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Hey all, planning out a new build and have endless amounts of questions so I’m putting all my thoughts and questions together here. I’ve included pics of the room and I’m looking at as well as a quick sketch with dimensions.
My max budget is 10-12 k, but I will spend a bit more if it will ensure I can turn this into a room where lefties and righties can play. I’d like to spend less if I can obviously.
The room is in a high traffic area so I’d like it to be clean when all said and done.
The constraints I have right now are:
If I want a two way set up I have to have offset hitting areas due to the 12 ft room width
This will be a home theater room as well so I’d like my hitting area 6-7 feet max back from the bulkhead/loft so I can fit a couch at the back of the room
The open area behind the room sim room under the loft will be used as a sitting room.
I’ll try to categories all my questions for the build by category
Screen:
Hanging screen – I was looking at retractable options I can lift up and down like par2pro’s stealth screen so I can open up the room. Will these hanging screens wrinkle and be distorted? I’d like this to be a movie room as well. How are they weighted down at the bottom.
Is there a way to “tighten” retractable screens when dropped, or since this will be a media room will building a permanent frame with EMT be the better solution. If I go framed/permanent option any ideas for “dressing up” the back of the screen?
Thoughts on mounting to the front of the bulkhead, or get the extra 2.5 ft of space and mount to the 8 ft ceiling before the doorway shown in the picture?
At 4:3 and I’m assuming 7.5 ft of useable screen height if attached to a 8 ft ceiling my I’d have 10 ft wide picture. I also have the room to consider mevo +. Full wedges may hit 8 ft ceiling before screen at 45 degree launch.
If I mount to the bulkhead and lose some depth I can get a higher picture height (8.5 ft) and fill out the screen (~11 ft +), but I will be 6-7 feet away from the screen, and am limited to skytrak or more expensive options.
Any thoughts on immersion and enjoyability related to screen size and distance to the screen?
Side Wall Protection:
Curtain rods or tracks on each side of the room I can pull out and push back.
How far away from the sidewall should they be? Rods are only about three inches away but I can shim them out with blocks .
Any good link to good curtians.material for this application?
Do I need to weigh the bottom or how do you secure them so balls don’t get under?
As for around the screen area I thought just put Velcro strips on the side of the curtain and back of the screen and attach. Is this strong enough to capture balls?
I’d prefer not to get holes in the drywall or have to build padded side walls, but will if no choice.
Roof protection:
Regardless of where the screen goes, I figure I have to have something sticking out about 3 feet from the bulkhead to stop flop shots or topped drives Only thing I could think of was put a 12’ long emt on tracks at each side wall with some material spanning across that I could pull out and push back. Been looking for some kind of hardware to accomplish this.
Any other ideas?
Also how would you protect that bottom corner of the bulkhead from damage/ball bounce back?
Sim:
If I want left and right golfers they have to hit from about 4.5-5 feet from the wall they are facing. So that’s potentially 2-3’ between the ball positions. I suppose another option is to just have iron only games with the righty’s. I suppose we could hit center of room but I’d like 12" of give then so I can still hit driver playing on my own.
Would the mevo+ be able to pick both positions up without moving. I could potentally build a mount on a rail to slide it back and forth 1-2 feet.
I read a topic where they were putting directly in front of the mevo+ and hitting full swing about 11 inches offset so maybe?
https://golfsimulatorforum.com/forum/flightscope/309151-putting-and-chipping-issues-resolved-on-mevo-plus-using-tgc-2019
Any sims not $25k with a 2-3’ wide ball hitting area? If I consider it how would you mount a uneekoor here with no ceiling and 5-6 feet from the wall?
Projector:
I can mount to a telescopic pole off the bulkhead and go short throw. But even better would be a wall mount between the windows on the back wall in the pictures. Will shadows be an issue based on the hitting location? Could get the projector up to about 11’ high.
If mounted off the bulkhead centered in the room, with the offset ball position of a foot over, is the projector in danger?
My max budget is 10-12 k, but I will spend a bit more if it will ensure I can turn this into a room where lefties and righties can play. I’d like to spend less if I can obviously.
The room is in a high traffic area so I’d like it to be clean when all said and done.
The constraints I have right now are:
If I want a two way set up I have to have offset hitting areas due to the 12 ft room width
This will be a home theater room as well so I’d like my hitting area 6-7 feet max back from the bulkhead/loft so I can fit a couch at the back of the room
The open area behind the room sim room under the loft will be used as a sitting room.
I’ll try to categories all my questions for the build by category
Screen:
Hanging screen – I was looking at retractable options I can lift up and down like par2pro’s stealth screen so I can open up the room. Will these hanging screens wrinkle and be distorted? I’d like this to be a movie room as well. How are they weighted down at the bottom.
Is there a way to “tighten” retractable screens when dropped, or since this will be a media room will building a permanent frame with EMT be the better solution. If I go framed/permanent option any ideas for “dressing up” the back of the screen?
Thoughts on mounting to the front of the bulkhead, or get the extra 2.5 ft of space and mount to the 8 ft ceiling before the doorway shown in the picture?
At 4:3 and I’m assuming 7.5 ft of useable screen height if attached to a 8 ft ceiling my I’d have 10 ft wide picture. I also have the room to consider mevo +. Full wedges may hit 8 ft ceiling before screen at 45 degree launch.
If I mount to the bulkhead and lose some depth I can get a higher picture height (8.5 ft) and fill out the screen (~11 ft +), but I will be 6-7 feet away from the screen, and am limited to skytrak or more expensive options.
Any thoughts on immersion and enjoyability related to screen size and distance to the screen?
Side Wall Protection:
Curtain rods or tracks on each side of the room I can pull out and push back.
How far away from the sidewall should they be? Rods are only about three inches away but I can shim them out with blocks .
Any good link to good curtians.material for this application?
Do I need to weigh the bottom or how do you secure them so balls don’t get under?
As for around the screen area I thought just put Velcro strips on the side of the curtain and back of the screen and attach. Is this strong enough to capture balls?
I’d prefer not to get holes in the drywall or have to build padded side walls, but will if no choice.
Roof protection:
Regardless of where the screen goes, I figure I have to have something sticking out about 3 feet from the bulkhead to stop flop shots or topped drives Only thing I could think of was put a 12’ long emt on tracks at each side wall with some material spanning across that I could pull out and push back. Been looking for some kind of hardware to accomplish this.
Any other ideas?
Also how would you protect that bottom corner of the bulkhead from damage/ball bounce back?
Sim:
If I want left and right golfers they have to hit from about 4.5-5 feet from the wall they are facing. So that’s potentially 2-3’ between the ball positions. I suppose another option is to just have iron only games with the righty’s. I suppose we could hit center of room but I’d like 12" of give then so I can still hit driver playing on my own.
Would the mevo+ be able to pick both positions up without moving. I could potentally build a mount on a rail to slide it back and forth 1-2 feet.
I read a topic where they were putting directly in front of the mevo+ and hitting full swing about 11 inches offset so maybe?
https://golfsimulatorforum.com/forum/flightscope/309151-putting-and-chipping-issues-resolved-on-mevo-plus-using-tgc-2019
Any sims not $25k with a 2-3’ wide ball hitting area? If I consider it how would you mount a uneekoor here with no ceiling and 5-6 feet from the wall?
Projector:
I can mount to a telescopic pole off the bulkhead and go short throw. But even better would be a wall mount between the windows on the back wall in the pictures. Will shadows be an issue based on the hitting location? Could get the projector up to about 11’ high.
If mounted off the bulkhead centered in the room, with the offset ball position of a foot over, is the projector in danger?
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