Advice on buying and moving a used pool table.

iusedtoberich said:
If these are the only spaces you have available, (no garage, no possibility of tearing down a wall, etc, or moving again!, lol)...

Some people with limited space have put a table against a wall as an extreme. This table then is only useful for drills and practice shots.

You should draw the table in, and then draw a border around it at a 60" distance from the playing surface. The border should have rounded corners with their center at the corner pockets. This will represent the end of the cue for a 58" cue + a 2" backstroke. Then draw a few more borders using the same technique but adjust the cue length to represent using a short cue. Make the table and borders all one "assembly" on the CAD program, so you can move it around as a single entity.

Do this for a 7' table first, and then an 8' if you like what you see.

Then, move it around your space, considering your openings, to see what location would give the optimal space for "most" shots.
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Thanks, I'll try that to get a better idea of what I'm looking at.

I probably *could* remove the walls with the archways. The one on the left opens up to the foyer. I have a feeling that one may have lally poles hidden behind it though :S I hope I'm wrong about that.

The archway at the bottom goes to the dining area. Removing the walls would open up pretty much everything except the kitchen... It's work I don't want to do, but am considering now lol. I *really* want a table :|
 
Get a deck of cards or use some blue painters tape. Put that down on the ground where the table edge would go, then if you don't have a pool stick yet use a broom handle and walk around the 'table' taking practice shots to get a feel for what it will be like to take shots. You will quickly realize what a pain it is if there isn't enough room.
 
So that settles it- you have no choice but to build a customized pool room as an addition to your house.

I know it will be terrible having to live with your own pool room, but sometimes we must make sacrifices for the sake of all mankind.

Good luck on your journey
 
...a year later and I'm re-visiting this idea. Since then, I've only gotten two estimates to open up the space in the first diagram I posted above. The basement is no longer an option since it is now my home gym, and with the weird slope in that room, it was less than ideal.

One was from a company named lallygone, which gave me an estimate of something like $3500 and that didn't include any finishing work. Another was recommended to me (by someone who isn't completely trustworthy, btw lol). He never gave me a figure but just described how it could be done.

Can anyone refer me to a contractor who does this kind of work in northern, NJ (I'm in Elizabeth)?
 
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