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What’s up everyone! I haven’t posted on here in over a year. I was originally on here trying to find different DIY sim builds after getting a crazy high quote from my local Trackman rep on them installing it for me. I decided to piece my sim room together over a few months time, well those few months turned into over a year to finally finish. I ended up building the entire sim room myself and took pride in not hiring anyone or spending extra unwanted monies on paying someone else to help. It took me a while as there were times where the job seemed overwhelming after a long day at work, but finally after about 14 months I have finished my sim room.
My total cost on the materials was around $11k. With the cost of the Trackman I ended up spending about $32k total for the build.
Below is a list of most everything that I used for the build…hopefully this helps other people in their future builds!
- TFD Putting Elite putting turf
- EZ Tee Hybrid turf hitting mat (Trackman recommends)
- OneStopSimShop triple layer 501 Impact Screen
- BenQ 4k Projector
Recap of my build...I had to cover the water pipe behind my build so I wrapped it with thick foam a few times and zip tied around it to add some protection (the pipe sits about 3 feet left of where the middle of the screen is so it really isn't in the way, I just wanted to be extra cautious). I used angled iron attached to 2x4’s to make my hitting bay and I attached the impact screen with bungee cords and a couple zip ties. I also attached velcro to the sides and top of my enclosure and the impact screen has velcro on it as well to attach easily. I have to say I’m very impressed with how the screen turned out, there are no wrinkles at all and I have a very clean picture. The turf is great and the hitting mat is very good, I have no aches or pains from hitting balls. I highly recommend the EZ Tee hitting mat, Trackman uses it in all of their installs. I finally bought velvet blackout curtains on Amazon for my sides to aesthetically make it look better and dampen any shots that don’t hit the screen. I bought black carpet from Home Depot to go above the screen for any wedge shots that don’t quite hit the screen. As for the lighting, I bought track lights from Home Depot and ran those above my hitting area.
One area that I wish I could fix is my surrounding turf. I made the mistake of gluing it down and when I installed the hitting mat it is raised about a quarter of an inch higher than the surrounding turf. I should have installed gym mats under the surrounding turf and never glued it down. Rookie mistake!
The only other thing I may do is paint the surrounding walls and ceiling black to make it look a little better.
I hope you all enjoy and ask me any questions you want! I appreciate everyone's help throughout the entire process!
Aaron H.
My total cost on the materials was around $11k. With the cost of the Trackman I ended up spending about $32k total for the build.
Below is a list of most everything that I used for the build…hopefully this helps other people in their future builds!
- TFD Putting Elite putting turf
- EZ Tee Hybrid turf hitting mat (Trackman recommends)
- OneStopSimShop triple layer 501 Impact Screen
- BenQ 4k Projector
Recap of my build...I had to cover the water pipe behind my build so I wrapped it with thick foam a few times and zip tied around it to add some protection (the pipe sits about 3 feet left of where the middle of the screen is so it really isn't in the way, I just wanted to be extra cautious). I used angled iron attached to 2x4’s to make my hitting bay and I attached the impact screen with bungee cords and a couple zip ties. I also attached velcro to the sides and top of my enclosure and the impact screen has velcro on it as well to attach easily. I have to say I’m very impressed with how the screen turned out, there are no wrinkles at all and I have a very clean picture. The turf is great and the hitting mat is very good, I have no aches or pains from hitting balls. I highly recommend the EZ Tee hitting mat, Trackman uses it in all of their installs. I finally bought velvet blackout curtains on Amazon for my sides to aesthetically make it look better and dampen any shots that don’t hit the screen. I bought black carpet from Home Depot to go above the screen for any wedge shots that don’t quite hit the screen. As for the lighting, I bought track lights from Home Depot and ran those above my hitting area.
One area that I wish I could fix is my surrounding turf. I made the mistake of gluing it down and when I installed the hitting mat it is raised about a quarter of an inch higher than the surrounding turf. I should have installed gym mats under the surrounding turf and never glued it down. Rookie mistake!
The only other thing I may do is paint the surrounding walls and ceiling black to make it look a little better.
I hope you all enjoy and ask me any questions you want! I appreciate everyone's help throughout the entire process!
Aaron H.
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