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First off, thanks for your feedback...after a few weeks of creeping the forums Ive came across a lot of great info that has influenced my plan for an upcoming enclosure build in my garage.
I have ample room (in my opinion) in my garage with 12' ceilings, plenty of width (could stretch it over 10' wide, although not the plan), and enough depth for a fair sized enclosure to be used with an Approach R10.
This is a relatively budget minded setup to allow my daughter to practice through the winter and giver her a chance to see a rough ball flight on the TV (no plans for projection currently. That being said, I have considered a pop up net in place of an enclosure, but feel the enclosure provides a bit more protection from rogue shots, etc....however the net isnt completely out of the question if you all feel it would be sufficient.
My initial thoughts are using a 7.7x10 enclosure (DIY) with 1" EMT and alll locally sourced fittings that is 5' deep. While I could go bigger (and open to that idea) Id like to still keep some space in the garage for a car to be parked without too much trouble. My idea was to construct the enclosure (to the sizes above) and utilize a Carls screen with ball bungees, and then source my own canvas with eyelets to secure to the sides and top of the enclosure, finishing up with foam (thinking pool noodles) to cover the exposed EMT of the enclosure.
Carls does offer the "DIY" enclosure kit for under 1k, but I still feel like that is steep considering it is only the impact screen, a few fittings, and the side / top canvas...ideally I feel like I could come in well under their price sourcing materials myself...but that is where your opinion really comes in. My main concern is not being able to find properly sized canvas for the sides / top.
My other plan was to use gym floor (foam / rubber) tiles inside the enclosure up to the hitting mat, covered in turf to help dampen balls that fall from the screen, in addition to a side extension net to protect one of the garage windows in the event of a shank.
From my rough drawings I am thinking around 70 feet of 1" EMT conduit should be sufficient, plus the + and T fittings should come in under $100 and $250ish for the impact screen from Carls...the side canvas is what has me worried but from a few searches it doesnt seem overly expensive, just a matter of finding something of OK quality that is the correct size with eyelets. Add on the ball bungees and a handful of pool noodles and I feel as if this is doable for under $650 or so.
What are your thoughts here, any suggestions, am I way off?
I have ample room (in my opinion) in my garage with 12' ceilings, plenty of width (could stretch it over 10' wide, although not the plan), and enough depth for a fair sized enclosure to be used with an Approach R10.
This is a relatively budget minded setup to allow my daughter to practice through the winter and giver her a chance to see a rough ball flight on the TV (no plans for projection currently. That being said, I have considered a pop up net in place of an enclosure, but feel the enclosure provides a bit more protection from rogue shots, etc....however the net isnt completely out of the question if you all feel it would be sufficient.
My initial thoughts are using a 7.7x10 enclosure (DIY) with 1" EMT and alll locally sourced fittings that is 5' deep. While I could go bigger (and open to that idea) Id like to still keep some space in the garage for a car to be parked without too much trouble. My idea was to construct the enclosure (to the sizes above) and utilize a Carls screen with ball bungees, and then source my own canvas with eyelets to secure to the sides and top of the enclosure, finishing up with foam (thinking pool noodles) to cover the exposed EMT of the enclosure.
Carls does offer the "DIY" enclosure kit for under 1k, but I still feel like that is steep considering it is only the impact screen, a few fittings, and the side / top canvas...ideally I feel like I could come in well under their price sourcing materials myself...but that is where your opinion really comes in. My main concern is not being able to find properly sized canvas for the sides / top.
My other plan was to use gym floor (foam / rubber) tiles inside the enclosure up to the hitting mat, covered in turf to help dampen balls that fall from the screen, in addition to a side extension net to protect one of the garage windows in the event of a shank.
From my rough drawings I am thinking around 70 feet of 1" EMT conduit should be sufficient, plus the + and T fittings should come in under $100 and $250ish for the impact screen from Carls...the side canvas is what has me worried but from a few searches it doesnt seem overly expensive, just a matter of finding something of OK quality that is the correct size with eyelets. Add on the ball bungees and a handful of pool noodles and I feel as if this is doable for under $650 or so.
What are your thoughts here, any suggestions, am I way off?
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