the metal. We have discussed this topic in detail in our article on Padel court on the beach.

The aluminum cover mounts an 850 g/mXNUMX blackout PVC sheetThe fact that the sheet is so heavy – remember that on the market we find PVC sheets for covering purposes weighing from 500 to 900 g/mXNUMX – allows the structure to be truly resistant to:

• water infiltrations;
• extreme weather events such as strong winds and hail;
• UV rays;
• loads of snow.

I The side protection sheets are instead 650 g/mXNUMX thick, precisely because they require less resistance to vertical weight.

In short, the aluminum structure is perhaps the most popular choice among our customers...but not the one with the best performance.

The iron padel court cover

Another answer to how to cover a padel court can be the iron coverThe main difference, as we mentioned, compared to aluminum roofing is the specific weight of the iron. It's much higher than that of aluminum! 

Although it is not an everyday task, even the eventual dismantling of the cover would be much more complex. The iron of the structure has the same anodizing treatment of aluminum, although its resistance to corrosive effects – although very high – is slightly lower than that of aluminum. 

Here too we find the same weight as the PVC tarpaulin. 

The main difference with other structures? The price. Due to the large difference in cost between iron and aluminum, iron roofing is the most economical choice on the market.

And what about entrepreneurs who want to cover a padel court in their center with a technologically advanced solution?

How to Cover a Padel Court: Electric Cover

The choice top of the range in AmaranthIdea is the Electric Cover coverage with automatic electric opening. The advantages of this type of cover are numerous and offset the naturally higher price.

But before telling you about the benefits, let's see the specific features of this coverage.

The Electric Cover has a patented electric opening mechanism at European level and of two main instruments that make it unique:

• il button on the side of the field for automated opening – your players will be able to decide whether to play under cover or outdoors at any time during the match;
• rain and wind sensors – which cause the cover to activate automatically, if open, when it detects rain or strong wind that could interfere with playing comfort.

These features make the Electric Cover the best on the market and the one capable of ensuring the greatest playing comfort for your associated athletes.

Furthermore, there is at least one other benefit that comes with the Electric Cover: the saving electricity for lighting and heating/air conditioning.

The possibility of play outdoors during daylight hours The daylight saving feature allows for savings in lighting. At the same time, heating and air conditioning can be adjusted based on the weather by opening and closing the cover.

Below you'll find some images of recent projects. We've discussed the most popular solution, the most economical, and the most expensive—but most innovative—one. But there's another solution we haven't covered, and for a very specific reason: pressostatic cover.

How (not) to cover a padel court: the pressostatic covering

How to cover a padel court? Not with the classic pressurized balloon. At AmarantoIdea we have chosen not to include this solution in our catalogue because we believe that its performance in terms of comfort and durability are not in line with the quality we wish to offer our customers.

We have talked about it in depth in our articles Air-pressured padel cover: why not? e Air-supported balloon: why a tent structure is better. 

We will only mention here some of the major disadvantages of this solution.

• Important humidity generation and falls literally on the field and on the athletes in play.
• Excessive heat in summer and difficulty heating in winter due to the height of the center of the structure – where the hot air paid for dearly by the entrepreneurs accumulates.
• Internal currents – for the ball to remain flexed, a continuous flow of air is required, which often causes unwanted currents that disturb the comfort of the game.

These are just a few reasons why it would be better to avoid the pressostatic balloon But we invite you to consult our dedicated articles to discover all the disadvantages of a solution that many are tempted to choose due to its affordability.

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