So just thought I'd share my garage build that I'm working on right now. Pretty excited about it.
I'm doing the majority of this build on the cheap and if needed I plan on upgrading and modifying in the future. If anyone sees something that I might have missed or has any suggestions, I'm all ears. I'm kinda just winging this. Really just trying to get it up so I can get it going.
I bought a Skytrak which has arrived and I'm super excited to set it up.
My space isn't super big and there are a couple doors that get in the way that I have to work around. I always imagined that I would go 10 x 10 for the hitting screen but after a bit of measuring out it would get in the way of the man door and the side panel would block the garage heater. So I ended up going with a 8.2' x 8.2' impact screen.
I decided to build the frame out of 2x4s. Was deciding between 2x4s and EMT. I always thought I wanted to build out of EMT but I priced it out and between the bulk tubing and screen end pieces it was going to cost almost $600 - $800 and I wanted cheap for now. I bought the 2x4s which cost me about $35. Happy with that savings. I posted a picture of how the frame turned out.
I built the frame 6 inches wider and taller then the screen to allow for the bungies to take the slack out.
Materials that are on the way:
Impact screen - https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B09...?ie=UTF8&psc=1
6 inch and 9 inch ball bungies - https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B09...?ie=UTF8&psc=1
10 foot x 52 inch blackout curtains - https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B07...?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Eye screws - https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B07...?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Hoping everything gets here by the end of the week to put it all together.
I plan on using two of the curtains on each side that I can pull out into position, I am going to use one hung on the top angled up to protect the ceiling and I was going cut up the other as matrial to cover anything else that doesn't look good.
(that orange roll up door never gets used so don't worry about it)
I'm doing the majority of this build on the cheap and if needed I plan on upgrading and modifying in the future. If anyone sees something that I might have missed or has any suggestions, I'm all ears. I'm kinda just winging this. Really just trying to get it up so I can get it going.
I bought a Skytrak which has arrived and I'm super excited to set it up.
My space isn't super big and there are a couple doors that get in the way that I have to work around. I always imagined that I would go 10 x 10 for the hitting screen but after a bit of measuring out it would get in the way of the man door and the side panel would block the garage heater. So I ended up going with a 8.2' x 8.2' impact screen.
I decided to build the frame out of 2x4s. Was deciding between 2x4s and EMT. I always thought I wanted to build out of EMT but I priced it out and between the bulk tubing and screen end pieces it was going to cost almost $600 - $800 and I wanted cheap for now. I bought the 2x4s which cost me about $35. Happy with that savings. I posted a picture of how the frame turned out.
I built the frame 6 inches wider and taller then the screen to allow for the bungies to take the slack out.
Materials that are on the way:
Impact screen - https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B09...?ie=UTF8&psc=1
6 inch and 9 inch ball bungies - https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B09...?ie=UTF8&psc=1
10 foot x 52 inch blackout curtains - https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B07...?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Eye screws - https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B07...?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Hoping everything gets here by the end of the week to put it all together.
I plan on using two of the curtains on each side that I can pull out into position, I am going to use one hung on the top angled up to protect the ceiling and I was going cut up the other as matrial to cover anything else that doesn't look good.
(that orange roll up door never gets used so don't worry about it)
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