My Garage Setup in Michigan

[wbond]

Here is a quick video of my setup.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3-twkjlaSA

I DIY most everything in my setup.

My frame is an upside down U using 1" EMT. I used tarps.com for the fittings, a footpad on each vertical upright, a three way connector at each top and then another footpad that secures to the wall. Screen is direct from the mill and held in place with Eazyklip tarp clips and ball bungees. The black material on the top and sides is Menards Foss Automarine indoor outdoor carpet cut to width and held in place by velcro. I just wrapped strips of velcro around the EMT and this sticks right to it.
https://www.menards.com/main/floorin...imaryMeas=72.0

My ceiling protection is done via a Harbor Freight Mesh Tarp.

My turf was found on a local craigslist ad from a workout place that was closing shop. It's non-infill kind about 1.5" to 2" thick. Just used to stop the ball from bouncing around in the garage. Very economical option.

Hitting platform can be found here.
https://golfsimulatorforum.com/forum...itting-station

My putting station is made of upright 2x4"s, plywood and covered with a remnant STI NP50 turf. I can hit up to 8' putts. I used a PVC coupling to make a hole reducer and use a laser level to project a line.

Wall club rack is a rapala lock and hold rod rack. Works great.

I use an Optoma GT1080 for my projector and the projector mount can be found here. Since this has no zoom, this works really well.
https://golfsimulatorforum.com/forum...ector-distance

To light up the hitting area I use a LED pinspot stage light TOM 6W. Creates a nice circle for the hitting spot.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1

For heat, I use a FLCH4R heater. Has a remote control and an automatic fan cooler after it's turned off. I did not get it at home depot, there are cheaper retailers.
https://www.homedepot.com/p/Fahrenhe...CH4R/206125831

When it's either really cold or just cool and i don't want to turn on the heater, I use a parabolic heat dish from costco. It's great because it directs the heat straight at you, it does not heat up a room.
https://www.costco.com/Presto-HeatDi...100473522.html

I have a window AC unit for use in the summer. Also when it's nice out, I use a Harbor Freight screen over the garage door. I have a two car garage that uses two individual doors. I was able to cut this in half to cover both doors. I used their grommet punch as well to add grommets to hang it.
https://www.harborfreight.com/double...oor-68310.html

Possible future upgrades, finish the walls, spray foam the ceiling, put in a minisplit and flip the screen to the other side of the garage and go to a 16:9 setup.

[Ironstrokes]

Everything look great! Im jealous of how clean and well built everything looks in there right now. My garage is a mess currently with a few projects im working on and having the sim going too. Also wish I had a 240v line in my detached garage too for some of that remote heating that I could start from in the house, but have been too cheap to get someone out to install it so far haha. Great post!

[wbond]

I was lucky, my garage is attached and my house electrical box is in the garage, probably about 6' or so from the heater.

[Fjohn07]

Nice set up! How cold does the space get when not in use? Do you keep all the electronics there? Trying to figure out if it’s going to be too cold to keep my future setup in the garage when not in use (I’m in one of the NYC suburbs).

[wbond]

It gets quite cold, sometimes a water bottle will start to freeze. The monitor, TV and projector have been in there for years, so far no issues. My computer is in the house on the opposite side of one the walls so I just ran all the cords into the garage.

[Burtgolf]

My ceiling protection is done via a Harbor Freight Mesh Tarp.

Do you think these would work for side panels as well? That would be less than $75 for 2 sides and a top at 8x10 each!

Thanks for sharing your set up and the links to all your products.

[wbond]

I think it would be fine for the side, they are usually not coming off that fast because of the glancing blow from the hosel. I've hit into the ceiling one as fast as i could (which is really not that fast) with a 58 degree wedge and didn't even do anything. Just fell right to the ground.

Do you think these would work for side panels as well? That would be less than $75 for 2 sides and a top at 8x10 each!

Thanks for sharing your set up and the links to all your products.

[Burtgolf]

This is great to hear! I think if I went with 2 of the 8 ft. x 16 ft. and laced them together along the 16 ft side that would provide 32 ft total for 9 foot on left side 10 foot across the top and 9 foot on right side with 2 foot on both sides of overhang for weighting down (not sure how the center top will look with them laced running down the center though). And 8 foot out from the screen will be plenty and I should be able to attach it so that it will slide back towards the screen when not in use That would just be $60 before tax!

Thanks again.. ideas are starting to come together and looking affordable!

[wbond]

Burtgolf It's expensive either way, but there are definitely ways to bring the cost down quite a bit.

[Godfather]

Very nice setup!

[wbond]

Thanks, wish it was a little more finished like others on here but it serves it purpose very well.