Warrington Township
Warrington Township nearly doubled between 1990 and 2010, from 12,169 residents to 23,418. If your court went in during those years, the pavement under the color now matters as much as the color.
Local courts
Warrington Township was founded in 1734, yet the census counted just 7,550 residents there in 1970, against 25,639 in 2020. It covers about 13.8 square miles of Bucks County, with New Britain Township to the northwest, Doylestown Township to the north, Warwick to the east, Warminster to the southeast and County Line Road along its border with Montgomery County. Ace Court Surfacing repairs, resurfaces and restripes tennis and pickleball courts throughout the township, on private lots and association grounds alike.
USTA Middle States puts an asphalt court’s lifespan at about 15 years, a mark every court from the 1990 to 2010 boom has now passed. The American Sports Builders Association (ASBA) explains why age matters: asphalt shrinks and turns brittle as it weathers and ages, which makes cracking inevitable. None of that writes off an older court. By the ASBA’s account, every repair method adds some life, and some add many years. An older Warrington court falls into one of three jobs: new color, repairs first, or a base that needs rebuilding. Talk yours through with Bill Ferguson, based here in Bucks County.
Local conditions
A court that went in with its neighborhood between 1990 and 2010 has had at least 15 years to crack, take filler, crack again and collect recoats. Sort the cracks before choosing a fix. The ASBA separates surface cracks, which seldom affect play but worsen if untreated, from structural cracks through the asphalt and settlement cracks over a base that was poorly compacted or drained.
Warrington’s average snowfall from November through April runs 30 to 36 inches, and on average February is the snowiest month. Once it melts, walk the court. Look for fills that have popped, cracks that have widened, and radial cracks, the ASBA’s name for those that open where a net post, light pole or fence post footing meets the asphalt. Mark them for filling once coating weather returns.
By 1981–2010 climate averages, July is Warrington’s wettest month, matching the yearly peak in thunderstorms, and its average high is about 85°F. One coating maker says not to coat when rain is imminent and aims to have every coat dry before work stops for the day. Another prefers mornings, while the surface is still cool. So a July coat here goes down early, with an eye on the radar.
Start here
For a court that has cracked, been filled and cracked again through years of Warrington winters: each crack sorted by type and filled with flexible acrylic, and low spots leveled. Any that keep moving may need refilling in later seasons.
When an older Warrington court still sits on a sound base, resurfacing covers years of patches under acrylic resurfacer and sand-textured color coats applied to the maker’s spec, then puts the lines back, measured to ITF dimensions.
Warrington’s park list has no pickleball courts, but your own tennis court can carry them: blended lines add up to two pickleball courts, one on each side of the net, and tennis stays playable.
Start by walking the courts, so the plan rests on their actual condition: sort the cracks by type, map where water sits after rain and check for spots that have settled. Sound bases point to crack repair and resurfacing. A failing base points to rebuilding, and USTA Middle States has a warning for that: new asphalt laid over a compromised court lets the old cracks reflect through. It calls milling down to the stone base the most cost-effective way to rebuild.
Yes. The Bucks County Tennis Association’s Warrington sessions start with Pee Wees, recommended for ages 4 to 6, and USTA sizes courts down for young players: 36 by 18 feet for red ball, 60 by 21 feet for orange ball, or 60 by 27 for doubles. USTA has promoted adding those 36- and 60-foot lines to existing tennis courts, in a lighter or darker shade of the court’s own color, 1.5 inches wide and stopping 3 inches short of the tennis lines.
It can even out the look. The ASBA warns that a court with many crack repairs can end up looking freckled, and says resurfacing corrects that: resurfacer and textured color coats cover the old fills, so the court can read as one color again. What resurfacing can’t do is stop the pavement moving, so some fills will open again. Talk through the ones that worry you with Bill at 215-251-2984 before any color goes down.