6 weeks of planning but the sim and bar are nearly complete in small UK garage

[Brett23]

myself and my son have finally managed to finish the den. we built a pallet bar with bar stools got a HD TV on the wall an XBOX with golf ect , dart board and obviously the hitting area the sim and projector this is a small garage in the UK
we got loads of tips of this forum for the build and took all that info and planned it into this project
hopefully all complete by this Sunday so having a cold beer and a hit on the sim

[Stelios Stylianos]

Can you let me have details of what you have done as looking to build something similar in the uk.

[Brett23]

Yes will do when it's finished I will post some pictures

[Stelios Stylianos]

Thanks, the hardest thing is finding UK suppliers,

[Sascha1818]

I build mine in Germany, ordered the cage and hitting surface from the US. Was with shipping and tax still cheaper then buying it in the EU. I'm not 100% done with it yet but I already played a few rounds on it. A few cosmetics I still have to take care of. Here a pic:

[Brett23]

very nice set up

[Stelios Stylianos]

That looks really good, what were the dimensions of your room

[Sascha1818]

It's a weird room, the beams running along side gave me some problems in the beginning. The cage is 10' x 10' and would have been 10' high as well but there are 2 6x4 beams in the way. You can see them on the corner of the screen. For that reason I had to adapt the cage to 8' height. The good thing was that the beams are 10' outside to outside so I was able to mount the cage to them. On the hitting side I took the top cross brace out and tight the net to about 12-14 feet so I can swing my driver without any issue. Because it's only 10' wide I can not hit the driver to 6 iron standing in the center of the screen. It doesn't bother me at all. I just marked a line on my mat using a thick paint marker. This helps me setting up parallel to my skytrak and not aiming at the center of the screen. Like I said, no problem at all.

[Sascha1818]

Oh sorry dimensions of room hahaha it's 15 feet long, 15 feet wide on the floor, at 8 feet of height it's 9 feet between the beams and probably goes up to about 16 feet height in the center.

[Brett23]

[Sascha1818]

Nice job !

[scruffydog]

Looks awesome Brett !
Now comes the questions. What size of garage are we talking about here ? I am planning to put one in my garage which is 10.5 feet wide by 14.5 feet long, with 9 foot ceiling. Never considered a bar since I didn't think I would have enough room, but looking at yours, please tell me I have enough room with the bar.... How far are you standing away from the screen? and how big is the screen ? What sort of projector are you using ? I could extend the garage out to 20 feet by removing a wall, but then the place where I was thinking of putting up the screen would only be 7 feet wide, due to the weird shape of the house. Well, not weird, but I guess they didn't take into account that I would want a golf simulator in the garage, can't imagine why !

[bennyg211]

good work Brett, tiger tight, but good work! I'll be doing something similar too.

[braycobb]

Very nice Brett!

[JV17]

Great job making that space work for you Brett. Keep them long and straight!

[Brett23]

Thanks for the nice replies lads
Hit some full shots today up to the hydrid all good and no tape needed on the irons which is a result
And got to say the bar works flawlessly lol
Cheers
Brett

[Brett23]

Looks awesome Brett !
Now comes the questions. What size of garage are we talking about here ? I am planning to put one in my garage which is 10.5 feet wide by 14.5 feet long, with 9 foot ceiling. Never considered a bar since I didn't think I would have enough room, but looking at yours, please tell me I have enough room with the bar.... How far are you standing away from the screen? and how big is the screen ? What sort of projector are you using ? I could extend the garage out to 20 feet by removing a wall, but then the place where I was thinking of putting up the screen would only be 7 feet wide, due to the weird shape of the house. Well, not weird, but I guess they didn't take into account that I would want a golf simulator in the garage, can't imagine why

hi
my garage is 3.5mts wide and about 5mts long
my ceiling height is just under 9ft but I swing quite flat some of the guys have tapped the rafters swinging steep but no real issues so far
the screen is set up if I stand on my tee pad hold the driver in my left hand and extend my arm towards the screen the club head is 2 or more feet away from the screen
the bar was my sons idea and I works well ..too well in fact lol there are bar stools behind there so you can sit and watch the guys having a hit
don't get me wrong its tight 3 guys is comfortable out there as for the projector its a short throw non HD one and works perfect mine is low level at the moment
I also have the other wall timbered now with I pad on wall with GSA swing app running as well as the sim which is perfect for me
have fun building the den
send some pictures
cheers
Brett