Garage Build - Glasgow, Scotland - Lower Ceiling Ideas - 90% finished

[mcbindy]

Hi guys - Spent about 4 weeks reading up on the forum, stealing ideas and snippets from all the previous builds before taking the plunge and starting to convert my garage into a Sim for the winter.

Project started about 3-4 weeks ago with a lot of blood, sweat and tears put into - Delighted with the outcome and getting the use out of both the Sim and Cinema room is already proving to be a sound investment.

As this is a UK build below is the spec and where i bought most of the materials from - hopefully will help any new guys looking to build.

Skytrak and Metal case - £2k (golf swing academy)
Tee turf Mat - £399 for 2m by 2m (golf Swing Academy)
Projector Screenm, angled iron and black finish - £600 - 2.6m by 2.3m (golf swing Academy)
Projector - BenQ TH671st - £650
Laptop - Asus gaming laptop - Amazon - £700
Black Golfing net - 3m x 3m - Circa £35 - https://www.networldsports.co.uk/gol...SABEgL8r_D_BwE

TGC - lifetime purchased - Circa £600-650 (cant remember)

Soundbar - £50 - great buy and adds to the cinema room feeling
Lazy boy seat x 2 - £165 each
Ball Shagger (what a name) - £50
Shelving unit - £45 all in
Beer Fridge - £50 - a MUST in any golf sim room
golf club holders - £20

Still to be put up

Curtains for side wall - £30
Roof Defender - will use netting and CLS.


Materials used for conversion of garage

CLS timber - circa £80-100
Insulated plasterboard - £350 - ebay
Wiring, lights and LED dimmer - circa £75-100 all in.
Carpet and underlay - £350

Total costs are somewhere between - £5.5k - 6k all in - Delighed with the outcome as is the wife and family.


Notes that may help.

1. Garage roof (lower part) is sitting at 8ft, ive raised 4 truss fittings (shown in the images) to allow for the swing room. I'm doubled up the timber frame when raising this. I spoke with an architect friend, a joiner and my brother in law is a structural engineer before pulling down joists. I can swing irons and the 3 wood no problem, driver i choke down on a little. Im 6ft 2 in height so there is room and all my friends are small so there shouldnt be an issue.

2. I will be going behind my screen with a blackout sheet or something to stop any ligh bleed getting through - might be worth thinking about this if using for a cinema room also. Not a major but wish i did this before i put the screen up.

3. Bounce back - I have about 1-2ft of bounce back - Golfing net behind the screen is tight so kills most of the speed - screen is 1ft from the wall.


Again most of what i have taken is from this forum so if i can help anyone with any questions please fire away.

[DannyMRICS]

Awesome! Looks like a similar space to where I'm hoping to set up our gaming/cinema/sim room.

I've been having trouble getting my head round the projector:
1) Where is your projector located?
2) Is your sim in 4:3 and films in 16:9. Do you need to use the zoom feature to change between formats?
3) How far away is the projector from the screen, how wide is the image, and do you need to use any keystoning?

Thanks,

Dan

[mcbindy]

Hi Danny,


Projector is ceiling mounted about 7ft-8ft from the screen. It’s pretty much over my head when swinging the club.

4:3 for golf sim and I have sky (cable tv) hooked up to throw at the same. I use a fire stick to stream films which is set at 16:9 so do need to use the zoom feature on the ben q to fit the screen. It works perfectly and the picture quality is excellent. Depending on your spec and dimensions it’s worth speaking with a projector company as we spent a lot of Time making sure it worked for both the golf and cinema room before I bought it.

Keystoning - nope, the angle I have the bracket is pretty bang on.

[gnomike]

Love it! Well done! I enjoyed the progression from bare bones to final-ish product. Two comments: "Ball Shagger (what a name)" LMAO!! Not sure if many others of us here in north america get why this is so funny Next: Beer fridge! Your pic of the billiard cue holder for your clubs made me realize that my sim is sorely lacking one!!!

[mcbindy]

Thanks gnomike.

Ball shagger - somebody must have had a laugh when naming it, surprised it got through customs 😂😂

The beer fridge was the first thing on my list when I was pulling together the list of extras, golf must be accompanied with a cold beer 🍺