Langhorne Borough, Langhorne Manor Borough and Middletown Township
Fall mornings in Langhorne can leave a court wet without any rain: average lows in September and October sit just under the average dew point. Crack filler and color coats wait for that dew to dry.
Local courts
Faded color, texture worn smooth where players push off, lines gone gray: all of that is wear on top, and the pavement under it may still hold its shape. Surface work like that is ours: cracks filled, low spots leveled, acrylic resurfacer and textured color coats, fresh lines, and pickleball lines if you want them. A Langhorne court whose base is breaking up or settling needs more than new coats. One coating maker’s specification says acrylic systems can’t fix cracked, deteriorating or damaged pavement, and rebuilding it is paving work that has to come first. Find out which of the two jobs your court needs before choosing colors.
A university campus straddles a municipal line, partly in Langhorne Manor and partly in Middletown Township. Langhorne Borough takes up about half a square mile; the Manor, a separate borough of about 0.6 square miles, borders it to the south; and Middletown, about 19 square miles, surrounds both boroughs, along with Penndel and Hulmeville. The 19047 ZIP code covers Langhorne Borough and most of the township. We work in all three, on single backyard courts and on banks of club, school and association courts. Whichever one your court sits in, you’ll talk to Bill Ferguson, based here in Bucks County.
Local conditions
Langhorne’s 1981–2010 climate normals put September’s average low at 56.9°F against a 57.1°F average dew point, and October’s at 45.1°F against 45.8°F. Dew forms when surfaces cool below the dew point, so fall courts can start the day wet. The ASBA notes that humidity slows the drying of water-based court coatings, and that dew can disturb how a coat forms. Late-season coats wait for dry, breezy days.
Middletown’s pickleball club had 270 registrants by May 2024, and in February 2025 the township’s parks board heard that pickleball players were parking in a ball field’s outfield at Firefighters’ Park. If you own a tennis court, the game can come home. Blended lines add up to two pickleball courts and keep tennis playable; a full conversion fits as many as four on a 60 by 120 foot paved area.
Start here
The Firefighters’ Park courts needed repair two years running before the township rebuilt them. Crack repair cleans out and fills cracks and levels low spots, though cracks that keep moving can need refilling, and a failing base needs rebuilding first.
On a sound base, resurfacing usually runs wash, crack fill, patching, acrylic resurfacer, textured color coats to the maker’s spec, then new lines. Late in the season, each coat waits for a day dry and breezy enough to finish before the dew.
With Middletown’s public pickleball courts this busy, a tennis court at home can carry the game: blended lines for up to two pickleball courts with tennis kept, or a dedicated layout for up to four, measured before anything is painted.
Read the pavement, not the paint. Settlement cracks start underneath: by the ASBA’s account, they form where paving went down over a poorly compacted or poorly drained subbase. It also says several low spots holding water, or depressions half an inch deep or more, may signal more serious problems, and that in some cases only reconstruction gives a long-term fix. By USTA Middle States’ estimate, an asphalt court lasts about 15 years. Faded, chalky color on firm pavement is surface work. Call Bill at 215-251-2984.
There can be. The USTA’s Tennis Venue Services program offers competitive grants to tennis facilities open to the public, and its 2026 guide counts crack repair, birdbath patching and leveling as part of resurfacing. The money arrives as a reimbursement after the project is finished, and a private backyard court won’t qualify. Before applying, list what each of your courts needs and talk the list over with Bill.
That depends on your lot, so ask your borough or township before anyone paves. Langhorne Borough’s zoning permit application asks for impervious-surface figures and counts paved or hard surfaces, even stone driveways, as impervious. In Langhorne Manor’s RA district, the zoning ordinance caps impervious coverage at 20 percent, and a 2024 hearing notice shows applicants seeking a variance to exceed it. Settle the court’s size and direction before the pad is poured, so the paving fits the lines that go on after it. Call Bill at 215-251-2984.