Tight Garage Build

[eightiron604]

Hi GSF!
Been a long time lurker and have finally decided to move forward with my garage build.

Hoping to get your thoughts on this proposed enclosure. I have been bouncing ideas off the good folks at Carl's Place (they are extremely helpful!).

I have 8FT ceiling, am looking to do a cut out above the hitting area to get some more clearance.

For the enclosure, the team at Carl's place is not recommending I go with a 90" height. I'm losing a bit of clearance due to new floors being put in.

Their main concern is safety and chances of the ball hitting the top of the enclosure. I was thinking of moving up my tee position from their recommended 10' to perhaps 7' from the screen to reduce the risk.

My proposed enclosure would be 90" H x 100-117"W x 4' Depth. Would love to hear your thoughts as I'm sure this is a common issue. Also thoughts on whether this is too small and I should seek an alternative?

attached is a proposed layout. have no issues length and width wise of the area.

Thanks!

[Brettster]

- Oh boy, that's tight (width wise). I have 11'5" width and it feels tight, but maybe you have open area on one side, are you left-handed?

[Tom Howarth]

It is pretty unnerving when you have a ball ricochet back at you. It will happen when you hit a driver really low. Even with all of the corner padding, etc., an occasional mishit can bounce around. My Carl's Place enclosure is 8'6 high (I have 12'0 ceilings but) x 10'0 wide x 5'0 deep. I am hitting about 12'0 from my screen. I am on the right side bay of a garage that is 20'0 wide in total. The left side is totally open (remove car when hitting). I am a decent player and hit the occasional "bad" shot. The more room you have, the "safer" it is.

[eightiron604]

Thanks gents, will definitely look into maximizing my width to at least 10' since I have some flexibility.

Brettster - I am a righty.

For the fellow tight builders out there, have you had any issues with a less than 8' height for an enclosure? Where are you hitting from?

[Rlefig]

Hi eightiron604 i have 7 foot ceilings in my garage and during the summer I has the net in garage, a few feet behind garage door opening and I would swing outside garage into net. But I plan on replacing roof on the garage and raising the walls up to 10 feet then add a new roof so I can swing inside. I will be tight as well as the garage is only 11x18.

The attache picture was my setup last fall. I hung projector outside garage on top of door opening. I could have the it set up in 10 minutes but still a bit of a pain and unworkable in New England winters

[Brettster]

Rlefig - it sounds like you have a similar job ahead of you that I am just about finished with (2 months total work so far), see more about it on my post at:

https://golfsimulatorforum.com/forum/golf-simulator-forum/simulator-builds/348365-golf-sim-shed-build-finally

Feel free to PM me with any questions... taking out the garage door, building the raised floor and finishing walls/insulation take some time... you can do it!

[Rlefig]

Thank Brettster I will need to keep the garage door as it will function as a garage some of the time. I will probably raise the walls with 9 ft studs, currently there are 6 foot studs in there this will give me about 3 more feet of space and close to 9 1/2 to 10 feet in overall height as the studs sit on a small cement footwall and sill and the top plate will bring the ceiling height where the rafters are

[Tom Howarth]

One other thing to keep in mind. When you build the enclosure, you need room to move it around as you assemble the pipe frame. I assembled my 8'6 x 10'0 wide frame inside of a 20'0 x 20'0 x 12'0 high garage. I felt somewhat cramped putting it together (sort of). I had plenty of room to work, but I thought how crazy it would be to build a bigger enclosure in smaller area. I did do it myself, which made it more difficult.