Ideas for building a skirt for my screen

[jeeve5]

I purchased a 9.5x12.5" premium screen from Carl's on clearance. It fits my space pretty close to perfect, however have a 3" gap on the floor. My plan was to build a skirt using extra Vinyl fabric i purchased from Carl's and heavy duty velcrow. The vinyl is 12" wide... so once installed it flops under and behind about 8 inches. It looked great once installed, but two issues have arisen:

1. With repeated driver and long iron shots, the adhesive from the velcrow can't hold and continues to slip. The only solution i can think of is to get super tiny gromets to secure the edges of the velcrow - i can't think of any other way to secure other than sewing... which is not something i think is feasible to do. Any other ideas?

2. With repeated shots, the vinyl flips outward. So the extra length sits inside the simulator and not behind the screen. Thinking about ideas of how to keep it behind.. maybe attach weights? Or tie to the wall somehow?

Anyone else ever build a skirt?

[Buckminster]

My design has the screen about 6 inches off the floor. I built a wooden ramp across the bottom of the screen to deflect low shots up and helps the balls rebound back away from the screen. I covered it with a synthetic turf (the type used for outdoor applications). Very happy with the results. I hope this at least addresses your overall issue with a gap at the bottom of your screen.

[3on3putt]

My design has the screen about 6 inches off the floor. I built a wooden ramp across the bottom of the screen to deflect low shots up and helps the balls rebound back away from the screen. I covered it with a synthetic turf (the type used for outdoor applications). Very happy with the results. I hope this at least addresses your overall issue with a gap at the bottom of your screen.

I did a similar thing using 2 pool noodles (the extra thick ones) placed side-by-side underneath my artificial turf at the base of the screen. The bottom of the screen just barely touches the top of the ramp created by the noodles. It's nice for putting as the ball just rolls up the slope and then back down and it keeps balls from going behind the screen.

[JKCapeCod]

We also built a wooden ramp ~ 6 inches high, the ball rolls right back to your hitting mat (providing you hit it fairly straight)

[JKCapeCod]

Here is a photo

[GolfinToad]

JKCapeCod Is that your room? Where did you get the padding? That looks better and more functional than painted black plywood.

[azbball11]

The ramp has been a good solution for me as well. I built my ramp and then put carpet over the top. I also added a neoprene mat under the carpet where the ball would land to help soften the bounce as well as keep sound down. On the ramp, I put eye hooks on the back of the wood piece and used mini bungee cords to put very little tension on the screen. This allowed the screen to flex but always return to the same spot and not "flop" up onto the ramp.

I did try the angled wedge pad and didn't like the way it looked. I do have 2- 5ft sections brand new that I would be looking to sell very cheap.

[jeeve5]

Looks really great, thank you for sharing