Six checks before you choose
A padel court is played on for twenty years. Whether it gets there depends on what the photos do not show: how the tubes are joined, how thick they are and who answers when something fails. These are the six things worth asking any manufacturer for in writing.
| Check | What to ask for | At PadelMagic |
|---|
| Structural joints | A photo of a joint | Panoramic and Top Professional: 4 mm internal joint sleeves, machined and threaded |
| Tube thickness | The thickness of each part, in mm | 3 mm on the panoramic back wall and top frame; 2 mm elsewhere |
| Glass | Standard and thickness | Tempered to EN 12150, 10 or 12 mm |
| Wind and corrosion | Certificates signed by third parties | Designed for over 180 km/h; corrosion certificate from the paint manufacturer |
| Factory | Plant address and a visit | 3,000 m² in Valladolid, with a court assembled to see |
| Lead time and tracking | Loading date in writing | Date in the quote, tracked in the customer area |
Structural joints
This is where a poorly designed court fails, and the point buyers look at least when comparing quotes.
On the Panoramic and Top Professional courts, every joint has a 4 mm internal sleeve: a complete machined tube, not a flat plate, that fits inside the profile and leaves the factory threaded for metric bolts.
- Nothing is drilled on site: every bolt goes into its own thread.
- No self-drilling screws opening the structure to water and early corrosion.
- All bolts are covered with caps.
What to ask for: a photo of a joint before you sign. A folded sheet or a self-drilling screw tells you a lot about how the court is built.
Thicknesses and reinforcements
Not every tube needs to be equally thick: the steel goes where the load is. The panoramic back wall and the top frame are 3 mm, because they take the wind load and the impacts. The rest is 2 mm.
- Corner pillars reinforced with a double structural tube.
- The glass does not rest on the ground: it sits on tube, which is safer and lasts longer.
- The structure protects the glass on all four sides, which prevents most breakages.
What to ask for: the thickness of each part in millimetres. A “reinforced tube” with no figure cannot be compared.
A factory you can visit
Some courts are sold under one logo and built somewhere else. The quickest way to find out is to ask for the plant address and a visit.
We are a padel court manufacturer in Valladolid, Spain: a 3,000 m² plant and a showroom with a court assembled and lit next to the production line. Book a visit one day ahead and you can see it, touch it and play on it before you decide.
Buying from the manufacturer, your quote comes with a 3D render of your installation and AutoCAD drawings ready for the works and the planning application. The four court models are built in the same plant.
Certificates signed by third parties
A certificate is only worth what its signatory is worth. A court manufacturer cannot issue its own corrosion certificate: the paint manufacturer issues it, after its own approval process.
- Wind: calculation signed by an engineer. Our courts are designed for over 180 km/h.
- Corrosion: C3, C4 or C5 certificate to ISO 12944, issued by the paint manufacturer.
- Glass: tempered to EN 12150, with the certificate in every order.
What to ask for: the signed document, with the name of the issuer. A seal with no document behind it certifies nothing.
Lead time, installation and after-sales
- Lead time: the expected loading date is written in the quote, and you follow each stage in the customer area.
- Installation: by our team, or by yours with our step-by-step installation guide.
- Glass in stock: if a pane breaks, we ship it and the court is back in use in days, not weeks.
What to ask for: who installs, how long a replacement pane takes and where the order status can be seen. What drives the price is explained in our buyer’s guide.
