ProTee Sim Room

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I have decided that my sim room is finally finished.

Of course there are a few things yet to be done so that it's 100% complete, but that's the nature of DIY projects.

I'll share some photos of the process that show the build from start to finish.

PS. - A very big Thank-You to the moderator(s) and many contributors to this forum without whose work my project would not have been possible. Thanks for your work and sharing your experience.

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Start of the project. Levelling out the sleepers on which the plywood subfloor is to be installed.

Installed mineral wool insulation to deaden sound.

[bubs3141]

very cool looking. Nice job.

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Some photos of the completed subfloor and start of the carpet tile installation.

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Because the sim room was being built in a space with masonry walls I chose to line most of the space with padded panels.

The panels not only cut down on the noise but also serve to reduce the possibility of errant golf balls bouncing every which way.

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Some photos of how the wall panels were fabricated and how they look when hung.

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Photos of the ceiling, from primed base coat showing some of the special elements installed for later use by ceiling baffles, the ptojector and spotlights, to painting in progress.

View of the installed spotlights, projector and camera

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One of the challenges with golf sim rooms is dealing with golf balls that are launched with short irons and wedges that don't strike the impact screen, but rather the ceiling.

In doing reseach for my sim install I came across some examples that used a baffle system. This is how I made and installed my ceiling baffles.

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Assembly and installation of ceiling baffles.

Note that they are narrower at the front and get wider toward the back so that they don't interfere with the image from the projector.

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Some views of what went into the wall behind the net and impact screen as well as some detail about the side baffles used to hide the steel U-channel and bungees used to support the impact screen.

[scan00388]

Hi aja, great job on this build. I am going to use your baffle design in my build. I have 12’ ceilings with a 10’ high screen so dropping baffles like this is a great idea.
Question for you about the material used and how you constructed the side baffles of the screen frame. How did you make those rounded corners? Looks like a carpet material covering them. Is that the same material used on the ceiling baffles? I like how they cover up the corners and make it look professional.

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Distance from screen to wall is the usually recommended 12 inches. I have foam attached to the wall that is in this 12" space but I think it helps deaden the sound and the impact screen doesn't really touch it. If you go less that the 12" there is a chance that you will be running the risk of the impact screen hitting the back wall. That might cause some damage to the screen over the longer term.

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Re. side baffles - they are made of fairly tough carpet. It's like a "berber" style, small loops and really stiff. Because it's stiff I basically formed the rounded shape by fastening it (with large headed metal screws) at the point closest to the impact screen to a 2x2 that was attached to the wall for this purpose. The carpet was fixed at 90 degrees to the wall, back of the 2x2 so that at that point it was parallel to the impact screen. Basically jutting out from the wall right in front of the screen.
I then bent the carpet forward to form the rounded corner that protects the angle iron supporting the screen and again screwed it to a piece of flat wood fastened forward of the 2x2 and to the wall.
Kind of hard to verbalize. The result has been very good and mainly dependent on finding the right stiffness of carpet.
The material for the baffles is completely different. It's more like a thin "indoor/outdoor" carpet.

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Some detail showing the installation of the net that backs up the impact screen.

The side baffles can be seen as well as the small floor baffle which keeps balls from rolling into the gap between the impact screen and the subfloor.

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Installation of the impact screen.

The method used is similar to that used by a major manufacturer of Golf Sims.

A thin rod or pole is held by sewn in pockets on all four sides of the screen material. Bungees are then looped around the supporting rods and then used to tension the screen to the angle iron or, in this case, steel U-channel.

[bubs3141]

very nice.

[Sleeping_King]

Great job. I'll be using several of your ideas. Where did you get the PEF slabs?

[mthunt]

How far is your screen from the back wall? How think is the memory foam?