Leax wrote: » Hi all, I've read through the simulator threads for recommendations but haven't found anything. We want to get a foresight installation and need a room built in the garden for it. We need a full service end to end as not a bit handy. I've looked at the likes of garden rooms and getting the internal head height isn't possible. Just wondering if anyone would have possible businesses for me to check out. Am in Dublin. Thanks!
BrianD3 wrote: » 3 metres interior height would be enough but the 3 metres max height for exempted development is for the exterior height. That will be eaten into by the floor/plinth, hitting mat, roof supports, the slope of the "flat" roof and possibly interior netting/padding to protect the roof from skyed shots. Also, depending on where the building is located on the site it may have to match the finish of the main house so throwing up a steel shed or wooden cabin isn't necessary going to comply. Then there's the question of whether preexisting sheds/garages eat into the 25 sq metre exempt development limit - even if these preexisting buildings have planning permission. Of course I might be over thinking it but I do think some professional advice and design might be useful.
soffregio wrote: » Yep you're probably overthinking it. Especially about your preexisting garage. The image I posted was from loghouse.ie. Maybe just give them a call.
Leax wrote: » Thanks all.@BrianD3 I had a look at your thread thanks. I found that example of the sloped shed on my internet travels, hard to know for me anyway how high you'd need the pitch to start and what the gradient over what length would need to be.@GolfGraffix I saw that! I briefly explored swimming pool contractors in Ireland on the back of it:) It seems around 2.7 is the minimum internal height you need for the floor models, unless you're very tall or have a wild swing arc maybe. This seems possible with some cabin/shed options, but for garden room type installations you're still looking at 320-330 external height for a 2.7 internal, 3.6 for 3m internal clear. Am looking more at Optishot and IXO models now rather than trackman and Foresight. Separate question- one thing I see coming up on forums is people looking for help with managing the noise from their golf rooms/complaints from neighbours. Is this something more an issue with simpler net set ups rather than the higher end screens? or is it just the ball hitting alone that's not great sound wise in residential areas? Don't want to get a purpose build and then find it's annoying people in the next garden.
Leax wrote: » Thanks Searay, are you talking about the Optishot Vision model or an older optishot? Just wondering if the newer Optishots that they say are comparable are better than earlier stuff
searay wrote: » I was talking about Optishot 2 which is around €600. I see The Optishot vision is selling for around 17,000 sterling and I haven’t come across it. Has to be totally different. At that price, it has to compete against Trackman and GC Quad
bailey99 wrote: » i was looking into this and for a steeltech shed building and putting a simulator in there, foresight are quoting 20k sterling for Performance Simulator with GC2 launch monitor. Is that the price of these things? I didnt think it would be that much. Does anyone have a breakdown of the costs for each element of a simulator? I thought for 7 or 8 grand you would get a nice setup.
Leax wrote: » What dimensions were you looking at for the steeltech? Length, width and what height were you looking at having the side walls, was it 3m before adding pitched roof?
searay wrote: » When considering the ceiling height, you need to consider screen layout as well. Assuming you are right handed, ideally you want your target line to be aimed at the middle of the screen. That means if you are right handed, you''ll be standing left if the target line and the highest points of your swing will be behind you. I have my skytrak located in a shed with a sloping roof which is about 2.55m on the right and side of the screen and it slopes up to 3m on the left giving me enough clearance for a driver. If the centre was 3m and the sides were 2.4/2.5 metres, I'd have minimal clearance and I don't think you could swing freely. Rick Shiels posted a video of himself breaking a driver in his Sim room and I think if that happens you'd be too conscious of it to commit to a swing. On the costs above, if you buy a skytrak, you need to buy TGC 2019, a good short throw projector and have a PC with an nvidia graphics card to meet the required spec. I'd add another €1,000 onto the budget above.
BrianD3 wrote: » Re: steel sheds, I think a shed with a 3 metre external wall height could look incongruous on many residential sites. If it's a large site and/or the house is a two storey then less so. Personally, I would not particularly want to look out into my back garden and see some big green steel shed that height there. From a planning (exempted development) pov, if the shed is going to have a pitched roof over 3 metres at the apex it needs to be slated or tiled, would a cladding that looks like slate or tile do, I don't know. If the shed is to the side of the house the finish must match that of the house so not only are you into tiling/slating but also some sort of rendered cladding for the walls of the shed. That's not to say that people comply with the planning regs, i see loads of sheds around that I bet are non compliant in some way. I would say though that a golf shed, unless very well sound insulated is more likely than an average shed to annoy neighbours which can easily result in a planning complaint going in. The more I think about this, the more I like the idea of digging below ground level for a golf shed. I don't know if there are any planning implications associated with doing that. Digging down, say, 1/2 a metre would solve most of the wall height, appearance and roofing issues.
SOR2010 wrote: » I currently have a Skytrak but am considering changing to Full Swing Kit (depending on more info being available) but it could be a game changer in the market if they deliver what the promise, should have more information in 2 weeks!
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