Retractable Screens, anyone use a retractable net instead?

[Fran M]

So I am looking to build a winter setup in my garage but not really interested in playing courses, rather use the range feature of the Skytrak instead.

Has anyone put a net on roller? Also, I see people have used the sportscreen and then did put an impact screen on it. I see Par2Pro is offering this now:

https://www.par2pro.com/shop/product_info.php?products_id=490

Has anyone ordered one or is it more cost effective to just get a screen and velcro it on yourself?

Also, how close to a wall can you be with a retractable screen?

Here's my garage, thinking of dropping the screen down in front of my cabinets instead of the garage door since my garage door is only 8ft wide.

[triplebogeysrbetter]

What about EMT across the garage. Slide it out when you want to use it. Your screen could be pulled back to and Velcro to the wall when not in use.

You would need to bungee the sides to the walls to provide some tension. Also, somekind of weights on the bottom.

"So I am looking to build a winter setup in my garage but not really interested in playing courses, rather use the range feature of the Skytrak instead."

Famous last words. I thought the same and then was playing TGC 2 weeks later.

[wbond]

I did that in a past setup and it worked great. Slide the screen out to play and slide it back when not in use. Attached one side to the wall with a bungee. Since mine didn't go all the way across the garage, on the other side I put some cement in a bucket with angle iron coming out to attach bungees to.

[triplebogeysrbetter]

Put some foam on that angle iron. Shank alert!

[wbond]

There was another net strung from the other direction that protected for the dreaded shank. Now my setup is completely changed so no more worries on that part.

[triplebogeysrbetter]

I'm with you! Our original setup was just a net and mat. It pointed to the back of the garage. We used a sand bag to weigh down the net and ensure the ball didnt hit the dreaded gas step. Well, one day I hit that concrete at the right angle and it flew back at hit me at the top of the eye socket. My eye was black for about a week.

The setup has been changed now!! :-)

[bs531]

I built a retractable 10'x15' net enclosure in my garage so we could still park the cars in there when I'm not playing. Basically I built a 10x15' padded PVC framework that i hung from the ceiling with netting on top and both sides and the back. I connected ropes all the way around to swivel pulleys that all connect back to a single rope. To raise it up I just have to pull the one rope and the whole thing drops down or goes up. Not that expensive or hard to build and only takes a minute to set up and start swinging. I don't have a picture of it retracted right now but the whole thing only hangs about a foot from the ceiling when retracted

[WisconsinGolfer]

Can you show a few more pictures and describe the set up a little more with the pulley system in place. I am trying to plan a garage door simulator set up and this looks perfect. Quick to set up and won't break the bank.

[bs531]

Sure. Glad you like it. I dont have any more pictures right now but will try to post tomorrow

[Fran M]

I built a retractable 10'x15' net enclosure in my garage so we could still park the cars in there when I'm not playing. Basically I built a 10x15' padded PVC framework that i hung from the ceiling with netting on top and both sides and the back. I connected ropes all the way around to swivel pulleys that all connect back to a single rope. To raise it up I just have to pull the one rope and the whole thing drops down or goes up. Not that expensive or hard to build and only takes a minute to set up and start swinging. I don't have a picture of it retracted right now but the whole thing only hangs about a foot from the ceiling when retracted

Very nice!

[Fran M]

I was thinking a roll up net instead of a rollup projection screen, like the sportscreen

[p3eps]

I was thinking a roll up net instead of a rollup projection screen, like the sportscreen

Why not just get a Sportscreen then, and Velcro on a net instead of an impact screen?

[Fran M]

Why not just get a Sportscreen then, and Velcro on a net instead of an impact screen?

I don't believe the Sportscreen is designed to handle the abuse of a golf ball.

[p3eps]

I don't believe the Sportscreen is designed to handle the abuse of a golf ball.

Agreed - which is why I suggested Velcro-ing a net onto the roller.

Use the Sportscreen roller / brackets / motor etc, and put your own net on it.

I have the new collaboration between Par2Pro and SportScreen where you fit an SQHQ screen on top of the existing SportScreen backing.
If you don’t want an impact ‘screen’, then do it with a net instead?

Why re-invent the wheel when there is something that can do exactly what you want out there already?!

[Fran M]

Agreed - which is why I suggested Velcro-ing a net onto the roller.

Use the Sportscreen roller / brackets / motor etc, and put your own net on it.

I have the new collaboration between Par2Pro and SportScreen where you fit an SQHQ screen on top of the existing SportScreen backing.
If you don’t want an impact ‘screen’, then do it with a net instead?

Why re-invent the wheel when there is something that can do exactly what you want out there already?!

I guess we are both saying the same thing....

My opening post said:

Has anyone put a net on roller? Also, I see people have used the sportscreen and then did put an impact screen on it.

My question is has anyone put a net on it? If so, what netting is bulletproof?

How do you like Par2Pro SportScreen version?

[p3eps]

How do you like Par2Pro SportScreen version?

So far I’ve only got the roller fitted. Had a couple of issues with the parts I got sent. The second batch of replacement parts arrived the day I was heading off for vacation, so I won’t get it finished until I get home. It was a lot to ask to get a 2m x 40cm x 40cm box from Canada to Scotland without it being damaged!!

https://golfsimulatorforum.com/forum/build-your-own/enclosures/124803-fold-up-garage-simulator-uk

This was what I’ve been using up until now. Hoping to get the SportScreen assembly completed and my projector up within the next week so I can test it out!

[bs531]

WisconsinGolfer Here are a few more pictures. Basically build the top and bottom frame out of PVC and attach the netting with zip ties. The pulley system takes some planning to get it right but essentially you need to put swivel pulleys all around the ceiling with ropes that go from the top frame, under the netting (so it doesn't sag when retracted) then up through the swivel pulley, then to a central connection point above your impact screen. Then one rope can be attached to that connection point and extended to the far wall where there is another pulley to raise the whole thing up. The top frame just hangs from the ceiling and doesn't move, only the bottom frame goes up/down. I built the whole thing for about $350 ($250 of it was the netting from Amazon). The impact screen hangs independent of this and gets manually rolled up. Hope this helps!

[abenjami]

I don't have a retractable or rolling net but what I did is pretty simple. I used tension cable across the room and then just hang the net using carabiner clips. Takes less than 3 minutes to set up. When I take it down, the net just goes into a storage container out of sight.

[DannyMRICS]

I don’t know why more people don’t use a curtain style set up. Seems much easier to me:

[bs531]

I don’t know why more people don’t use a curtain style set up. Seems much easier to me:

Yes, probably much easier to set up and likely would work fine. I went with a net enclosure to make sure no balls escape and hit a wall/ceiling when I hit a high shot (or a shank).