Best Way to Store Table.

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I'm currently buying a 9foot Dufferin, 3 piece slate, table. As I don't presently have room for the table I plan on storing it in my mini-store unit that I rent. Until I move into the new house next year some time. The deal on the table was just to good to pass up.

The unit is heated and has concrete floor. What's my best bet. Slates stored vertical, horizontal, against a wall, in a crate? Help me out here. What about the rest of the table. Any advice appreciated.

Thank's in advance.

Cashman
 
Stack the slates, lying flat, on a wooden pallet (you can get one for free or cheap at the lumberyard or Walmart). This is the way they are shipped from the factory (and they are wrapped and banded on the pallet). The rest of the table parts I would wrap in some kind of cushioning material (old blankets or you can buy cheap ones from U-Haul). Be sure to keep all the parts/screws etc. together in bags. It makes it easier when you go to put it back together.

Scott Lee
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I stored mine outdoors for two years on a pallet like Scott said. Had no trouble with the slate wrapped in a tarp and a 1/4" piece of plywood placed on top for protection.

However, be sure to protect the wood from moisture. I had the wooden parts wrapped in a tarp and moisture got in. I had to refinish one side of the table. It turned out OK.

Next time I would pay considerable attention to moisture proofing. I think that a large painter's plastic drop cloth or a roll of plastic from Home Depot would be much better. I would get the heavy weight stuff and then seal the ends or folds with duct tape.

I read that yours will be stored in doors and that is good. It still needs to be moisture proof. Think of it this way. Companies go to a considerable amount of trouble to moisture proof your new whatever. They do that for a reason. Now I know the reason. :-)

BTW. If you do not have the assembly instructions, it is a good idea to mark the table parts as A, B, C, etc and make a small diagram to store with the parts. I was lucky as all of the Brunswick parts were labeled. Even so it took a little to figure out how I had disassembled. Save your self some time with a quick diagram. We always think we will remember how to put things back together and then wind up with those extra parts -- Hmmm.
 
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I don't know about storing on the sides. I would be leary of chipping the slate, having it fall over, and in general handling the 200 lbs pieces more than is necessary. When I move it I always use a mover's blanket to protect from chipping.

I do know that I stored mine on pallets outdoors for two years with temperatures that rangd for 110 to -1 degrees. The pallets were on the side of a hill and slightly off level in case drainage was needed or so I thought at the time.

I used two pallets with one piece of slate on each pallet. The third piece of slate was stored on top of the first two with three 1 X 2 boards between the pieces. I had no trouble whatsoever with slate warpage when I put the table up.

I live in the country and have an indoor rock waterfall that I built in my home and lots of other sandstone, slate and river rock used for various purposes. I have had no trouble with any of it. Slate from the old mine on my property does deteroriate with exposure to the elements as it is not nearly the quality of the slate used for a pool table. I have split 3' pieces of blue slate from my property down to 1 1/2" thick and used for various purposes. I have not seen any of it warp. Slate from my property is musch softer than the stuff used on a pool table.

You might be right about warpage but it seems to me that if that is a potential problem then if it were slightly off vertical it would also warp. Storing vertical would take up less room. Perhaps that is why some people store it that way. Slate on a a pool table is "stored" in some sense of the word. It is well supported and does not, to my knowledge, ever warp.
 
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Just for the heluva it. Here is a photo of my lap pool. It shows the kinds of things you can do with slate and other kinds of rock. The wall is made of slate from my property. The floor is slate from Home Depot. It is a DIY project and has been is use for a few years wth no problem though there is obviously lots of moisture. I did learn from my niece, who lives in California, that painting the slate with polyurethene makes it look better and protects it. However, now we have to paint it again every two years.

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BTW people also say you can't have a swimming pool in the house. This lap pool is in my living room! Of course we have 14' ceilings and a wood burner in this 30' X 30' post and beam room. I have had no problems with moisture in the house.
 
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What about a good friend or family member that might have room for you to set up your table at their place for a while? Then you could slide on over and get plenty of table time in on it. Just an idea. Probably not very feasible, but who knows?

Maniac
 
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