Basketball Garage

[Brwrfan1]

Calling all parents of kids that play basketball.

Looking at building a 32' Wide x 60' Deep garage with 12' walls and 6/12 parallel chord trusses. I'd like to put a wall mounted basketball system on the side wall. Is this going to give me enough head room? I'm not looking to shoot the entire 3 point arc, but would this get me most of it?

Also building in West Central Wisconsin, looking for the best way to heat this beast.

Thanks!

 

[Samh]

I would think so. It'd probably give you all of it.

 

[jives]

We put in a full size glass backboard into our 32 x 42 garage. Link for the build is below (That is the main build. There are two more threads). In sum, we used 14 foot sidewalls and 9/12 trusses that had a 6/12 bottom chord pitch -- steeper than normal. Just find a good truss manufacturer who will do something out of the normal, including a parallel chord truss.

We put the hoop on an eave sidewall, not the gable end. Peak height is about 20', height over the hoop is about 15'. There is enough room to shoot 3 pointers on all but the very corners. Of course, everything needs to be moved out to have a game.

https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=287155&highlight=jives+gym+basketball

 

[krapie]

I do not believe so. Need a minimum of 12 feet 6 inches. Rim height is 10 feet, standard backboard is 2 feet 6 inches above the rim.

 

[a6hux]

We put in a full size glass backboard into our 32 x 42 garage. Link for the build is below (That is the main build. There are two more threads). In sum, we used 14 foot sidewalls and 9/12 trusses that had a 6/12 bottom chord pitch -- steeper than normal. Just find a good truss manufacturer who will do something out of the normal, including a parallel chord truss.

We put the hoop on an eave sidewall, not the gable end. Peak height is about 20', height over the hoop is about 15'. There is enough room to shoot 3 pointers on all but the very corners. Of course, everything needs to be moved out to have a game.

https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=287155&highlight=jives+gym+basketball

Your pictures are not showing up on your thread. Do you have a finished photo?

 

[Brwrfan1]

Thanks, what is the standoff distance from the wall to the backboard, I'm thinking it should be 30" -36"

We put in a full size glass backboard into our 32 x 42 garage. Link for the build is below (That is the main build. There are two more threads). In sum, we used 14 foot sidewalls and 9/12 trusses that had a 6/12 bottom chord pitch -- steeper than normal. Just find a good truss manufacturer who will do something out of the normal, including a parallel chord truss.

We put the hoop on an eave sidewall, not the gable end. Peak height is about 20', height over the hoop is about 15'. There is enough room to shoot 3 pointers on all but the very corners. Of course, everything needs to be moved out to have a game.

 

[jives]

The pics show up when I look at the thread, but with the PhotoBucket watermark. Anyway, I think I can get a couple of pics here. Click on the pics to make them bigger.

The schematics are a little off, but close enough. They were drawn to scale and I estimated the height of shots by visually inspecting my kids shoot 3 pointers, and shooting over me while holding a long stick.

The support structure is attached to the wall. The wall only provides support to keep the support structure from falling forward and from being pushed back. The structure, I believe is 12" in depth, and the board is 3' extended from that. The backboard mounting steel is original to backboard, save for the galvanized poles providing upright support.

 

[a6hux]

Thanks!

 

[Toolfool]

Thanks, what is the standoff distance from the wall to the backboard, I'm thinking it should be 30" -36"


Standard is 4' from backboard to out of bounds line.

 

[BiaoBamosux]

Your pictures are not showing up on your thread. Do you have a finished photo? 1bonzaspins

The first thing to do is to cut one piece of round rod and one piece of wire (they must be the same length). Then you have to bend two rings out of these pieces. Then you have to weld them together. The basketball backboard itself can be made of plywood or chipboard. It is desirable to use a thicker sheet so that the shield will last longer. On the shield's front surface, you will need to mark and then drill holes for mounting the ring. On the backside of the basketball, the backboard to install the fastener to fix it. Then all that will be left is to make a net out of a metal chain. My 2 favorite games are basketball.

 

[jives]

Post #7 shows the finished backboard and support structure. Will that do?

 

[Brwrfan1]

It's a little farther along that these pictures, but this is pretty much it. We can can't shoot the outside corner 3's, but we can shoot about 60-70% of the rest of the arch.

 

[gb99]

@jives
How would you rate your backboard system after a few years of using it? I just got a quote for the same system from Draper Inc and I’ve never heard of them.

And do folks here feel a 250 lb backboard system can be hung 2.5 feet from this wall, safely? The highest grade fasteners will be used.

This wall is about 20 feet to the peak and sits atop a 9” thick concrete stem wall that is 20” tall.

 

[jives]

Our court got only heavy use for about 2-3 years, after my boys all left home for college. My girls - younger than the boys - never developed interest despite my best efforts! So for at least 5 years the garage has filled up with my boys' stuff, and the court has been cluttered. Anyway, to answer the question, the backboard is as secure as ever. I do check it yearly to make sure the 300 lb glass bomb doesn't fall.

I cannot comment on how secure your plan would be. I just built my structure based on experience and intuition. The pole barn frame was not set up to handle the backboard weight, the rotational torque of center of mass not over the base of support, and the impact forces of the basketball on the backboard. My goal was to transfer as much force as possible to the ground, or spread as wide as I could across the pole barn posts. Hence, the diagonal upright is as vertical has I could without getting the way of play, the 6x6 posts that hold the backboard a secured to the concrete floor and affixed across the middle of two pole barn posts and to the girder at the top of the posts.

 

[gb99]

I’m with you, it’s the bending moment that worries me. But that wall is the Gable end and has multiple 2x6 studs at 16” on center, some closer. There’s also jacks, kings and a post for the ridge beam. I may be overthinking it, but safety is important to me.

 

[kneppb]

Calling all parents of kids that play basketball.

Looking at building a 32' Wide x 60' Deep garage with 12' walls and 6/12 parallel chord trusses. I'd like to put a wall mounted basketball system on the side wall. Is this going to give me enough head room? I'm not looking to shoot the entire 3 point arc, but would this get me most of it?

Also building in West Central Wisconsin, looking for the best way to heat this beast.

Thanks!

After doign some research I am looking at 12ft side walls and scissor trusts. I am looking at putting the hoop at one of the gable ends instead of the side wall like you did. Do you feel if you had done this you would have been able to shoot more arc?

My kid is only 9 and plays. I want him to be able to shoot free throws, run lay ups, doesnt have to shoot 3s. We are in Michigan, more of less something to do in the winer time.

 

[GirlnAgarage]

Brwrfan1, good on you for building a court for your kids. I grew up a basketball kid. Lived to play. My first setup was in 4th grade, Dad built this two legged stand with cedar posts. It was only 5' or so, least as I remember it. Had a plywood backboard and a scavenged rim from grandma's farm. All setup on a dirt drive. As primitive as that was, I learned alot and believed it enabled my passion for the game to begin. Basketball was my first love.

At our next house Dad installed a pipe L shaped post and bought us a fiberglass backboard from Academy. That was cemented alone the edge of the driveway. The width edhe in front of the rim was the free throw line. And the expansion joints to each side of the rim was the three point line. That setup took me all the way through middle school and high school. I was a point guard. At home we did a lot of 1on1, horse, bal handling, layups, free throws and as much shooting from around the arch as possible.

In my ripe old age of adulthood recently, I've been considering the idea of building an outdoor half court. Idk if I will, things are expensive and in this project I wouldn't spare an expense. It'd be a treat to me. That way I can call my playing buddy over so we could school her kids who now play.

Anyway, I'm rambling. Wish I had actual input for you. All I have is encouragement, for all you Dads and GrandDads putting up a basketball rim for your kids. To me, its worth it, even if it's used for a limited number of years.

 

[thammel]

I was a bball junkie until the ripe age of 36 when back problems and sciatica from too much jumping (really, the landing) put an end to that. Such fun!! I recall putting up a plywood backboard on a 4x4 cemented into the ground...

 

[Brwrfan1]

After doign some research I am looking at 12ft side walls and scissor trusts. I am looking at putting the hoop at one of the gable ends instead of the side wall like you did. Do you feel if you had done this you would have been able to shoot more arc?

My kid is only 9 and plays. I want him to be able to shoot free throws, run lay ups, doesnt have to shoot 3s. We are in Michigan, more of less something to do in the winer time.

What I ended up with is a total of 13' side walls - 8" concrete curb, 12' studs cut to 11'-11-1/2" so with the plates it works out to 12'-4". For the trusses they are scissors with a 6/12 over a 4/12 inside, so it's about 16'-7" to the peak inside. My kids use it all the time and can shoot probably 70% of the 3 point line with the exceptions of the corners and a little farther up. I don't know that I would gain a whole lot more arch room if the hoop was on the gable end, besides the width of my building is only 32' so I actually would have lost more of the 3 point line.