Carpet for a home pool room?

[SCCues]

I need some advice on the best type of carpet to put in a home pool room. My wife and I just bought a new home and after many years of having my table in a room that wasn't quite big enough I'm finally getting a room large enough for my table. I've had to jack up on shots off the rail practicing at home for years and I think this has hurt my game.

I want to replace the carpet in the room I'm putting my table in and with so many choices I'm wondering what type of carpet would be the best for a home pool room. Commercial carpet is usually pretty flat without any texture and maybe that's what I need. I'd appreciate any suggestions.....

Thanks in advance,
James

 

[Tony_in_MD]

I put in a Berber and love it. I also did a wood floor underneath the table and had the carpet butted up to it. This way, when I have to replace the carpet I don't have to touch or move the table.

As I told my wife when we sell the house and move, the wood floor area, can be promoted as a dance floor, once I hang a disco light where my pool table light is.

I need some advice on the best type of carpet to put in a home pool room. My wife and I just bought a new home and after many years of having my table in a room that wasn't quite big enough I'm finally getting a room large enough for my table. I've had to jack up on shots off the rail practicing at home for years and I think this has hurt my game.

I want to replace the carpet in the room I'm putting my table in and with so many choices I'm wondering what type of carpet would be the best for a home pool room. Commercial carpet is usually pretty flat without any texture and maybe that's what I need. I'd appreciate any suggestions.....

Thanks in advance,
James

 

[Manoman2444]

I put in a Berber and love it. I also did a wood floor underneath the table and had the carpet butted up to it. This way, when I have to replace the carpet I don't have to touch or move the table.

As I told my wife when we sell the house and move, the wood floor area, can be promoted as a dance floor, once I hang a disco light where my pool table light is.

Good advice, wish I had put the wood down underneath the table. Like Tony says, won't have to move the table when the carpet is replaced.

 

[DallasHopps]

Commercial style carpet (the level-loop carpet usually in bars, pool rooms, offices, etc) is almost exclusively glue-down instead of stretched over padding and held by tack strips. As a result, it's not much softer than standing on a concrete floor (to me, anyway). RKC has posted some feet for a plush carpet that will keep the carpet in decent shape instead of getting mashed under the legs. Berber is a decent choice too, but it seems like most I've seen is on the lighter side so chalk and other foreign materials might show up more easily. It's also harder to make the seams look good in Berber, so unless you're paying someone who knows what they're doing (not the $99 whole house installation from HD or Lowes) it might not look as good as you'd want. When you get the room or house measured for the carpet, tell the installer about the table and where it will be- it might influence where he puts the seam or the direction of installation (a seam under the table with minimal exposed area to see/walk on vs. a length of the room seam).

Have fun!

 

[Txstang1]

I put in a Berber and love it. I also did a wood floor underneath the table and had the carpet butted up to it. This way, when I have to replace the carpet I don't have to touch or move the table.

As I told my wife when we sell the house and move, the wood floor area, can be promoted as a dance floor, once I hang a disco light where my pool table light is.

That pretty damn smart, wish I had thought of that. My carpet is about due for replacment too.

 

[snipershot]

I put down some cheap commercial carpet with a 1/4 inch padding already on the back of it. I like it because it laid out very easy, the seams matched up pretty well, unless you cut em crooked like i did, lol. And the table settles down into it easily, so there is minimal adjustment later. I didnt want thick hea y padding, because i knew it would take a while for the table to settle. Also, the commercial carpet is very durable and easy to maintain.

Joe

 

[TX Poolnut]

This tip was an idea from Glen (realkingcobra). F'n genius idea.

Take a piece of 3/4" plywood and cut four small circles of the wood. Drill several wood screws through the plywood circles so that the screw heads are flush. Put one under each of the four table legs so that the only thing touching your carpet is the tips of the screws.

This willhold the table above the carpet so your carpet won't get divoted over time. If you have to move the table, you'll never be able to tell that a pool table was ever there.

There are pics of Glen's handywork on this site. I can't find them though. He posted them a long time ago.

I hope my description makes sense. Basically, the screws face downward into the carpet and the table sits on top of them, keeping your carpet from crushing under the weight of the pool table.