Has anyone sawcut a portion of the basement to increase available depth? Just wondered if anyone is willing to share what the approximate cost might be.
I would prefer to have no swing restrictions for anyone who may use the sim, right or left-handed. I currently have 8'-8" clear to underside of joists in the basement. Joists are 10" deep. Modifying the joists still wouldn't be enough height for a full swing with driver, after adding sound attenuation to the ceiling and hitting mat.
So, I'm looking at digging out the basement between the hitting area & the screen. I have an available egress window that could be utilized to remove concrete/dirt.
I'd like to cut an area approximately 15' wide (I'm right-handed, my son is left-handed so I'll proceed with a double wide mat with center ball strike location) x 13' long. I would add approximately 18" (293 cubic feet of concrete/dirt to remove), giving me approximately 10'-2" clear height. Anything deeper than that might look out of place, won't mesh well with the rest of the basement. I'll lose a good 6-8" of that with sound protection & sub-floor/hitting surface. I'd end up with approximately 9'6" clear swing height.
I don't have a bunch of sim experience. I'm looking at the protee system. Does that area seem like enough area for a double wide hitting mat? I will make it thinner than 15' if possible, so what would be the minimum? 9'-6" seems to be the minimum ceiling height in other threads around here. There would be 2 stairs down to the hitting area, so standing 10' from the screen, with 13' total length between the screen and the edge of the sunken area, I think I'd still be able to clear the stairs.
Thanks, looking forward to the experts' feedback.
I would prefer to have no swing restrictions for anyone who may use the sim, right or left-handed. I currently have 8'-8" clear to underside of joists in the basement. Joists are 10" deep. Modifying the joists still wouldn't be enough height for a full swing with driver, after adding sound attenuation to the ceiling and hitting mat.
So, I'm looking at digging out the basement between the hitting area & the screen. I have an available egress window that could be utilized to remove concrete/dirt.
I'd like to cut an area approximately 15' wide (I'm right-handed, my son is left-handed so I'll proceed with a double wide mat with center ball strike location) x 13' long. I would add approximately 18" (293 cubic feet of concrete/dirt to remove), giving me approximately 10'-2" clear height. Anything deeper than that might look out of place, won't mesh well with the rest of the basement. I'll lose a good 6-8" of that with sound protection & sub-floor/hitting surface. I'd end up with approximately 9'6" clear swing height.
I don't have a bunch of sim experience. I'm looking at the protee system. Does that area seem like enough area for a double wide hitting mat? I will make it thinner than 15' if possible, so what would be the minimum? 9'-6" seems to be the minimum ceiling height in other threads around here. There would be 2 stairs down to the hitting area, so standing 10' from the screen, with 13' total length between the screen and the edge of the sunken area, I think I'd still be able to clear the stairs.
Thanks, looking forward to the experts' feedback.
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