An Interesting Tennis Dome

If you enjoy sports you probably are familiar with air supported structures such as a tennis dome. These structures such as a tennis dome can be created and installed easily and they can cover two and half acres or more or less as the situation requires. They can have 30,000 square feet of space so that people inside the tennis dome are lots of room to play the game of tennis. Even though these structures may be air tight they still are enjoyable for people to participate at various sports activities and not notice that they are in an air pressurized environment. Also the average temperature in one of these alternate buildings may stay fairly constant at 70 degrees.

When you are looking at a tennis dome you have to realize that the fabric covering the dome is some form of lightweight material such as vinyl which is converted from hydrocarbon based raw materials into polymers through a chemical process. The end result is vinyl which can be very rigid and tough for a side of a building or it is also the only plastic thin and flexible enough to be used as vinyl fabric for an air supported structure. It has excellent flame retardant properties and can be treated to be UV resistant. It also can be treated with a fungicide to prevent mold and mildew. These are very versatile structures that can house any number of activities and serve many different purposes.

When one of these is initially erected it will be erected by professionals who are familiar with this type of construction project. And yes, erecting an air supported structure is a construction project because you can’t just unroll the various sections and blow it up so it slides right into place. Before one of these structure can be erected there has to be some site prep which can involve grading or clearing land so the structure can be utilized where it will be set. When the structure is fully erected and installed and passes inspection it will be a turnkey project. If the unit is going to sit on the ground it may also need to have Astroturf or some alternate type of flooring installed so people can play on the field or walk through the structure. For example if it is used as a convention center it may need a heavy duty type of flooring material to be laid down to withstand many feet passing over it.

Before the structure can be installed there also has to be some form of air system that will keep the structure under constant pressure. This system has to take into account that the outside pressure may vary so it must be able to keep a flexible pressure between the internal space and the outside air. It could be an HVAC system or some other external air flow system. The amount of constant air pressure required does depend on the size of the structure. These are low cost alternatives to traditional buildings that can serve many purposes.


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