u/JamalJenkyuns

I’m building a net and hitting mat in my garage, but one thing I didn’t consider is how loud a driver can be. I’m in an end unit with one shared wall which is another garage, but how loud would a driver be for the adjacent neighbor and possible others. For instance we have an alley overhead another garage across from us. Will I need to do some sound proofing or with the garage door closed will it be minimal and not cause complaints?

The bottom is made of two 3/8" OSB boards. I can't use one single board since they only come 4'x8' and I need slightly wider than 4'. The inner dimensions of the frame are 4'x5'. The walls are 2x3s, I haven't decided on the wood yet, but will probably just get the cheapest available.

This will be on the ground, OSB side down, and a golf mat will be placed inside. So it will be stood on. I also plan to add some handles to one of the longer side walls and come small caster wheels the opposite side.

Since the OSB will be touching my garage floor if I use screws to secure the 2x3s from the bottom will they be inset enough into the OSB to not scratch up my garage flooring? My other concern is do I need to secure the two OSB boards together where they meet or will adding screws from the bottom of the OSB up into the 2x3s on 3 edges be secure enough.

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I’m trying to find the right mat to use for my DIY sigpro softy insert. Im planning on OSB base, then 1 to 1.5” of gym tiles, then the mat.

My issue is reading reviews and posts about different mats many have durability issues in the standing area, mainly compression making the standing surface uneven over time. Can anyone comment on their mats and how the standing area has held up over time? Since I won’t be hitting off it I’d rather get something durable that won’t compress vs something “realistic” feeling. The softy insert will be for that.

I am planning on building a DIY hitting mat with insert cutout, likely will go with the sigpro softy as posts seem to indicate it is the best option for avoiding injury.

The mat that seems most popular is the gosports elite that seems to be roughly 1" in total thickness so that you can add 1.5" worth of gym flooring to create the correct height for the softy insert. But this mat will go directly on garage concrete and need to be tipped on its side and placed against the wall to store as I park two cars in the garage.

The sigpro softy insert seems to be 2.5" so a popular setup seems to be:

• 1" foam flooring + 0.5" foam flooring + 1" GoSports Elite 4x5 + Sigpro softy (~$400+tax)

Another option might be:

• 0.5" foam flooring + 1" foam insulation + 1" GoSports Elite 4x5

My concern is with the bottom foam flooring being direct on the concrete and over time getting sanded down and the whole thing potentially not being stable enough when hitting on. At ranges when using the thick mats they have, probably 1.5" it will slide forward a tiny bit every swing. I plan to get a Square HE that will be separate from the mat the alignment might get screwed up.

Any suggestions on a more rigid and stable setup or is the 1.5" of foam flooring enough to make a 4x5 size mat stationary on concrete?