Don't get anything bigger than a bar box
Dude, if you put anything bigger than a 3 1/2 by 7 bar box in your basement, you'll be shooting pool like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7enkHIEkKZ8
I speak from years of experience shooting pool in a game room that was too small for my 8 foot pool table. I speak from years of experience playing pool on a big table in a small room. It's a miserable experience to play pool in a room that's too small to accommodate your pool table and having to use a little short stick to avoid hitting a wall or some obstacle.
You barely have room to comfortably accommodate a bar box. The minimum size room to comfortably accomodate a bar box is 13 X 17. That gives you 5 feet of usable space on each side of the pool table so you should have just barely enough room to not run into a wall on any shot with a 58" standard length cue, unless you take a long back swing then you might need a slightly shorter cue for these shots. You also have to take into consideration the width of your stance when shooting a shot where the cue ball is frozen on a rail. If you have a wide stance like I do, your back foot will likely run into a wall with your normal stance, and you'll have to narrow your stance uncomfortably for these shots.
Howdy-
I really could use some advice on the maximum size of pool table I can fit in my basement. The usable dimensions are 17.83 feet X 15.20 feet (17'10" X 15' 2-1/2" for the non-surveyors).
-Measly
Dude, if you put anything bigger than a 3 1/2 by 7 bar box in your basement, you'll be shooting pool like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7enkHIEkKZ8
I speak from years of experience shooting pool in a game room that was too small for my 8 foot pool table. I speak from years of experience playing pool on a big table in a small room. It's a miserable experience to play pool in a room that's too small to accommodate your pool table and having to use a little short stick to avoid hitting a wall or some obstacle.
You barely have room to comfortably accommodate a bar box. The minimum size room to comfortably accomodate a bar box is 13 X 17. That gives you 5 feet of usable space on each side of the pool table so you should have just barely enough room to not run into a wall on any shot with a 58" standard length cue, unless you take a long back swing then you might need a slightly shorter cue for these shots. You also have to take into consideration the width of your stance when shooting a shot where the cue ball is frozen on a rail. If you have a wide stance like I do, your back foot will likely run into a wall with your normal stance, and you'll have to narrow your stance uncomfortably for these shots.
