Advice on a Pool table in N. Virginia

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I'm new to the forum and I'm looking for some advice on buying my first pool table. I'll consider myself a beginner that is looking for some fun family time with my two boys(10 & 12) and occasional friends. I'll be placing it in the basement that is open but the designated space is 17.4" in length and 13.3" in width. (The width is not restricted per say, there are no walls on one of sides. It just gets into the media room that will have some couch seating). I've been looking for a couple of weeks now and I've seen some used/new tables. My budget is $2,000 for the complete setup(table,accessories and setup by a professional installer). I would greatly appreciate some advice and/or recommendations for tables and installers.

Thank you in Advance
 
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kouirouk said:
I'll be placing it in the basement that is open but the designated space is 17.4" in length and 13.3" in width.
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Are you looking to get that 9' Olhausen table? If so you need a lot more space! :( Consider that the average cue is 57" long.
The playing area of a 9' table is 50" x 100". If you figure 60" of free space around the perimeter of the actual playfield you need an area 14.1' x 18.3'.

8' table is 44" x 88" so the area needed for that would be 13.6' x 17.3'.

7' or 8' should be ok but the 9 footer will be awfully cramped.
 
JZMechanix said:
Are you looking to get that 9' Olhausen table? If so you need a lot more space! :( Consider that the average cue is 57" long.
The playing area of a 9' table is 50" x 100". If you figure 60" of free space around the perimeter of the actual playfield you need an area 14.1' x 18.3'.

8' table is 44" x 88" so the area needed for that would be 13.6' x 17.3'.

7' or 8' should be ok but the 9 footer will be awfully cramped.
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Thank you for pointing this out. I could change the direction of the table to get more space though. See attached picture.

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kouirouk said:
Thank you for pointing this out. I could change the direction of the table to get more space though. See attached picture.

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I'm now on my third table. In my opinion, you need a room that's the nominal size of the table plus ten feet in each direction at a minimum to not feel really cramped. For really comfortable play, you want another six inches in the short direction, and a foot in the long direction. So, for a "9 foot" table, you want a 15x20 foot unobstructed space, and so on.

In your diagram, it looks like there's a support column sticking out of the wall just off of the lower right corner of the table. You want to make sure it won't interfere with play.

If your drawing is close to scale, and if it's possible, I'd switch the positions of the table and the "media room" area.

As an aside, having a 15x20 foot unobstructed space was one criterion we had in buying our current house. We quickly learned that real estate sales people don't understand the meaning of the word "unobstructed" (among other things), even when it's explained several times using on-site examples of obstructions. I originally thought this might be just a characteristic of the Texas variety, but I have since been advised that it's endemic to the species.
 
jwpretd said:
I'm now on my third table. In my opinion, you need a room that's the nominal size of the table plus ten feet in each direction at a minimum to not feel really cramped. For really comfortable play, you want another six inches in the short direction, and a foot in the long direction. So, for a "9 foot" table, you want a 15x20 foot unobstructed space, and so on.

In your diagram, it looks like there's a support column sticking out of the wall just off of the lower right corner of the table. You want to make sure it won't interfere with play.

If your drawing is close to scale, and if it's possible, I'd switch the positions of the table and the "media room" area.

As an aside, having a 15x20 foot unobstructed space was one criterion we had in buying our current house. We quickly learned that real estate sales people don't understand the meaning of the word "unobstructed" (among other things), even when it's explained several times using on-site examples of obstructions. I originally thought this might be just a characteristic of the Texas variety, but I have since been advised that it's endemic to the species.
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Great input. Thank you very much!
 
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