Due in large part to the incredibly valuable info on this forum progress continues on our ProTee build. After completing the subfloor we attacked the turf floor. Following aeroburner's tip on SYNLawn I made contact with a distributor who, as he was at end of his outdoor build season here in New England (it snowed today!!!), had a nice selection of remnants and was willing to deal. I was able to score a single piece of 12x14 turf, drive up from CT to MA, stuff the roll into the back (and front) of a buddy's big-ass Escalade and had it installed that afternoon.
The turf is 1/2 inch thick and since my subfloor is installed upon 3/4 inch turf already (it's going in an existing turfed area), the noise/bounce factor is negligible. We were scared to death about cutting out the putting tee sensors, but once again Aero to the rescue. His lipstick suggestion, should be starred as a must do for anyone cutting out ProTee putting sensors. It was a piece of cake and we nailed the cutouts. Big old, lavender lipstick kisses to you for the tip - though the wife was less than impressed as you predicted.
For now we've elected not to glue down the carpet. It's heavy enough not to shift and since we're not really sure what we're doing anyway figured it would be easier to get at the sensors if we needed too. We did glue around the hitting sensor a bit as we wanted to avoid any lips that might snag a clubhead.
One cool thing I think we did was the SYNLawn guy was kind enough to kick in a couple of cups, so we cut them down a bit and installed two putting holes on either side of the subfloor. I like the idea of being able to put to a cup for practice without using the simulator and if we've got a game on the big screen can still mess around with putting. The turf rolls nice and true as I pulled most putts left just like in real life.
Finally today we hung our curtains. The sim area is part of a larger, very well lit space (a barn we turfed for baseball hitting), so we hung blackout curtains on tracks attached to existing I-beams and it worked a treat.
Very happy with the progress we've made and thankful for the information found/shared on this forum. This project is more work than I originally anticipated, mostly due to scope creep on my part, but I think the end result is going to be awesome. Next steps, projector and lights so off to read the Lighting posts!
The turf is 1/2 inch thick and since my subfloor is installed upon 3/4 inch turf already (it's going in an existing turfed area), the noise/bounce factor is negligible. We were scared to death about cutting out the putting tee sensors, but once again Aero to the rescue. His lipstick suggestion, should be starred as a must do for anyone cutting out ProTee putting sensors. It was a piece of cake and we nailed the cutouts. Big old, lavender lipstick kisses to you for the tip - though the wife was less than impressed as you predicted.
For now we've elected not to glue down the carpet. It's heavy enough not to shift and since we're not really sure what we're doing anyway figured it would be easier to get at the sensors if we needed too. We did glue around the hitting sensor a bit as we wanted to avoid any lips that might snag a clubhead.
One cool thing I think we did was the SYNLawn guy was kind enough to kick in a couple of cups, so we cut them down a bit and installed two putting holes on either side of the subfloor. I like the idea of being able to put to a cup for practice without using the simulator and if we've got a game on the big screen can still mess around with putting. The turf rolls nice and true as I pulled most putts left just like in real life.
Finally today we hung our curtains. The sim area is part of a larger, very well lit space (a barn we turfed for baseball hitting), so we hung blackout curtains on tracks attached to existing I-beams and it worked a treat.
Very happy with the progress we've made and thankful for the information found/shared on this forum. This project is more work than I originally anticipated, mostly due to scope creep on my part, but I think the end result is going to be awesome. Next steps, projector and lights so off to read the Lighting posts!
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